{"id":25728,"date":"2020-01-23T18:31:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T23:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=25728"},"modified":"2020-01-31T19:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T00:44:12","slug":"tigers-blanked-vs-collingwood-colts-georgetown-game-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-blanked-vs-collingwood-colts-georgetown-game-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers blanked vs Collingwood Colts, Georgetown game postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Aurora Tigers fell to the Collingwood Colts 5-0 at\nhome Friday night and Saturday\u2019s matchup against Georgetown was postponed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Near the tail end of this rebuilding season, the Tigers\ncontinue to tweak their game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head coach Jim Wells, Jr. adds a different swagger to the\ngroup, building their identity from practice to games since taking over the\nhead coaching position from Rob De Fulvis in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the past ten regular season outings, the Tigers have\nconceded 48 goals and scored 17 of their own. This 31-goal differential does\nnot reflect some great efforts in this stretch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For seven of the past 10 games the Tigers have reached 30\nshots on goal. The boys have conceded an ample amount of shots per contest, yet\nthey channel that into some offence of their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outworking the other team is a prized asset. That is what\nthe Tigers have been learning all year long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against the Collingwood Colts, the Tigers were cumbersome\nin the first period, recording three shots on goal, against a club they took to\ndouble-overtime back in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Colts poured on 17 shots of their own in the opening\nframe. Tigers goaltender Christian Filippetti stood on his head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine minutes in, Colts forward Tyler Ignazzitto opened\nthe scoring on the power play. With 37 seconds left in the frame, Patrick Brown\nadded his 14th of the season for a 2-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second period, the Tigers rebounded exceptionally,\noutshooting the Colts 12-11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the most part it was the Tigers who pressed the\nColts, working hard to open the scoring. Sticking with the game plan, the boys\ncame close, if it was not for Andrew Rose denying all chances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we play that way for three periods, if we play the\nway we did in the second on to the third, we would have a chance to compete,\u201d\nsaid Wells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Colts added another power play goal early thanks to\nAdrian Nabuurs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With one minute and one second left, Christian Taylor\nscored the fourth goal for the Colts on the night and Vladislav\nDvurechenskii<\/a> scored with one second left in the period for the fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the third period, both teams did not generate many\nscoring chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amidst the score line and the stat lines that will enter\nthe minds of spectators, it is important to remember the Tigers have 12 players\nin their first year of Junior A hockey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization does not have one player at the age of\n20, versus the Colts who have more than five. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wells explained what the best part is about having first\nyear players on the team is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheir energy,\u201d he says. \u201cSometimes, the difference is\nthe mental part of the game. In the first period they didn\u2019t show up but they\nwere able to rebound and they have energy. That\u2019s probably the best part of it\nand they\u2019re learning all the time.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving forward, Wells hopes that his players earn a good\nexperience with the team with the club sending a consistent message to the\nboys, improving their hockey IQs for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers were supposed to play the Georgetown Raiders the next night. The game was postponed due to the snowstorm. The Tigers will host the Raiders this Friday at 7.30 p.m. in the Aurora Community Centre. <\/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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