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w 38 -- Scugog Cilizen - Tuesday, December 20, 1994 Santa was at the Scugog Arena Sunday night, but he didn't bring much Christmas cheer for the Port Perry MoJacks. MoJacks, with just a win and a tie in their last five outings, were hooked up against the red hot Georgina Ice, and when this hard-hitting affair was over, the Ice were on top by a 4-2 margin. Coupled with a 6-5 overtime win against 'league leading Bowmanville on Friday night, the four point weekend for the Ice vaulted tliem into sole possession of second place in the Central Junior C standings with 29 points, four up on the Modacks, and two ahead of Uxbridge who defeated Lakefield on Friday night. * In Sunday night's game the MoJacks struck first at 7:31 of the opening period when Jason Cochrane kept driving for the net and a rebound banked in off his stick. MoJacks seemed to have the better of the play in this rugged first period and could have added to their lead were it not for the stellar work of Ice netminder Brian Hoult. But the momentum started to change late in the frame and at 19:22 Mike Hewitt found himself all alone in front of Rick Hutchinson and he made no mistake with a shot to the cotner. Ice blew the game wide open in the second with three un- answered goals for a commanding 4-1 lead. __ Jason Callahan, Don Gillies and Rob Vaughan did the damage on the scoreboard and Hoult continued to display quick hands to keep the MoJacks off the scoresheet. With under six minutes left in the third, MoJacks finally got one by Hoult as Jamie More stickhandled his way in close and scored on the batk-hand. Duane Empringham and Trevor Bremner got the helpers. Despite the disappointing outcome for the MoJacks, this was an entertaining hockey game as both teams showed no hesitation in throwing some heavy hits. Midway 'through the second, MoJacks Ryan Ridgway and Ice Doug Claughton duked it out with both landing some haymakers after they had removed each other's head gear. When it was over they tapped each other on the seat of the pants before heading to the showers. SLAPSHOTS: MoJacks problems on the ice recently are not so much that they have been playing poorly, they just can't seem to get the puck in the net. They have been getting the chances but shots are either going wide or into"the goalie's pads. And they don't have a "game breaker" in the line up, the kind of player who's a threat to score every time he steps on the ice. MoJacks have a very tough schedule coming up over the holiday season starting tonight (Dec. 20) when they are in Bowmanville for a 7:30 start. This Friday night (Dec. 23) they will extend greetings with the Chiefs in Lakefield before enjoying a few days off. On Dec. 27, they host the Bruins at 7:00 PM and the first place Eagles on Dec. 29 for an 8:30 faceoff. A couple of wins in this tough four-game stretch would put a OGhristmas smile on the face of coach Brad Menzies. NUTS ABOUT da CHOCOLATE Jolly old St. Nick and his helper showed up the Scugog Arena Sunday night to drop a puck to help ge the MoJack family Christmas night underway. He didn't bring much cheer for the MoJacks who lost to the Sutton ice 4-2. Compton Cablers don't worry about the losses Compton Cable Minor Novice was on the road to Unionville to play Markham #1 Dec. 15 at 7:00 p.m. They came up against a strong and steady offense and soon fell behind in the score. Taylor Churchill, Shane Jeffrey, Kory Bauer, and Danny Halward played well on defense , blocking many shots. A sharp * three-way passing play enabled Derek Goreski to score the lone Compton Cable goal, assists going to Ashley Lucas and Cassidy Weber. A beautiful centering pass out front by Kyle Mullins to Keenan Geer just missed on the short-side. Todd Lance worked hard to pick up the skill of keeping the puck inside the offensive blueline. The host team earned the win. Saturday Dec. 17, Compton Cable was host to E. Gwillimbury. Port Perry was led by Keenan Geer's awesome two- way play. Kyle Mullins, Tyson Savage, Jeff Tomcheski, and Michael Lycett were persistent around the opposition's net. With a burst of speed Matthew Roth flew by the defence on a clear breakaway just missing the post. E. Gwillimbury shut Compton Cable out with a successful flurry of their own. Strorig defensively for Port Perry was Nelson Langmaid and the hot gloves of Mark Carnaghan and Leo Taillon. Taylor (tenacious) Churchill played his best game yet capped off by a fine rush. Despite coming out behind, all the Compton Cable players left the ice smiling