{"id":22125,"date":"2018-11-08T11:35:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T16:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=22125"},"modified":"2018-11-15T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T16:47:44","slug":"overtime-hero-ball-lifts-tigers-over-rival-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/overtime-hero-ball-lifts-tigers-over-rival-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Overtime hero Ball lifts Tigers over rival Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A rollercoaster of a weekend for the Junior A Aurora Tigers ended on a positive note Saturday, picking up a crucial extra point in the ongoing saga of the Aurora-Markham rivalry.
\nBetween the pipes for his first action in eleven days, Aurora goaltender Christian Filippetti was effective in allowing starter Jack Irvine the night off in a 4 \u2013 3 double overtime victory.
\nJack Ball opened the scoring for the Tigers seven minutes into the first on a cross-ice feed from Jack Varga, though Markham returned the favour late in the frame on a snapshot past Filippetti.
\nThe sides traded two blows each in the second, Aurora\u2019s coming off the sticks of Landis Antonic and Ryan Littlejohn, before Filippetti and his counterpart Nick Althaus settled in for a scoreless third period to send the game to overtime.
\nIt took close to ten minutes of extra time before the Ball came full circle for the Tigers, who, after scoring the opener, buried the double overtime winner with five seconds on the clock.
\n\u201cYou gotta love it,\u201d said Tigers analyst Kevin Dean of Ball\u2019s winner, a snapshot five hole after a nice strip from a defender for a breakaway. \u201cIt was a brutal mistake by Markham, giving the puck up before the sniper buried the twine.\u201d
\nIt was a collective sigh of relief for a Tigers\u2019 bench that was walked over one night prior against the Brampton Admirals, formerly the Orangeville Flyers, where Varga was the only Tiger to get on the board in the third period.
\nYet a vital extra point no matter what side of the ice it fell on, Saturday\u2019s win over Markham padded the Tigers\u2019 lead over the Royals in the OJHL\u2019s North division, giving them a nine-point cushion at 14-5-2-0.
\nThey sit just four points back of the Conference-leading Oakville Blades.
\nThe Tigers also welcomed back a familiar face over the weekend in defenseman Domenico Argento, a Montreal native returned from the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
\nThe 6\u20193\u201d, 210-lb. Argento played eight games for the Tigers in the 2016-17 season, amassing four assists in eight games.
\nNot all was well in the den, though, as the team\u2019s second-leading scorer Kyle Bollers had his OHL rights traded from the Saginaw Spirit to the Oshawa Generals on Friday, who promptly scooped him back up to the major junior level.
\nThe rest of the squad will have to pick up the slack when the Tigers wrap up a streak of six of seven games on home ice, hosting the Cobourg Cougars (14-4-0-4) at the Aurora Community Centre in their only matchup of the year.
\nIt should prove to be a barnburner: the sides have not seen one another since the Tigers knocked the Cougars out of the OJHL playoffs in five games in the Conference semifinal last season. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m.
\nThey wrap up the weekend with a visit to the Toronto Patriots (8-10-0-0) on Saturday.
\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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