{"id":25279,"date":"2019-11-22T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T01:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=25279"},"modified":"2019-11-29T15:31:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T20:31:42","slug":"tigers-hope-coaching-shift-can-spark-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-hope-coaching-shift-can-spark-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers hope coaching shift can spark change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Aurora Tigers are banking on some\nchanges behind the bench to point them back in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a fresh four-game losing\nstreak, culminating in a pair of losses to the Pickering Panthers and\nStouffville Panthers this weekend, the Junior A club on Sunday relieved general\nmanager and head coach Rob De Fulviis of his duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur organization and @Town_of_Aurora\nwould like to thank (De Fulviis) for his hard work and dedication,\u201d said owner\nJim Thomson in a tweet through the team\u2019s account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ex-professional himself that retired\nfollowing the 2017-18 season, De Fulviis was the man behind the wheel on what\nhas been a historically poor season for the Tigers, managing just four wins at\nalmost the halfway point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is replaced by a pair of familiar\nfaces in both roles, with Daniel Giammarco taking the reins as the new general\nmanager and Jim Wells Jr. replacing him as head coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former Toronto Marlboros executive,\nGiammarco takes on the head position as the former associate general manager,\nwhile Wells Jr. moves up from assistant coach to the head honcho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wells is certainly no stranger to the\njunior hockey arena: though a longtime coach of the York University Lions, he\nhas on multiple occasions been behind the bench of the Newmarket Hurricanes, a\nfranchise his father helped start in the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both men take over a tall order in the\non-ice talent: the Tigers allowed a combined thirteen goals in two losses over\nthe weekend, cementing their position at the bottom of the OJHL standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pickering Panthers first beat up on\nthe Tigers on Friday night, riding a 42-shot performance to a 7 \u2013 3 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goaltender Andrew Barwinski was left out\nto dry in a game that was a runaway from the start, with Pickering first\ngetting on the board just over three minutes into regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sebastian Tamburro provided two of the\nAurora goals, while newcomer Landis Antonic provided the final, a much-welcomed\nspark plug in his four games so far as an Aurora Tiger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He continued his point streak in picking\nup an assist in Saturday\u2019s match with the Stouffville Spirit, though a 6 \u2013 3\nloss was all the Tigers could muster against the North division\u2019s top squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special teams was clicking for the\nTigers, with both Tamburro and Jonathan Balah finding the back of the net on\nthe powerplay, though not much else was with Stephen Li notching the only even\nstrength goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barwinski fared no better in stopping 26\nshots of the 32 he faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Wells and his team, the going gets\nno easier: a rematch with Stouffville comes up this Friday at the Aurora\nCommunity Centre, set for a puck drop of 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The home stand continues on Saturday in\nhosting the Markham Royals, who sit behind the Spirit and the Collingwood Colts\nin the OJHL\u2019s North division standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the Tigers, a record of 4-18-0-3\nhas Aurora well out of contention, and in a battle with the Lindsay Muskies for\nthe basement of the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For stats, schedules, and more information, visit www.auroratigers.pointstreaksites.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jake Courtepatte <\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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