{"id":37335,"date":"2025-12-11T14:48:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=37335"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:14:21","slug":"new-tigers-tally-four-goals-but-five-goal-rally-in-third-period-propels-golden-hawks-to-8-5-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/new-tigers-tally-four-goals-but-five-goal-rally-in-third-period-propels-golden-hawks-to-8-5-win\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tigers tally four goals but five-goal rally in third period propels Golden Hawks to 8-5 win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aurora\u2019s Junior A hockey team dropped an 8-5 decision to the nationally-ranked Trenton Golden Hawks on Saturday night at the ACC, but the final score did not reflect how close the home side came to a major upset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers held leads of 2-0 after the first period, 4-3 after the second period, and 5-4 at the 2:33 mark of the third period, but the Trenton tandem of Jamie Darlison and Taeo Artichuk served as a relentless wrecking ball to foil the home side\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remarkably, Darlison scored four goals during the final frame to avert a Trenton loss in Aurora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artichuk\u2014the OJHL\u2019s leading scorer\u2014earned an assist on each of his team\u2019s five third-period goals to boost his points total to 60 in 28 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Moncton, NB, native ran roughshod over the Tigers in the final twenty minutes of play, setting up all four goals by Darlison and Jack Ziliotto\u2019s marker for good measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darlison earned First Star of the Game honors with his four-goal and two-assist performance.  Artichuk\u2019s six-assist outburst earned him Second Star of the Game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Golden Hawks\u2019 five-goal third period surge ruined a valiant effort by the revamped Tigers whose roster was shaken to its core by the December 2 blockbuster trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora\u2019s Captain and leading scorer Simon Howard and NCAA commit defenseman and Assistant Captain Luke Howard were sent to the first-place Toronto Patriots in exchange for forwards Javian Nei and Lucas Marshall, as well as defender Tommy Kut. The five-player deal had been preceded by a swap of defensemen on November 22 with Bode Pearson being sent to the Collingwood Blues for Quinlan Clair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The terrific triumvirate of Nei, Marshall, and Clair tallied four of the Tigers\u2019 five goals versus the second-place Golden Hawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kut made the scoresheet, too, by earning an assist on Nei\u2019s first goal of the game late in the middle frame which gave Aurora a 4-3 lead.  Nei\u2014who tallied two goals\u2014discussed the connections being developed: \u201cMarshall and I are from the Patriots so we have chemistry on the ice.  Our team is building intensity.  Hopefully, we\u2019ll create some momentum in our upcoming games.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent additions to Aurora\u2019s roster contributed immediately on Saturday. Fifty seconds into the contest, the new-look Tigers took a 1-0 lead when Clair\u2014set up by Charlie Hotles and Cayden Smith\u2014fired a power play goal past Trenton goaltender Dylan Lee-Stack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than nine minutes later, Marshall chipped a loose puck past the Trenton defender on the left point, generated a breakaway off the right wing, drew Lee-Stack to the right, and deftly slid the puck between the pads of the sprawled netminder for an electrifying shortie. Marshall\u2019s first goal as a Tiger gave the home side a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ensuing penalty kill didn\u2019t feature another shortie by Aurora, but it did show the Tigers\u2019 toughness as the fearless four blocked six shots during a ninety-second sequence. The frustrated Golden Hawks looked on in disbelief as their slapshots made resounding thuds off the white-clad defenders instead of finding the back of the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers kept Trenton\u2019s high-octane offence off the scoresheet until the start of the second period.  Forty-nine seconds into the middle frame, Beckett Ewart wheeled to the net and snapped one past Owen Byers to narrow Aurora\u2019s lead to 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 2:46, Jack Ziliotto one-timed a rebound from the edge of the crease to pull the Trenton crew into a tie.  Thirty-three seconds later, Andrew Wycisk stormed down the right wing, rifled a wrist shot that bulged the twine behind Byers, and\u2014presto\u2014the visitors held their first lead of the game by tallying three goals in less than three minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora Head Coach Darcy Roy called a time out after Wycisk\u2019s go-ahead goal to settle his shocked troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nei noted the content of the \u201cone-sided conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCoach told us to get back to our game plan. We were off the plan to start the period. The timeout got us back in the proper mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, Coach Roy\u2019s words of wisdom worked as the down time slowed the whirling dervishes clad in black and gold. The re-set also helped the home side\u2019s offense. At 10:29, Jamie Buscarini created space on the left wing off a perfect pass from Clair and ripped a shot that banged under the crossbar and ricocheted downward over the goal-line to tie the game 3-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seventy-eight seconds later, the Tigers made it 4-3 when Nei made a slick move off the left wing, dragged the puck through one more defender, and calmly slid the puck past a sprawled Lee-Stack who had bitten on the deceptive centre\u2019s first deke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nie described his first goal as a Tiger: \u201cIt was created by playing with two good teammates.  We\u2019ve only had two practices together, but it felt good to contribute and help the team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trailing by a goal, Trenton opened the third period as they started the second. Darlison tallied the first of his four goals thirty-seven seconds into the final frame to tie it 4-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undaunted, the Tigers fought back when Nei tapped the puck past Lee-Stack for his second of the game.  The articulate Markham resident described the go-ahead goal: \u201cWe had a face-off play set up. The bounces went my way and I was able to bury it in the empty net.\u201d For his two-goal effort, Nei was selected as the Third Star of the Game by OJHL staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High Points of the Game<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Tigers leading 2-0, the ACC popcorn and tube steak\u2014purchased for the reasonable price of $10\u2014tasted even better during the first intermission.  On top of the gustatory delights served up by Yan, the PA crew played traditional Christmas music to create a festive mood. Dreams of a major OJHL upset danced in our heads.  That prospective \u201cUpset of the Season\u201d still seemed possible with the nifty Nei put the Tigers up 5-4 less than three minutes into the third, but Darlison and Artichuk were the Grinches who stole the Christmas Miracle in Aurora with their breath-taking offensive surge in the final frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two-game weekend at the ACC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gritty Tigers host the Haliburton Huskies on Friday night and the Lindsey Muskies on Saturday night.  Puck drop will be 7 p.m.<\/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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