TIGERS PRESS RELEASE OCTOBER 8, 2017
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The Tigers entered this weekend with a split after their opening weekend of action as they entered the 2017-2018 NEAJBHL season.
It was another busy weekend as the boys packed the bus and made the trek on Friday to Onion Lake. Both teams exchanged 10 shots a piece in the opening frame and went into the second scoreless. The second period was dominated by the Tigers as they jumped all over the Border Chiefs scoring 3 goals.
Netminder Dakota Kenyon stymied the Chiefs all night enroute to a 5-1 Tigers win. Scoring for the Tigers were Ryan VanGenderen and Jesse Reeds with 2 goals a piece and Evan Bardoel with a lone marker. The game was interrupted in the second frame with a line brawl featuring Hayden Protsch, Maguire Blair, Darren Frankiw and Austin Trach.
Saturday brought the home opener as the St. Paul Canadiens faced off against the yellow and black. Ryan VanGenderen continued his assault on opposing gatekeepers, pumping in a hat trick en route to a 4-3 win. The 3 goals has VanGenderen tied for the scoring lead in the league with 8 goals in 4 games. Brayden Wilson notched his own hat trick of sorts by scoring the opening goal, assisting on VanGenderen’s first goal and dropping the mitts in the second period to complete the Gordie Howe hat trick.
Maguire Blair, Darren Frankiw and Austin Trach all sat out Saturday as part of their involvement in the previous evenings fracas. More discipline for those players may follow depending on the league’s ruling. Backstop Dakota Kenyon now leads the league with 3 wins, a 1.33 goals against average and a .946 save percentage.
The Tigers will look to stay hot next week as they continue their road warrior start to the season Friday in Sedgewick to face the Killam Wheat Kings and Saturday in Saddle Lake for their first meeting against the Warriors. The 2 wins have the Tigers sitting in second place in the standings.
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