{"id":23410,"date":"2019-04-04T19:16:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=23410"},"modified":"2019-04-04T19:16:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:16:45","slug":"varga-tooke-ready-to-join-college-hockey-rosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/varga-tooke-ready-to-join-college-hockey-rosters\/","title":{"rendered":"Varga, Tooke ready to join college hockey rosters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chalk up another pair of\nex-Tigers for the college hockey circuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both forward Jack Varga and\ndefenseman Noah Tooke committed to play collegiate hockey in North America next\nseason, with Varga heading to the NCAA to join the Northland College\nLumberjacks, while Tooke will join the U Sports\u2019 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two new additions bring\nthe Tigers\u2019 2019 season commitment totals to the second highest number for the\norganization since 2015, which includes 2017-18 players Chris Giroday, Anthony\nRomano, and Kyle Bollers, as well as Joseph Mizzi, who recently joined the Utah\nGrizzlies of the ECHL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the smaller players on\nthe ice throughout the OJHL season, Varga proved his worth with his tenacity\nand fearlessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongratulations Jack,\u201d the\nTigers tweeted. \u201c(You\u2019re) one of the best character players in the history of\nour organization, you have the heart of a champion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After three years with the\nStouffville Spirit, Varga enjoyed a successful stint with the Tigers this past\nseason in posting thirteen goals and sixteen assists in 47 games. The Sharon,\nON native is a product of the York-Simcoe Express system, and will join the\nNCAA DIII program in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tooke, who served as a reserve\nin his one season with the Tigers in 2018-19, joins fellow ex-Tigers James\nThomson and Steven MacLean, who just announced his commitment for his freshman\nseason last week.<\/p>\n\r\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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F23410&#038;t=Varga%2C%20Tooke%20ready%20to%20join%20college%20hockey%20rosters&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F23410&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Varga%2C%20Tooke%20ready%20to%20join%20college%20hockey%20rosters\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F23410&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Varga%2C%20Tooke%20ready%20to%20join%20college%20hockey%20rosters&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F23410\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chalk up another pair of ex-Tigers for the college hockey circuits. Both forward Jack Varga and defenseman Noah Tooke committed to play collegiate hockey in North America next season, with Varga heading to the NCAA to join the Northland College Lumberjacks, while Tooke will join the U Sports\u2019 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-65A","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 21:02:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}