{"id":34039,"date":"2024-01-11T17:37:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T22:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34039"},"modified":"2024-01-18T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T20:14:01","slug":"tigers-tamed-by-trenton-and-toronto-in-lop-sided-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-tamed-by-trenton-and-toronto-in-lop-sided-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers tamed by Trenton and Toronto in lop-sided losses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Aurora Tigers\u2019 tumble down the OJHL Eastern Conference standings is sadly reminiscent of a line uttered by the villainous King Claudius in the classic tragedy Hamlet: \u201cWhen troubles come, they come not as single spies, but in battalions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rookie-laden Tigers lineup experienced a similar invasion of battalions during a pair of punishing road losses meted out by the first-place Trenton Golden Hawks and the second-place Toronto Junior Canadiens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losing 13-1 in Trenton on Friday night and 7-1 in Toronto on Sunday night brought scoreboard results not for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against the OJHL\u2019s second-ranked team on Friday, the Tigers found themselves behind early. The powerful Trenton squad\u2014ranked seventh in Canada \u2013 came out firing as per their aircraft logo and racked up a 5-0 first period lead. The Golden Hawks bulged the twine at 1:04 and 1:37 of the second period to stretch their lead to 7-0.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tigers\u2019 rookie forward Josh Frenette\u2019s unassisted goal got Aurora on the scoreboard, but that was all the offence the visitors could muster.  The Golden Hawks\u2014sporting a sparkling 30-7-0-1 record after their fourth consecutive win this year versus Aurora\u2014 led 11-1 heading into the final frame much to the delight of their 641 fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers headed west to Toronto in quest of a brighter result versus the Junior Canadiens against whom they have played well this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Sunday night provided no relief for the weary road warriors as Aurora\u2019s revamped young lineup was overmatched on The Scotiabank Pond. Against the OJHL\u2019s fourth-ranked team, the Tigers trailed 3-0 before the game was eight minutes old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tigers\u2019 rookie centre Jobey Pearson\u2019s power play goal at 13:57\u2014assisted by Tyler Oletic and Carson Littlejohns\u2014pulled Aurora to within two. However, Jordan Karafile scored two of his three goals to close the period to give the Canadiens a 5-1 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karafile completed his hat trick at 1:31 of the middle frame and finished his five-point night by assisting on Nathan Phillips\u2019 marker at 9:58 of the third period to provide Toronto\u2014ranked 22nd in the 122-team CJHL– with its decisive margin of victory.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers continue their arduous road trip on Sunday, January 14 when they travel to Wellington to face the third-place Dukes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The Aurora Tigers\u2019 tumble down the OJHL Eastern Conference standings is sadly reminiscent of a line uttered by the villainous King Claudius in the classic tragedy Hamlet: \u201cWhen troubles come, they come not as single spies, but in battalions.\u201d The rookie-laden Tigers lineup experienced a similar invasion of battalions during a pair of punishing road […]<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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-34039","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\/p3D2k4-8R1","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-21 04:38:02","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\/34039","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=34039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}