{"id":19458,"date":"2018-01-03T16:13:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T21:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=19458"},"modified":"2018-01-10T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T21:32:08","slug":"tigers-clawing-at-first-place-in-ojhl-north-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-clawing-at-first-place-in-ojhl-north-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers clawing at first place in OJHL North division"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

The holidays were especially cheerful for an Aurora Tigers squad that now sits just one point back of the Ontario Junior Hockey League\u2019s north division leaders.
\nThe cats managed to pick up three of a possible four points over a two-game window between Christmas and New Years, one of only a handful of teams to not shut down their schedule.
\nFriday\u2019s action in Aurora had about 200 fans take in the Tigers\u2019 matchup against the Cobourg Cougars at the Aurora Community Centre.
\nStarting goaltender Bradley Van Schubert, out of game action for two weeks prior to Friday, never missed a beat in picking up his fourth shutout of the season.
\nAurora captain Jake Bricknell opened the scoring on the powerplay in the first period, the only one of Aurora\u2019s eleven shots to find the back of the net in the frame. They pressed on, however, to notch three more before the final whistle, to earn a 4 \u2013 0 win.
\nChristopher Giroday, Austin Eastman, and Zach Wilkie were Aurora\u2019s other goal scorers.
\nVan Schubert, a veteran OHLer in his first year with the Tigers, has established himself among the elite backstoppers in the OJHL with his fourteen wins on the season. His 29 saves in the game brought him to an incredible save percentage of .933 for the year, good for a tie for second in the entire 22-team league.
\nHe was back between the pipes the next day for a battle with the rival Trenton Golden Hawks, whose strong play in December had earned them points in their last six games.
\nThe streak continued against the Tigers, when a late regulation goal forced overtime and an eventual Trenton win.
\nAurora\u2019s number-one penalty kill was tested and broken early, when Mac Lewis split the Aurora defensemen in the first period and found Van Schubert\u2019s five hole.
\nThe Tigers returned in the second with an opening minute notch, where Joseph Mizzi used the defenseman as a screen to send a wrist shot home. Austin Eastman gave the Tigers the lead shortly after, finishing off a nice tic-tac-toe with Bricknell and Wilkie for a 2 \u2013 1 score after two periods.
\nVan Schubert was a brick wall through most of the final twenty minutes, though Max Ewart used a boost of speed with under four minutes to go to tie the game and send it to extra time.
\nIt took less than a minute into overtime for Trenton\u2019s Caleb Goman to finish it on the four-on-three powerplay.
\nLooking at the division standings, losing the extra point hurts Aurora, though they made great strides in catching up on their slow schedule. Just one point now separates the Tigers from the Newmarket Hurricanes, with a game in hand for the Tigers, while they sit three up on the Markham Royals with three games in hand.
\nWith the homestand over, Aurora begins a five-game road schedule on Saturday when they visit the Stouffville Spirit.
\nFor stats, schedules, and more information, visit www.auroratigers.pointstreaksites.com.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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