20 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. November 1, 1983 Sports Seven game winning streak and share of first MolJacks must scramble for 5-5 tie by John B. McClelland at the Scugog Arena. beaten streak to seven ings. much of the game. Little Britain Merchant goalie Jeff Mitchell manag- ed fo block this shot off the stick of MoJack Wayne Snod- den during first period action at the Scu day evening. Merchants had the better of the play for gog Arena Sun- much of the game and were on their way to a win when Rob Nicholson scored with just over a minute left to lift MoJacks into a '5-5 draw. That kept Port Perry's undefeated string alive at seven games and gave the team a share of first place. (See story for details) assists. battled back to tie the score at four each by the end of the second and took a 5-4 lead at 9:55 of the third which held until Nicholson's last minute scoring heroics. --GOALIE HOT While Nicholson was the scoring hero, Mo- Jacks goalie Clay Lovering also had a major role in the game as he was nothing short of superb. Had Lovering been less than spec- tacular, the Merchants would have been easy winners. Lovering faced 39 shots, many of them difficult as the Mer- chants swarmed in the Port Perry end on several occasions. Port Perry opened the scoring at the 14:00 minute mark of the first when Bob Horton slipp- in the first and then * A goal by defenseman It was the second games. MoJacks were fortun- Nicholson's tying goal It was his second of midway through the 5 Rob Nicholson with just straight 5-5 draw for the The MoJacks now ate to come away with came at the 18:47 mark the game as he found period Wayne Snodden over a minute to play in MoJacks as they came have 14 points (six wins, the single point Sunday of the third as he drilled the range from the right made it 2-0. But the the game gave Port away with a point Fri- two ties and one loss) night as the hustling, a high shot through a side midway in the . Muskies took advantage Perry MoJacks a 5-5 tie day night in Lindsay good enough for a share hard-skating Little crowd of players. Mike second period to give of MoJack penalties to with the Little Britain against the Muskies, of first place in the Britain squad enjoyed Ryan and Wayne the MoJacks a 4-2 lead. score two late goals in Merchants Sunday night and pushed their un- Central Junior C stand- the better of the play for Snodden drew the But the Merchants the first. Snodden got his second of the night~ followed by newcomer Brian Carr and Jeff Johnstone, all in the second period. John- stone also had three assists in this game. Muskies went to work late in the second with two quick goals, includ- ing one short-handed, to tie the score at five each, and the teams skated through a score- less third period. MoJacks were with- out regulars John Fusco and Bob Horton on the forward lines and Dave Rockbrune on defense. He's still out with a leg injury suffered more than a week ago. 8-5 VICTORY Last Tuesday night (Oct. 25) the MoJacks paid a visit to the Little Britain arena and came ed a puck past Jeff away with two points on Mitchell at the side of the strength of an 8-5 the net. Scott Wallace win over the Merchants. and Russ Jones drew Scott Wallace clicked assists. for a pair of goals while Just 33 seconds later, Vaughn McKee snared a rebound and pumped a hard shot past Mitchell to give MoJacks a two goal lead. Merchants got one back at the 19:00 minute . mark when captain singles came from Brian Mikkelsen, Glenn McKay, John Fusco, John Vaz, Rob Malcolm and Rob Nicholson. The difference was the goal-tending as Harman turned in a steady game between 19) | : Fh Glenn Miller found him- the pipes for the Mo- Port Juveniles open with 5-3 =e nan win over arch-rival Uxbridge On Monday night, Oct. 24th, Emiels Place Juveniles opened their brought out the rough- tough knock 'em down hockey. This season type, but some were of the high stick, hooking and slashing variety. by .Howard at 13:32 assisted by Brent Barton and Henry Van Kirk Elliott and Brian Stewart. With 48 seconds left in The second period was just over a minute old when Jeff Johnstone gave MoJacks another two goal bulge with Snodden getting the assist. Merchant goals by Chris McLean with two, chants let a couple of soft ones get by him. After three tough games in five nights, MoJacks now enjoy he luxury of a week off as their next game is this coming. . Saturday in Stouffville where they season, with a 5-3 win opener was no excep- Justtoo many penalties, Kessel. Their second the game, Uxbridge Rob Louttit, and Rick meet the Clippers for over Uxbridge. The tion. Many penalties 36 minutes by Port and goal came at the 8:43 pulled their goaltender Van Schaik gave Little the first time this rivalry between these were of the roughing, 32minutes by Uxbridge. mark by Brent Barton for the extra attacker, Britain the 54 lead in season. two teams has always elbowing, intetference If we could get these two and assisted by Henry in hopes of tying the the third and set the Then Sunday night, Tweens down Whitby by 6-2 On Saturday, Oct. 20th Chris Allen Aluminum Tweens played against Whitby coming out with a victory of 6-2. Jenny Blanchard put Port Perry on the score board with a dandy at the 10:20 mark. Assist- ing her was a well made play by Connie Norton. Kelly Calloway then came up with 3 beautiful unassisted goals. In the third period Brenda Poirier scored 2 well deserved goals unassist- ed. Kerri Allen had her first game in net and played a super game making some good saves. The defence gave it all they had in a strong well played game. Keep up the good work girls. Our next game is at Port Perry Arena on Sat. Nov. 5th. See you all there! teams to settle down, you would see pretty good hockey. The scoring from both teams was pretty well divided, nobody had a tremendous edge in shots on goal. Port opened at 8:46 with Howard Lee gett- ing his first of the season from Gregg Will- iams and Todd Menzies. With 4:33 left .in the first, Darrin Desautels tipped in a shot assisted by Todd Menzies and Steve Lee. Port led 2-0 at the end of the 1st. Uxbridge came back with two goals in the second period. The first Van Kessel. With just 3:11 left in the second period, Port went ahead again on a pretty three way play scored by Mrk Goreski, assisted by Ken Elliott and Chris Martens. ] The third period start- ed at a quick pace, as Uxbridge came out fly- ing. Port was hard pressed in their own end at times. But at the 11:43 mark, Darrin De- sautels got his second of the night, a rebound in the crease area assisted by Chris Martens. It wasn't until the 1:17 mark that Uxbridge scored its third goal, by game and it almost paid off. Port iced the puck into the Uxbridge zone. On some good fore- checking by Steve Lee and Dean Smith, Smith stole the puck and shot into the open net for Port's fifth goal and 5-3 win. . A good effort was put forth by all individuals but much more work is going to be required by Port Perry if we are to stay near the top "Our next game is away in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 1st. Next home game Monday, Nov. 7- 9:30 when Bow- manville come to town. stage for the tying marker by Nicholson, The game was tough -and hard-fought with the teams sticking pretty much to hockey. MoJacks took five minors and the Mer- chants four. SECOND TIE In Lindsay on Friday evening, the MoJacks twice had two goal leads against the Muskies, and the team got a superb goal-tending per- formance from Ken Harman who was out- standing in the third od Brian Mikkelsen gave MoJacks a 1-0 lead early Port Perry will host the Lakefield Chiefs, a team that has vastly improved this year. It should be a good game with face-off at the Scugog Arena set for 7:30 P.M.