{"id":20010,"date":"2018-03-07T15:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T20:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20010"},"modified":"2018-03-14T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:57:00","slug":"tigers-take-commanding-lead-over-golden-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-take-commanding-lead-over-golden-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers take commanding lead over Golden Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Aurora Tigers are proving their number-one overall seeding was no coincidence.
\nTwo games into the OJHL playoffs, the Tigers are only a pair of wins away from moving on to round two, after two high-scoring affairs to open their best-of-seven series with the Trenton Golden Hawks.
\nClose to 400 fans packed the Aurora Community Centre on Friday night for game one against the eighth-seeded Hawks, where it was only fitting that leading point scorer and captain Jake Bricknell opened the scoring just over a minute in.
\nThe Tigers yet found themselves down 3 \u2013 2 at the end of the first, before three straight Aurora goals from Tyler Davis, Joseph Mizzi, and Anthony Romano gave them a 5 \u2013 3 lead after two.
\nBricknell scored twice more in the third, while Davis added his second, for a final score of 8 \u2013 5 for the Tigers.
\nBradley Van Schubert, who was issued a game misconduct for shooting the puck over the glass early in the third, made 17 saves on the 21 shots he faced.
\nJack Irvine came in in relief, making four of five saves.
\n\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the playoffs, you\u2019ve got to have outstanding goaltending,\u201d said Tigers analyst Kevin Dean.
\nIrvine got the call between the pipes for Game Two, played at the rowdy Duncan Memorial Arena in Trenton, in which Dean said \u201cit\u2019s always hard to win.\u201d
\nAurora took a 4 \u2013 1 lead late in the game thanks to goals from Austin Eastman, Davis, and another pair from Bricknell.
\nDown by three, Trenton desperately pulled their goaltender with over three minutes remaining, beating Irvine to make it a two-goal game.
\nBut with the Golden Hawks pressuring, the Tigers survived the final two minutes thanks to a Trenton misconduct in the final minute of play after some heated exchanging of words from the Trenton bench.
\nIrvine made 24 of 26 stops in his first OJHL playoff start.
\n\u201cJust an outstanding effort by the goaltender,\u201d said Dean. \u201cIt was one dandy of a hockey game.\u201d
\nGame Three returned to the Aurora Community Centre on Wednesday following press time, where if the Tigers can scratch out a win, can put the series to bed on Friday back in Trenton.
\nIf needed, Game Five will go in Aurora on Saturday, with a puck drop set for 7:30 p.m.
\nElsewhere in the NorthEast, the Wellington Dukes lead the Pickering Panthers two games to none, while the Cobourg Cougars are one game away from moving past the Kingston Voyageurs.
\nThe Markham Royals trail the Newmarket Hurricanes two games to one as well.
\nFor stats, schedules, and more information, visit www.auroratigers.pointstreaksites.com.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Aurora Tigers are proving their number-one overall seeding was no coincidence.
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