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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 15,1994 - 29 Eagles have backs against the wall The Precision Construction Midgets find themselves on the verge of elimination in OMHA quarter finals after dropping a pair of games in Milton last week. Monday night Port Perry came out on the short end of a 10-56 shootout, falling behind only 16 seconds into the game and 2-0 just over a minute later. It was 4-0 before Daryl Bour- geois put Port on the board, con- verting a great goal mouth pass from Sean Ellis. Ian Shrigley also assisted. Milton then counted two more before Chad Kearns, from Craig Laird and Mike Labanovich; then Shri- gley, from Bourgeois and Jason Phillips, cut the margin to 6-3. Another spurt by the home team put them up 8-3, then Shrigley with his second, assist- ed by Phillips and Bourgeois; and Bourgeois' second, assisted by Ellis and Shrigley, brought the Eagles back to within 3 again. A late major penalty to Port allowed Milton to score two more on the power play and complete a 10-5 win. Saturday night goals were harder to come by at both ends. James Paterson played an out- standing game in the Eagle net, but Milton was equal to any- thing Port Perry could muster offensively, and the Eagles were shut out 3-0 and now trail the series 3-0 with the fourth game Wednesday night at 8:30 at the Scugog Arena. Pineridge Sports Atoms defeated The PineRidge Sports Atom Hockey Club entered the quar- ter final playoff round against Uxbridge. This was a highly charged series. It seemed ap- parent that each. hockey club had a different philosophy re- garding how the game should be played. The PineRidge Sports squad travelled to Uxbridge for the first game to meet an intense home team. Uxbridge came on strong delivering four goals to our two. Scoring for PineRidge Sports were Gerard Timmers and Mike LeFort. Both goals were unassisted. We had home game advan- tage for the second game. The boys were keen and played strong hockey against their ri- vals from our neighboring town. Defenseman John Burnett winged a beauty shot from the blueline giving Port Perry its only goal for the game. Ux- bridge came back with one. The game ended in a tie. After two games, Uxbridge led the series 3 points to Pineridge Sports 1 point. Pineridge Sports in- curred no penalties for this game. We were back in Uxbridge for the third game. There was ten- sion in the air as these young boys rallied to play hockey. Pineridge clocked the first goal as Ryan Haslam netted a neat goal at the 7:52 mark of the sec- ond period from a perfect pass from Matt McGarry. Right be- hind him came Ian Garnett as he dipsy-doodled his way past the Uxbridge guard and squeezed one past the goalie. To keep life interesting, Uxbridge put on the pressure and also came up with two goals. On Thursday, Feb. 10, Pineridge Sports played host for the final game of the series. On this night, Uxbridge proved to be the better team. Our only goal was scored by Gerard Timmers on a pass from Ian Garnett. Ux- bridge advances in the playoffs. The Pineridge Sports boys enjoyed the company of the Malmont Farms Squad on Sat- urday afternoon. The teams were combined then divided provided an entertaining hour of hockey. On Sunday, the club was in- vited to the Sunderland Arena. It was a good game which pro- vided lots of ice time for the boys as the team was short four players. Sunderland opened the scoring at the 9:17 mark of the first period. Pineridge Sports buckled down and came out strong. Mike LeFort notched two goals and Matt McGarry wrapped it up. The game ended with a final score Pineridge Sports 3 - Sunder- land 1. ) Although the team did not advance in the playoffs, they have proven that they can play strong hockey. The hockey club has been playing well and obvi- ously with a good attitude. The team has entered the Penalty Free Sweepstakes with four penalty free games in January. This should be encouraged for all teams, especially at this lev- el. the ages offive and 18. purposes. tration. gistants. Register for Cartwright ball this weekend Cartwright Minor Ball will be holding registration for soft- ball and hardball this weekend. Registraton takes place Saturday, Feb. 19 from 8a.m.-noon and on Saturday Feb. 26 from 8a.m.-noon. The minor ball program is open to all boys and girls between Registration will be held at the Blackstock Arena. Parents should make an effort to attend one of the registra- tion dates to facilitate league preparations and to getinforma- tion on the upcoming skills assessment day for team selection Players' health insurance numbers are required for regis- The association is also looking for volunteer coaches and as- For further information call Garry Beechey at 986-0035. 