{"id":35699,"date":"2025-01-16T19:02:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T00:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35699"},"modified":"2025-01-16T19:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T00:02:56","slug":"johnson-and-howard-deliver-three-point-performances-as-tigers-crown-royals-7-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/johnson-and-howard-deliver-three-point-performances-as-tigers-crown-royals-7-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson and Howard deliver three-point performances as Tigers crown Royals 7-4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Aurora Tigers sprung back into the win column with a decisive 7-4 victory over the Royals at the Markham Centennial Community Centre last Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Johnson and Simon Howard delivered three-point performances to help snap Aurora\u2019s four-game losing streak. Nolan Shaw led the Tigers with two goals, including the game-winner in the second period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Murray opened the scoring for the Royals at 1:51, but Shaw tied the game at 13:10 with helpers from Simon Howard and Luc Warner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three minutes later, Domenic Battaglia set up Johnson\u2019s seventh of the season to stake the Tigers to a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora defenseman Luke Howard fired the puck past Markham goaltender Sebastian Monaco less than three minutes into the second period. Assists were earned by Johnson and Battaglia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Travis Rekar\u2019s unassisted goal pulled Markham to within one goal of the visitors, Michael Piao, Shaw, and Cayden Smith scored three consecutive goals in the middle frame to give the Tigers a commanding 6-2 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owen Ferguson\u2019s 13th<\/sup> of the season reduced Markham\u2019s deficit to three with eight minutes left in the second and Andrew Lanni\u2019s unassisted marker made it 6-4 at 6:01 of the final frame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tristen Aben\u2019s empty netter at 18:29 closed the scoring and provided the margin of victory for Aurora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tigers\u2019 goaltender Christopher Thompson made 30 saves\u2014including 16 in the pivotal second period– to earn the W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 7, the Tigers traveled to Trenton to face the powerhouse Golden Hawks.  The #1 team in the OJHL East skated to a 5-1 win over Aurora in front of 526 fans at Duncan Memorial Gardens to improve their stellar record to 30-5-2-0. With the loss, the young Tigers fell to 8-26-0-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden Hawks\u2019 forward David Fournier\u2014currently second in the OJHL scoring race with 62 points in 36 games \u2013 fired his 31st<\/sup> of the season 1:15 into the contest. Thomas Kuipers made it 2-0 for the home side at 11:32. Eight seconds later, however, the plucky Tigers clawed back when Battaglia\u2014with assists from Johnson and Smith\u2014beat Trenton goaltender Brady Spry to pull Aurora to within one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamie Darlison\u2019s power play goal at 11:11 of the second period restored Trenton\u2019s two-goal lead and the Golden Hawks pulled away in the third period with Spencer Hughes scoring at 2:51. Mason Landry put the finishing touches on Trenton\u2019s four-goal victory with 62 seconds left in the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Golden Hawks peppered Aurora goaltender Erik Powers with 44 shots.<\/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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