{"id":25416,"date":"2019-12-18T18:54:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T23:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=25416"},"modified":"2020-01-02T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T23:01:12","slug":"st-andrews-college-saints-take-care-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/st-andrews-college-saints-take-care-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Andrew\u2019s College Saints take care of business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The St. Andrew\u2019s College Saints defeated the Ridley College\nTigers and Trinity College School this past week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saints went on a road trip to St. Catharines last\nWednesday, earning a hard-fought victory against the Ridley College Tigers 6-3.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top two teams in CISAA did not disappoint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A silent first period for goals, the Tigers and the Saints\nspent an ample amount of time in the box. A total of 28 minutes\u2019 worth of\npenalties filled the stat sheet including two 10-minute misconduct penalties\nawarded to Tigers forward Luke Haymes and Saints defenceman Luke Vardy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With high tensions and animosity boiling on each of the two\nbenches, goals began to take over this penalty-ridden festivity in the second\nperiod. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saints forward Cole Galata opened the scoring under two\nminutes into the period. 14 seconds later, Tigers forward Brady Hildreth\nequalized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke Vardy got his chance to get on the scoresheet to make\nit 2-1 for the Saints. Then on the power play the Tigers Colton Chipman tied it\nup once more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It came down to Mark Hillier to take over this one for the\nSaints. The Labrador City native made it 3-2 by the end of the period and added\none early in the third for a 4-2 lead. The Tigers pulled one back thanks to\nLuke Haymes, yet the Saints proved to be too much to handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braeden Donnolly made it 5-2 and Saginaw Spirit draft choice\nKienan Draper added one more to seal it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

32 more minutes of penalties in the 3rd<\/sup> period\nshadowed a great scoreboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saints returned home for their next game on Saturday\nagainst Trinity College School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saints put on display an ostentatious performance,\ndominating possession of the puck, controlling the game from puck drop and outshooting\ntheir opponent by a country mile 48-19.After conceding an early breakaway goal,\nthe Saints bounced back on the power play. Devlin O\u2019Brien deflected Kienan\nDraper\u2019s pass right by goaltender Josh Nadler to tie it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Orrico made it 2-1 early on, only for his finish to be\nequalized by Trinity\u2019s Henry Gay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closer to the end of the period, Aurora\u2019s very own Liam\nTaylor capitalized on a golden opportunity to retake the lead into the 3rd<\/sup>\nperiod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy right winger goes right, puck squared loose at the line\nand he drove the net hard,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cI just tried to keep up with him and\nI got the second chance and buried it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the final frame, there was no sign of trepidation\ntowards conceding a goal by the Saints. St. Andrew\u2019s boys were poised and\ndefensively sound holding on to the lead and sealing an empty net goal at the\nend to cap off a 4-2 victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a 5-1 record to begin the Conference of Independent\nSchools Athletic Association (CISAA) season, the Saints have 15 OHL draft picks\nand six players committed to Divison-1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor shares what it is like to play for the school and his\nteammates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been looking up to these guys since I was young\nbecause I\u2019ve been to the school since grade eight. These guys have always been\nsomething I\u2019ve looked up to and it\u2019s great to be a part of this team.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head Coach David Manning said he was satisfied with the\nperformances this past week. It has been a successful beginning to this year\nand he sheds light on what the responsibility is of the school to prepare\nstudents for the rest of their lives in and out, of hockey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur job is to prepare them as people and as students and as\nathletes, to make whatever step that is next, a really fruitful one,\u201d said\nManning. \u201cI think for us it is a matter of challenging them and creating an\nenvironment where they have all the resources they need to continue to build on\ntheir games and build on their people.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Andrew\u2019s College Saints will continue their season in the new year, hosting St. Michael’s College Majors at La Brier Family Arena in Aurora, Wednesday, January 8 at 4 p.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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