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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" It's like two different teams... Two ModJacks for price of one 38 By David Stell Would the real Port Perry MoJacks please stand up? Be- cause it seems like there are two different teams playing Jr. C hockey in Port Perry this year. Maybe the ModJacks just like to make life interesting for each other. They've shown just how good they can be, such as the three exciting games with Bow- manville this year. Port Perry showed they can shine when the pressure is on. Those games re- sembled playoff hockey and the level of intensity these two teams save for each other is off the scale. But then there's the ModJacks who showed up to play the Bullets on Sunday. The Bullets controlled the ModJacks for most of the first and second periods, forcing Port Perry to play catch-up hockey. But in the end the hot and cold ModJacks scored one too many goals. After finally getting a lead in the game, with under four minutes left, a centering pass from Bobcaygeon's Geoff Lees surprised everyone in the arena by somehow finding the corner of the net. The score sheet won't show it, but Mo- Jack's Gavin Cochrane scored the equalizer when Lees' pass hitCochrane's stick in front of goaltender Chris Faulkner, giv- ing the Bullets their fourth goal and the tie. ~ Bobcaygeon jumped into the lead early in the first period when Brad Cann set up Martin Worsley at 2:11 for a 1-0 lead. Keith Leslie, the MoJacks top goalscorer, quickly erased the Bullets lead when he scored just over a minute into the third pe- riod. Leslie found the top shelf behind Bullet netminder Willi Vandenoetlaar and evened the score up at 3-3. But Port Perry tied it up mid- way through the period when Todd Dennis scored on a power- play, with Ryan Ridgway earn- ing an assist. The Bullets would still end the period with the lead. Ryan Pogue scored for Bobcaygeon at 14:35 in the peni- od giving them a 2-1 lead to car- ry into the next frame. They would hold that lead un- til 5:26 of the second period when Todd Stirling scored an unassisted goal to bring the Mo- Jacks back to even terms with the Bullets at 2-2. Once again the Bullets would take the lead through. And it was a disap- pointing goal for Faulkner, who was making his first start for the ModJacks. A shot from the side of the net by Bobcaygeon's Dean Breathat turned into an adventure for the new Modack. It hit Faulkner's pads and man- aged to squeeze through him and past him, just barely cross- ing the goal line. It gave the Bul- lets a 3-2 advantage, but it was their last taste of the lead. That was the spark the Mo- Jacks needed to warm up their cold play in the game. The team warned up and finally took the lead for the first time when Dennis scored his second of the game. It was an exciting goal to watch as Dennis skated into the Bullets zone on a breakaway and made his move on Vande- noetlaar. The Bullet netminder couldn't keep up with Dennis and the MoJack didn't waste his chance to put Port Perry up 4-3. Unfortunately it wouldn't last long because 25 seconds lat- er bad luck found Cochrane's stick. To everyone's surprise, especially Faulkner in the Mo- Jack net, the puck slid into the corner of the net and Port Perry was forced to settle for a single point after five minutes of over- time failed to break the 4-4 deadlock. Dennis played a strong game for the MoJacks with two goals plus a strong overtime period where he was able to keep the puck from escaping the Bullets zone on several chances. He hasn't been happy with how the ModJacks have been playing on the ice lately though. The team will need a full effort to hold onto second place in the second Todd Dennis half of the season. "I just wish everybody would start working a little harder," Dennis said. "It just seems like there's too much individual play right now. We're not win- ning the games we should be." His goal in the third period wasn't exactly according to plan. "Actually, I'm not usually very good on breakaways," Den- nis said. "I knew Les (Leslie) was behind me so I was going to shoot and hope for the rebound togotoLes." Faulkner joined the ModJacks last Tuesday after being re- leased by the Georgina Ice just recently. He hopes to help the team of course, but Faulkner was the one who revealed how the Bullets surprise goal found the corner of the net to tie it up, "It went in off Gavin's stick," he says. After hearing this, Cochrane wasn't about to stay quiet. "First he steals the spotlight and then he cuts up the cap- tain," Cochrane said. But he ad- mitted his mistake immediate- ly "I'll own up to it (the Bullet's final goal),"" Cochrane finished. Coach Brad Menzies wasn't upset with the unlucky goal that robbed the Modacks of a valuable point in the race for second place. "Every point is an important one, that's for sure," Menzies said. "But those things happen, you can't really worry about it. You justlook to the next game." On Friday night the ModJacks again showed that they have trouble in the high scoring games. They came out on the short end of a 7-5 decision with the Uxbridge Bruins who along with the Georgina Ice and Lake- field Chiefs are making