{"id":20404,"date":"2018-04-18T20:31:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T00:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20404"},"modified":"2018-04-18T20:31:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T00:31:20","slug":"tigers-thomson-commits-to-laurier-golden-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-thomson-commits-to-laurier-golden-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers\u2019 Thomson commits to Laurier Golden Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jake Courtepatte <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Thomson is trading in his claws for talons.<br \/>\nOne of the longest-tenured patrollers of the Aurora blue line, the Tigers defenseman announced his commitment on Sunday to the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks of Canadian USports.<br \/>\n\u201cVery excited to announce my commitment to play CIS hockey at WLU\u201d, said Thomson in a tweet. Thank you to my family, friends, and everyone else involved for your constant support. Can\u2019t wait to get the next chapter started!\u201d<br \/>\nA minor career with the York-Simcoe Express translated to a young junior season for the 6\u20194\u201d blueliner, who joined the Kanata Lasers for the 2014-15 Central Canada Hockey League season.<br \/>\nHe became a staple of the Tigers defense core when his father, ex-NHLer Jim Thomson, bought the Aurora Tigers Junior A organization the following season.<br \/>\nPutting up 27 points in 46 games in his last junior season, he also reached the OJHL finals in 2016-17 as a short-time member of the Trenton Golden Hawks<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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