{"id":21453,"date":"2018-08-29T19:18:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T23:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21453"},"modified":"2018-09-06T12:41:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T16:41:06","slug":"new-name-new-look-new-season-for-auroras-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/new-name-new-look-new-season-for-auroras-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"New name, new look, new season for Aurora’s Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

What\u2019s in a name?
\nFor the Aurora Tigers, the answer is now Highland GM.
\nTigers owner Jim Thomson joined staff at Highland GM in Aurora on Saturday to unveil the new moniker for the Junior A hockey club, which will go by the name Highland GM Aurora Tigers for the upcoming 2018-19 season.
\n\u201cHighland GM has been one of our sponsors now for three years,\u201d said Thomson. \u201cThey really help us in the community, there\u2019s a good partnership there. We looked at a way we could do more together, and we got around the table and came up with the Highland GM Aurora Tigers. It\u2019s a great partnership for the Town of Aurora.\u201d
\nHighland General Manager Jennifer Copley said she was \u201creally excited\u201d to partner with Thomson and wife Rita, in the first corporate naming deal the team has struck in its over fifty-year history.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re very proud to be involved,\u201d said Copley. \u201cI think we\u2019re really on the same page, in terms of community involvement, and giving back to the community. So, we\u2019re excited about the season.\u201d
\nThe change is just the latest development in a busy offseason for the Tigers, who have revamped everything from the logo to the team colours. The organization unveiled their plans for a silver, gold, and red colour scheme in July, akin to that of the NHL\u2019s Vegas Golden Knights, complemented by a new shielded logo on the jerseys showcased at Saturday\u2019s event.
\nThe words \u201cHighland GM\u201d over the updated logo represent the first change in the Tiger name for the past quarter century: the current incarnation of the Aurora franchise reinstated the Tigers nickname in 1993 after seven years as the Aurora Eagles, when the team joined the Metro Junior A Hockey League, a precursor to their OJHL instatement in 1997.
\nInitially taking up the Tigers name in 1967, the Aurora franchise fell by the wayside when the financial situation of the OHA Junior A league made it less viable to stay afloat in 1985.
\nThe introduction of the Central Junior B league as the OHA\u2019s most popular junior destination coaxed the Aurora franchise\u2019s return in 1987, skating as the Aurora Eagles for seven seasons.
\nThis year\u2019s incarnation of the Highland GM Aurora Tigers can already be seen in their new digs in preseason action, with a pair of games under their belt before the final roster is announced.
\nLosses to both the Toronto Jr. Canadiens and Stouffville Spirit opened up a four-game preseason schedule with less than a handful of familiar names from the 2017-18 Northeast Conference champion Tigers.
\nThe Tigers round out their preseason with road games against the Whitby Fury on Thursday and the Jr. Canadiens on Friday.
\nRegular season schedules are yet to be announced.
\nSeason passes are available at www.auroratigers.pointstreaksites.com until September 30.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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