{"id":5840,"date":"2014-03-12T15:25:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T19:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=5840"},"modified":"2014-03-19T16:49:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T20:49:02","slug":"tigers-trounce-hurricanes-in-first-round-before-moving-on-to-cobourg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-trounce-hurricanes-in-first-round-before-moving-on-to-cobourg\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers trounce Hurricanes in first round, before moving on to Cobourg"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Doner<\/strong><\/p>\n

After winning the first three games of their series against the Newmarket Hurricanes, the Aurora Tigers Junior A hockey club dealt the final blow to their Yonge Street rivals with a come-from-behind 6 \u2013 2 win in game four last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Early on, however, it wasn\u2019t all that pretty due to a sluggish start for the Tigers, which had them down 2 \u2013 0 midway through the second period.
\nKory Kennedy scored to make it 2 \u2013 1 before the period was over, but head coach James Richmond said his team needed to give their heads a shake heading into the final 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not much paint left on the wall in there,\u201d he said after the game. \u201cThe effort and urgency wasn\u2019t there, we weren\u2019t playing with much desperation and in the third period we had a lucky goal\u2026I think when we got our first one at the end of the second, I told the guys, \u2018they are on their heels, if you want it, take it\u2019 and we did by really taking to them in the third.\u201d<\/p>\n

The message was clearly sent and received, as the Tigers came out in the third period looking to regain some momentum.<\/p>\n

Tigers\u2019 rookie Tyler Boston was the one who would provide some heroics when he buried the tying goal with about 12 minutes left. It was also Boston\u2019s first career OJHL playoff goal.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, Dylan Sikura put on a great display of patience when he found the puck in front of the net, held on to it, dangled his opponents and then roofed it over Newmarket goalie Bo Bessette to give the Tigers their first lead of the game.<\/p>\n

And they didn\u2019t let up there as Boston tipped in his second goal of the game just a minute later.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first one was a lucky bounce and the second one was a tip, but it felt good, obviously, to get my first two career OJHL playoff goals,\u201d Boston said, who admitted his team needed a wakeup call early on.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was about coming out and playing with desperation. They were hanging by a thread and we wanted to cut that thread for them and win all the battles. We knew that if we worked hard and did that the chances would come our way and they did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now with a two-goal lead in hand, the Tigers didn\u2019t stop there. At 14:59, crafty defenceman Eric Williams carried the puck in on the Newmarket goal and though his first shot failed, he made no mistake on the rebound, scoring on the power play to make it 5 \u2013 2.<\/p>\n

Michael Laidley added another for the Tigers after tipping a shot from Kennedy over Bessette to make it a 6 \u2013 2 final.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great and the boys really deserved it,\u201d said scrappy forward Adam DiBrina. \u201cWe played a good, hard four games and we were the better team coming into the series, so it just feels good to finally put that away and focus on the next series now.\u201d<\/p>\n

As one of the team\u2019s veterans, DiBrina has been solid for the Tigers this post-season and was confident his team was going to wake up after a listless first period.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just talked about that if we wanted to win this game it was all about staying in control and that\u2019s been a big thing for us coming into the playoffs,\u201d he said of the conversation during intermission. \u201cWe kept cool heads, stayed confident and we really just outworked them. That\u2019s what it really was. We outworked them in the corners, put pucks on net and focused on that and sure enough came out with the wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said the series may have been a little closer than meets the eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last two games were close and they gave it a great fight for sure. In this league you just can\u2019t walk into a series and expect to blow out every team on any night. We knew that coming in and they fought hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

All in all, the Tigers outscored the Hurricanes 17 \u2013 6 in four games and were supported by consistent outings by two-time OJHL goalie of the month Kevin Entmaa, who boasts a 1.50 goals against average and .944 save percentage thus far in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Richmond said the series sweep was a full team effort, but mentioned a few key performances stood out in game four.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to see [Boston] score and he made some nice plays that didn\u2019t go in the net as well,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the whole team played well and I think Entmaa was the difference in the whole series and that\u2019s what he\u2019s going to have to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tigers have since been off for a week to rest, nurse their wounds and work on getting ready for their northeast semifinal series with the Cobourg Cougars.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever we play is going to be tough,\u201d Richmond said of the Tigers\u2019 next opponent. \u201cWe\u2019ll just keep rolling and attacking with 20 guys.\u201d
\nGame 2 of the series against Cobourg is this Saturday at 7.30 p.m. at ACC.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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