{"id":33707,"date":"2023-10-20T11:48:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=33707"},"modified":"2023-10-26T19:46:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T23:46:57","slug":"lavallee-and-karkoulas-sparkle-in-tigers-4-1-win-over-toronto-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/lavallee-and-karkoulas-sparkle-in-tigers-4-1-win-over-toronto-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavallee and Karkoulas sparkle in Tigers\u2019 4-1 win over Toronto Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Aurora Tigers defeated the Toronto Patriots 4-1 in OJHL action at Westwood Arena on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tigers, in the midst of another grueling four-game road trip, turned in a terrific team effort in Toronto that featured two goals by Jace Lavallee and stellar goaltending by Yianni Karkoulas, who turned aside 26 of 27 shots to earn the W versus the Patriots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aurora fell behind in Toronto when Matthew Manza scored at 16.03 of the first period to give the Patriots a 1-0 lead.&nbsp; However, it would be the only goal that Karkoulas would surrender and Tigers\u2019 forward Max Cervjakovs tied the game thirty-seven seconds after Manza\u2019s marker with assists from Bode Pearson and Connor Russo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tigers took the lead less than two minutes later when Lavallee beat Patriots\u2019 goaltender Evan Maillet. Frank Castiglione earned the only assist\u2014his eighth of the season\u2014on Lavalee\u2019s go-ahead and game-winning goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavallee\u2019s timely marker stood up after a scoreless second period and Kyle Baston made it 3-1 for the Tigers at 6.40 of the final frame with helpers from Kenneth Wu and Jonah Ziskinder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavallee\u2019s second goal of the game closed the scoring at 16.54 when he fired the puck into an empty Patriots cage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacob Carroll and Wu earned assists on Aurora\u2019s empty netter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to Saturday night\u2019s much-needed victory, the Tigers lost in Trenton 7-4 to the Golden Hawks on Friday and lost 4-2 in Burlington to the Cougars on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Trenton, Aurora held a 2-1 lead after the first period on goals by Kyle Baston\u2014assisted by Bode Pearson and Kenneth Wu\u2014and Ryan Evenhuis with helpers from Peter Lopes and Ethan Lindsay.&nbsp; It was Evenhuis\u2019s tenth goal of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Trenton tallied four consecutive goals in the second period to take a 5-2 lead into the final frame and Barret Joynt\u2019s second goal of the game at 7:44 gave the Golden Hawks a commanding 6-2 lead.&nbsp; The Tigers fired two third period goals\u2014courtesy of Frank Castiglione\u2014three minutes apart, but the Aurora rally on the road came up short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A silver lining to a tough final result in Trenton was the production of Aurora\u2019s top line of Evenhuis, Lindsay, and Castiglione who collected eight points in the loss to the Golden Hawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Burlington, Yianni Karkoulas was selected as the first star of the game by PJHL staff. He stopped 46 of the 49 shots that the Cougars fired his way, but it wasn\u2019t enough in a 4-2 loss to start the road trip on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Evenhuis\u2014with his ninth goal of the season\u2014and Frank Castiglione scored for power play goals for the Tigers in Burlington. The Tigers and Cougars battled to a 1-1 tie after two periods, but Burlington scored twice early in the third period to take a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams exchanged goals in the back half of the final frame at Central Arena, but the Tigers could not close its two-goal deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Aurora Tigers look to even their road trip to 2-2 with a win in Pickering on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Jim Stewart<\/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\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F33707&#038;t=Lavallee%20and%20Karkoulas%20sparkle%20in%20Tigers%E2%80%99%204-1%20win%20over%20Toronto%20Patriots&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F33707&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Lavallee%20and%20Karkoulas%20sparkle%20in%20Tigers%E2%80%99%204-1%20win%20over%20Toronto%20Patriots\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F33707&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Lavallee%20and%20Karkoulas%20sparkle%20in%20Tigers%E2%80%99%204-1%20win%20over%20Toronto%20Patriots&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F33707\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aurora Tigers defeated the Toronto Patriots 4-1 in OJHL action at Westwood Arena on Saturday night. The Tigers, in the midst of another grueling four-game road trip, turned in a terrific team effort in Toronto that featured two goals by Jace Lavallee and stellar goaltending by Yianni Karkoulas, who turned aside 26 of 27 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-8LF","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 12:29:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}