{"id":32547,"date":"2023-02-02T18:49:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T23:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=32547"},"modified":"2023-02-09T17:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T22:34:27","slug":"carter-real-scores-a-hat-trick-for-the-tigers-in-5-4-ot-loss-in-oakville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/carter-real-scores-a-hat-trick-for-the-tigers-in-5-4-ot-loss-in-oakville\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter Real scores a hat trick for the Tigers in 5-4 OT Loss in Oakville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Aurora Tigers picked up a key point on the road in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Oakville Blades at the Sixteen Mile Sports Centre on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a game of momentum swings with both teams scoring goals in bunches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carter Real continued his torrid pace over the weekend by scoring three goals for the Tigers, but Blades\u2019 forward Matthew Wang scored the game-winner for Oakville on a penalty shot at 4:12 of the extra period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach Greg Johnston felt his Tigers got off to a good start by jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t our best start of the season, but we capitalized on our opportunities on the road to start the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zennon Edwards scored two minutes into the game on assists from Jonah Ziskinder and Alex Case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carter Real added two goals\u2014including a power play marker \u2013 in the opening frame to stake the Tigers to a commanding 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real\u2019s play in Oakville and at home versus Stouffville on Friday impressed his Head Coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCarter has found his stride. He\u2019s an excellent skater and had a great weekend. We need him to maintain his momentum and help carry us into a big weekend versus Burlington and Georgetown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the Real-led onslaught in the first period, the Blades responded in the second with their own flurry of goals. Aidan Russell, Marco Costante, and Lachlan Wells scored for the Blades to knot the game at 3-3 heading into the third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real scored short-handed at 7:37 of the third to complete his hat trick and put the Tigers ahead 4-3. The lead was short-lived as the Blades\u2019 Jack Churchill tallied two minutes later to tie the game and set up the overtime period. Despite the loss, Coach Johnston was pleased with his team\u2019s \u201cthree-point weekend\u201d and their 2-0-1 record in their last three games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers withstood a closing two-minute blitz on Friday by the Stouffville Spirit to preserve a 4-3 victory at the ACC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnston\u2019s praise of goalie Glen Crandell\u2019s heroic efforts was succinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGlen got us those two points. He made all the saves he needed tonight and a few extras.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The towering Tiger netminder turned aside 28 shots\u2014many of them point blank over the course of the game\u2014but saved his best work with his team clinging to a one-goal lead. The Tigers were besieged by a relentless 6-on-5 Stouffville attack after the Spirit pulled goaltender Matteo Gennero with 2:25 left in the third period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora defenders blocked three scoring chances and Crandell stood tall to stall the Stouffville comeback. The gutsy final stand by the Tigers impressed their Head Coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe guys sacrificed defensively with the game on the line. They were winning key puck battles and they made a number of huge blocks. All 20 players needed to be rolling tonight and they were from start to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An exhausted Crandall described the final two minutes of the game as \u201cnerve-wracking, but it also raised the team\u2019s spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWins like this keep our spirits high, we\u2019ve been consistent in our last two wins, and we are gaining momentum as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 6\u20194\u201d goaltender praised Carter Real and Ryan Evenhuis \u201cfor their big offensive nights\u201d and applauded all his teammates for \u201cnot getting too high and not getting too low\u201d during the nail-biting third period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With three Tigers in the penalty box including an inciting misconduct, The Spirit took advantage of the 5-on-3 advantage with a power play goal by Nathan Twohey at 10:32 and they added an even-strength goal one minute later by Jeremy Hirsh to whittle the Tigers\u2019 lead to 4-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers\u2019 final defensive stand saved a key divisional win in which they never trailed. Six minutes into the game, Joseph Martino\u2019s converted a clear-cut breakaway to stake his team to a 1-0 lead. Ryan Evenhuis and Carter Real drew assists on the opening goal\u2014a prelude to their combined seven-point night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora jumped into a 2-0 lead when Carter Real finished a perfect passing sequence from Lucas Stanojevic and Alex Case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stouffville\u2019s Michael DiSanto scored from a bad angle with 52.6 seconds remaining in the second period to cut the Tigers\u2019 lead to 2-1, but Peter Lopes\u2019s blast from between the circles and through Gennaro restored his team\u2019s two-goal margin one minute into the third period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Evenhuis and Carter Real earned assists on the key power play goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real scored the game-winning goal on a finely-executed 2-on-1 with Ryan Evenhuis and Adamo Zingaro drawing assists to put the Tigers up 4-1 at the 14:25 mark of the third period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a lead the Tigers would not relinquish that night in \u201cThe Jungle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carter Real had a prolific 7-point weekend for the Tigers: 2 goals and 2 assists versus Stouffville on Friday night and 3 more goals in Oakville on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Evenhuis assisted on 5 of the Tigers\u2019 8 goals this weekend versus the Spirit and the Blades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers\u2019 two road games next weekend, according to Aurora Coach Greg Johnston, will be a \u201cpreview to the playoffs\u201d with \u201chigh octane, high-flying Burlington\u201d and \u201cone of the best teams in the best OJHL teams in Georgetown. It\u2019ll be a challenging weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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