The Aurora Tigers roared through the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League in 2006/07, fashioning a 44-4-1 record to finish a whopping 28 points ahead of the Stouffville Spirit in the OPJHL’s North Division. They also took home the league’s regular season championship, finishing with a seven-point cushion over runners-up Bowmanville and Wellington. Aurora spread around the scoring, as Andrew Favot (31-37-69, 16th) and Joey Martin (30-37-67, 20th) the only Tigers to finish in the top 20 of OPJHL scoring. Goaltender Tyler Gordon, who will appear is his second consecutive RBC Royal Bank Cup – he was the starter for the host Streetsville Derbys in 2006 – finished third in the league with a 2.00 goals against average, was second with a .932 save percentage and led the league with 27 wins in 33 games. The Tigers stumbled just once in the OPJHL playoffs, dropping two of the first four games in their second-round series against the Newmarket Hurricanes after a convincing four-game sweep of Buffalo in the opening round. They took care of the Hurricanes in six games, and knocked off Stouffville, Hamilton and Wellington in five games each to win the OPJHL Championship. At the Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Central Region championship, Aurora was the class of the tournament, going 3-0 in the round robin – outscoring the opposition 17-4 – before topping the SIJHL-champion Schreiber Diesels __ in the championship game. The Tigers will be in Prince George looking for their second RBC Royal Bank Cup in four years in 2007, to join the 2004 championship they won in Grande Prairie, AB.

TIGERS TOP KODIAKS, TAKE TOP SPOT IN ROUND ROBIN
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Pembroke Lumber Kings - EST 2
vs. Aurora Tigers - CEN 3
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HE’S BACK – GORDON RETURNS
FOR THIRD CRACK AT
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

For most hockey players across Canada, playing in one national championship is a chance of a lifetime. If that is the case, Tyler Gordon now has enough for three lifetimes. » more

TIGERS HAND SPRUCE KINGS SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS

Andrew Favot scored late in the second period, a goal which stood up as the game winner as the Aurora Tigers topped the Prince George Spruce Kings 6-3 on Tuesday night at CN Centre in Prince George, BC.
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TIGERS RIDE STRONG START
TO WIN OVER STEELERS

Andrew Favot and Michael Dahlinger scored in the opening 10 minutes, Tyler Gordon made 26 saves, and the Aurora Tigers picked up their first win at the 2007 RBC Royal Bank Cup with a 4-2 victory over the Selkirk Steelers » more | Photo Gallery

LUMBER KINGS EVEN RECORD
WITH WIN OVER TIGERS

It was a little closer than they would have liked in the end, but the Pembroke Lumber Kings are back to .500 after a 5-3 win over the Aurora Tigers on Monday afternoon at CN Centre in Prince George, BC.
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