3 KELLY LOWN/PORT PERRY STAR The Port Perry MoJacks easily defeated Lakefield 7-1 on Wednesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the best of seven series. The local team won the series on Friday night in Port Perry by a 7-4 score advancing to the next series against Little Britain. ~~ MoJacks to meet Merchants From Page 25 strong," he said "and when things are going well you'll get the right breaks." Apart from Todd and the usu- al output from overager Clair Cornish - 12 points in the Lake- field series - the ModJack's have gotten some scoring punch from some unexpected sources. Todd Dennis, Port Perry's most improved player last sea- son, has had a great start to the '93-'94 playoffs scoring five goals and 12 points including a hat trick in a 7-6 overtime win In game one. Also a pleasant surprise has been the work of the Modack defense and, perhaps most not- ably, Steve Staniland. Stani- land, known essentially as a solid stay-at-home blueliner, scored five times and added an assist to lead all Port Perry de- fensemen in playoff scoring. Having eliminated Lakefield, the Modacks will now face the Little Britain Merchants who defeated the Uxbridge Bruins four games to two in a gruelling physical series. Menzies, who doesn't plan to make any major changes in his lineup in preparation for the Merchants, says his players know what's expected of them and feels they're prepared for what is sure to be a tough se- ries. "I talked with everybody indi- vidually before the playoffs started to tell them their roles," he said. GAME FOUR After losing game three 5-4 in Lakefield, the ModJacks re- turned home for a 7-1 win Wednesday night. Shannon Todd led the way for Port Perry scoring a hat trick in a first pe- riod that ended with the home team leading 5-0. Todd's first of the night came at the 6:34, followed less than 30 seconds later by Jason Co- chrane's third of the playoffs at the seven minute mark to give the MoJacks a 2-0 lead. It was Todd who put Port Perry up 3-0 when he came out from behind the Chiefs' net and fired a shot past Brent Halli- day. Trevor Bremner added to the lead at 12:38 of the first pe- riod as he jammed in his own rebound for his first goal of the playoffs. Todd completed his hat trick at 15:41 on the power play. A perfect cross-ice pass from captain Clair Cornish al- lowed Todd to beat the Lake- field netminder before he had a chance to get across his crease. The second period was hardly two minutes old before Cornish gave his team a 6-0 lead. Rush- ing down the right side, he used his momentum to carry him around the chief defender and five goals, one assist in alone on Halliday. Cornish then cut across the goal mouth and slid the puck around Halli- day and into the far corner. Lakefield finally got on the board, spoiling Rick Hutchin- son's bid for a shutout at 17:37 of the second. Mike Williams' snapshot from the slot beat Hutchinson to the glove side to make the score 6-1. Port Perry's Ian Titterton rounded out the scoring at 18:09 of the middle frame when he picked up a loose puck after a traffic jam in front of the Lakefield goal. A scoreless third period end- ed, giving Port Perry a 7-1 win and a solid 3-1 lead in the se- ries. GAME FIVE In game five of the series Fri- day night, the ModJacks found themselves in an early hole as they watched the Chiefs score twice on the powerplay before the first period had reached the mid-point. Goals by Al Med- hurst and Scott Johnson gave Lakefield what turned out to be a temporary lead. It lasted until late in the first period when Port Perry scored three times in a three-minute span to take a 3-2 lead into the dressing room after the opening twenty minutes. Todd scored at 17:30 when he faked going be- hind the net only to come back out the side he went in and stuff it by Brent Halliday. After a Todd Dennis powerplay goal tied the score, mid-season ac- quisition Bill Mercer scored with only 26 seconds remaining in the first period. The teams traded goals in the second period with Chris Long- field tying the score at three early in the frame before Todd's second of the night at 10:40 re- stored the Port Perry lead. Cornish scored the game win- ner at 6:41 of the third period on a power play. During a scramble in front of the Chief's net, the puck came to Cornish and he quickly tucked it in for a 5-3 Port Perry lead. Lakefield's Dan Rutherford cut the lead to one with a pow- erplay goal at 12:20, but Port Perry answered with consecu- tive extra-strength goals by Ke- vin McDonald and Mercer re- spectively. ae fe afi oe oe fe oe The first game of the MoJack/ Little Britain series goes Wed. Feb. 16 in Little Britain at 8 p.m. Game two is in Port Perry at 7:30 p.m. Game four is back in Port Perry on Wed. Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. Be ---------- cat, Ve Ta pt a tn 2 rn) Tee A Re Shoe A ag AE TB Hi, Bl » De 1 !