{"id":25110,"date":"2019-10-31T14:39:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=25110"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:39:56","slug":"junior-a-tigers-plagued-by-losses-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/junior-a-tigers-plagued-by-losses-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior A Tigers plagued by losses once again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s back to the drawing board for the Tigers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just days after stringing together their first back-to-back wins of the\nOntario Junior Hockey League season, the Aurora club returned to the loss\ncolumn for three straight losses last week, once again cementing their position\nin the division\u2019s basement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosting the Pickering Panthers for a day game on October 23, it was a\nbattle of two clubs trending in the right direction after a slow start to the\nseason. Aurora came out the gate with a pair of late first period goals from\nJackson Clark and Eric Conley, though a pair of Pickering tallies with the\nextra man advantage in the second squared it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cael Cavallin had the Tigers back on top 3 \u2013 2 with his first goal of\nthe year in the second period, though Pickering picked up four goals in the\nfinal frame, eventually taking a 6 \u2013 4 win in front of the school-day crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryce Young notched the Tigers\u2019 final goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian Filippetti was tagged with the loss, only to return to the\nnet two days later to do battle with the Collingwood Colts, coming out on the\nwrong end again in what was otherwise a valiant effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aurora\u2019s starting tender managed a whopping 42 saves at Eddie Bush\nArena, falling 3 \u2013 2 in an overtime game that saw the Tigers\u2019 leading with\nunder five minutes left to play in regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filippetti was fooled by the Colts\u2019 Jacob Campbell at the 15:29 mark,\nbefore Patrick Brown gave the home side the extra point just over a minute into\nthe overtime period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No points would come the Tigers\u2019 way in Saturday\u2019s home hosting of the\nBurlington Cougars at the Aurora Community Centre, a 7 \u2013 3 loss that saw\nBurlington explode in offense in the latter half of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tied at twos late in the second period, Burlington managed three\nstraight goals to take a commanding lead they would never give up, snapping a\nlosing streak of their own while stretching the Tigers\u2019 to three games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the losses, Tigers head coach Rob De Fulviis remains optimistic\nthat his club can turn it around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trending in the right direction,\u201d said De Fulviis. \u201cWe certainly\nhave a lot to clean up in our game but we\u2019re taking it day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The optimism does little to change the fact, however, that the Tigers\nare now one-third of the way through the OJHL season and well out of\ncontention: a record of 3-12-0-3 has Aurora sitting last in the North division,\neleven points back of the division-leading Colts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aurora holds a one-point advantage on\nthe Lindsay Muskies, who find themselves 22nd out of 22nd among league\nstandings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A chance to extend that lead and break\nthe losing streak comes this Friday when the Tigers visit the Muskies for the\nfirst meeting of the year between the two clubs, before heading to Brantford on\nSunday to do battle with the 99ers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For stats, schedules, and more information, visit www.auroratigers.pointstreaksites.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> By Jake Courtepatte <\/strong><\/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\" 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Just days after stringing together their first back-to-back wins of the Ontario Junior Hockey League season, the Aurora club returned to the loss column for three straight losses last week, once again cementing their position in the division\u2019s basement. 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