a real run for the ModJack's hold on second place. Here's a look at where Port Perry stacks up against the rest of the Central Division, along with the scoring leaders in the league. (Current to Tuesday, Dec. 6) The ModJack's next home game is Sunday, Dec. 18 against the Georgina Ice at 7 p.m. A "3 oy Natodl A > idl... si. cpio ad i: ' ' soon a, DAVID STELU/PORT PERRY STAR Action around the Bobcaygeon Bullets net was fast and furious, at times, Sunday night. But even MoJacks players themselves know they are going to have to work harder if they want to hang onto second place -- never mind first. Uxbridge plays tough The Uxbridge Bruins showed that they've improved their cali- bre of play significantly this season by taking three out of four points from our Malmont Atoms Green Machine in two league games this week. On Dec. 8, our reps were in our rival's home den and were quickly down 2-0 until a give- and-go goal on a play between Dean VanCamp and Adam Moynes. Before the period was over Uxbridge were up by two more goals including one on a breakaway. Our chances included a breakaway try by Justin Mof- fatt and our marker by Jeff Tar- botton from Trevor Lance and Justin. Our second period and third period play was a little more ag- gressive. Scott Duncan broke up a three on one and Jamie Smith had a good scoring oppor- tunity. Adam had another chance while penalty killing. The pattern evident throughout the game repeated in the third period as we failed to convert two power plays because too many of our passes were be- tween stationary players. Steve MacLennan and Tim Jones played stalwart defence in trying to protect goalie Mike Koury. Winger Adam Moynes was the coache's choice for Best Effort. On Dec. 9, we tried to turn the tables on the Bruins at home and played much tougher in all corners of the ice. The first peri- od ended at 0-0 and goalie D'Arcy Stephens was up to all the shots coming his way. We made much fewer unforced giveaways in this period than in the last game. In the second, Jeff missed an open net opportunity that re- sulted from some strong fore- checking. A sequence of three consecutive Port penalties dis- rupted our offensive flow. Be- fore the period was over de- fenceman Tyler Houthuys set up Jeffon a partial breakaway. All the scoring action oc- curred in the final period with the outcome being a 4-4 tie as the Bruins pulled their goalie at the end and used a six on four situation to score with five sec- onds left on the clock. Malmont scores were by Dean from directly off centre Mike LeFort's winning faceoff drawback. Trevor Lance fed a pass out to Scott in the high slot for number two. Dean got his second when left all alone near the crease. Assists were by Adam and Scott. Our lead had been stretched to 4-2 when Jeff scored on two nice passing assists from Tre- vor Lance and Tim Jones. Trevor Weisflock, Mark Dun- can and Dane Gray (up front again) were skating enthusias- tically throughout. Coach Hutchinson's pick for best effort was rookie Jeff Tarbotton. Keep hustling guys...you'll put those pesky Bruins into hi- bernation yet this winter! Atoms enthusiastic Port Perry's Pineridge Atom IT team has been very busy this week. On Dec. 8, the boys trav- elled to Stouffville to play a league game. Our only goal hap- _pened in the second period at the 7:24 mark, when Trevor Robins popped one in between the pipes assisted by Dave Hal- ward. The final score was 3-1 for Stouffville. Woodville hosted their annu- al tournament Dec. 10, and our team was fired up to play. Our first game was against an equally matched Peterborough team. The puck see-sawed back and forth with no goals happen- ing in the first period. Peterbo- rough scored and got the lead for the second period. Pineridge hung in there knowing their turn would come with persistence. The third pe- riod showed favorable when Matt Skerratt passed the puck out front of the net and Joey Schembri popped it in. The team knew what they had to do to get thelead. Pineridge's defenceman, Gar- rett Brown, Dylan Harper, Mike Wiseman and Gerrard Timmers protected the net and tried to stop any oncoming rush- es. With minutes left in the game "Wendel" Timmers set up a nice goal for Spencer Church- ill, putting us in the lead 2-1, which was the final outcome. Our goalie, Shane Fisher and Zak Fis both played an excel- lent game with many good saves. Pineridge knew they were up against a strong rkham team in the next game. Wes Langmaid, Geoff Simpson, Glen Thompson, Mike Milligan and Mike Thompson all had wheels for this tough one. We had many shots on net but luck wasn't on our side. The final outcome was 6-0 for Markham. The Bowmanville Atom Se- lect hosted a game Dec. 11, in Grafton. The team tried hard but was left shorthanded with only one goal by Spencer Churchill, making the final score 7-1 for Bowmanville. What the team missed on the scoreboard, they made up for in spirit, as this is a great bunch of young athletes who show much enthusiasm and vigor for every game. Our next league game is Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. against Oshawa in Port Perry. Hope to see every- one there. 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