because of the fine effort they put forth. Tournament win for Techstar Bantams On Wednesday Dec. 14th, the Techstar Bantams faced off against Uxbridge. On their last meeting the Techstars walked away with an easy 8-0 win. But this time the Techstars played brutal (and that's the only way to describe it.) Despite the first 2 periods of pathetic play by the home team, they Snow Drags here on February 4-5 Goreski's Lakeside Recreation on Scugog Island will be the sight for two days of snowmobile drag racing this winter with $3,000 in purse money up for The drags will be presented February 4 and 5 by the Central Ontario Snowmobile Drag Racers Association. (COSDRA) COSDRA president Thom Doran said the drags will be on the main canal in front of the restaurant at Goreski's which is an excellent location for spectators to take in the action. And there will also be an indoor display of snowmobiles by local dealers over the same weekend, he said. The two days of racing will feature 27 pro drag classes and six amateur stock classes. COSDRA was formed in 1982 and at the time was one of seven such snow drag _racing associations in the province. Today, it is the only left, and that is mainly due to the commitment to stage a top quality racing event. Over the years, COSDRA has organized racing events from Sudbury to Kitchener and Ottawa with tremendous enthusiasm from racing fans and results for the promoters and Sponsors. Mark the weekend of February 4 and 5 on your calendar and make plans to be there for two - big days of top notch snow drag racing at Goreski Lakeside Recreation on Scugog Island. managed to win 5-2. JP Copeland opened the scoring from Scott Sanderson and lan Parliament. Uxbridge tied it up less than a minute later and things started to fall about. The Techstars were getting what coach Dave Jamieson calls "Suttohitus". The Techstars regained the lead early in the se when Dan Lyoné scored from Sanderson and Copeland. Uxbridge again wasted no time tying it up' Late in the third, the Techstars took the lead again, when Dillan Weber got his first of the game from Lyons and Ryan Puckrin.« The flood between the second and third did some good as the Techstars woke up slightly. The Techstars dominated the third. They added some insurance when Weber and Puckrin teamed up on a two-way passing play and Weber put it away. Puckrin rounded out the scoring late in the ge assisted by Weber and Lyons. On Saturday, Dec. 17th the Techstars went to Cannington for a tournament. In game 1 the Techstars faced off against a Peterborough Church league team Immaculate Conception. The first period saw goalie Doug Short and the Immaculate goalie stand tall. Immaculate scored first early in the second period. With the final seconds of period 2 ticking away, Ryan Puckrin passed it out from behind the net to Dave Gainey who scored to tie it at one. Gavin Baxter also assisted on that goal. The game winner was scored halfway through the third by Scott Sanderson assisted by Dan Lyons and Dave Kaminga. The Techstars walked away with a 2- 1 win. In their second game they were up against a tough Sunderland team. Sunderland took the first lead late in the first. Early in the second, the Techstars tied it up, Troy Campbell scored on a shot from the point. That goal was assisted by Gavin Baxter. The Techstars took the lead late in the second. Campbell got his second when he put a one- timer in the top corner. Dave Gainey assisted with that one. Sunderland tied it up 2-2 at the end of the second. Midway thfough the third, the Techstars took the lead when Adam "Bullet" Brain tipped a shot from "Flippy" Dave Kaminga. A little more than a minute later, Dave Gainey added saffie insurance assisted by JP Copeland. Dan Lyons rounded out the scoring with a goal assisted by Baxter and Puckrin. The Techstars were heading to the championship game. The chanrpionship game we were up against Minden. The two teams traded goals late in the third. Dave gainey got the Techstars on the board assisted by Copeland and Weber. The Techstars took a lead about a period later when Campbell scored from Weber. With one second left in the second, lan Parliament made it 3-1 from Copeland and Gainey. They added one more in the third when Sanderson scored assisted by Gainey and Campbell. Minden scored one with just under 5 minutes left and then anbther with 2 seconds left to end it 4-1. Doug Short was awarded MVP for his outstanding goaltending. The Techstars are now on a 7 game win streak, so come out Wed. night at 7:30 and see if they and extend it to 8.