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wp" 22 Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, March 2, 1993 MoJacks go out quietly to the Eagles ' by John B. McClelland One could not blame Ken Harman had he been) an angry, snarly mood last Wednesday night at the Scugog Arena After all, he had just watched his Port Perry MoJacks suffer an 8-2 loss at the hands of the Bowmanville Eagles to bow out of the Central Junior C sem- finals in four straight games The head coach was disappointed to be sure, but if there was any anger, he was hiding it very well In fact, Harman was calling the 1992-93 campaign for the ModJacks a "definite succe s." And with a dozen players in the line-up completing their first full season of Junior hockey, Harman pointed out that this was a re-building year for the team and the future looks pretty good a year or two down the road if the nucleus remains in Port Perry "I am certainly not unhappy with this team with so many rookies in the line-up," he said And noting that the MoJacks have won three league titles in the last five years, he said every club has to go through a re-building phase. All Bigs and Lites All Board Members Aurora Volleyball Baldwin Sales Bank of Montreal BDO Beta Sigma Phi Bil Ballinger Brock Tawnship Council Brookiin Vetennary Hospital Canadian Tre Cannington Lion's Club Cartwnght High School Centennial Lanes, Port Perry Century 21 Chamber of Commerce, Uxbndge Cinemax Video CBC Coca-Cola Botting Coflee Comfort Cafe Country Mercantile Country Style Donuts. Port Perry Country Style Donuts, Uxbndge Credit Union Dan Pollard Dental Associates, Port Perry Hope to see you all at "BOWL for MILLIONS" 1994. As for the game itself, the 8-2 loss to the Eagles, Harman conceded that the players "lost some heart" trailing badly in the third period. But he gave full marks to the Eagles "We ran into a team that was really hungry to win. They out worked us and stuck to their game plan. They made their breaks and we didn't have a lot of luck in the series," he stated As for his own future with the club, Harman said he wants a few weeks to think things over and will let management know by the time the team holds its annual year-end banquet in May Just down the hall in the Scugog Arena, Eagle skipper Wayne Marchment said his team won the series by "playing with pure heart and desire. They (the players) could really Laste victory." Marchment, in his season behind the Eagle bench had high words of praise for the way his troops stuck to the game plan, showed discipline and patience and were led by captain Shane Armstrong who had four goals in the final outing "He's just a great player. He first BIG BROTHERS/ BIG SISTERS OF NORTH DURHAM Thank You Big Brothers / Big Sisters of North Durham would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in "BOWL for MILLIONS" 1993. With your help, we raised over $10,000 A Special Thank You to the following Laurentian Bank Mary Dervanc Medical Assocales, Port Perry Oi Port Marketing Paulmac Pet Food Pizza Debght Puaza Vilage Port Perry Chamber of Commerce Port Perry Lion's Club Port Perry Minor Hockey Port Perry Optical Port Perry Star Port Perry Vetennary Services Presbytenan Church Presents Presents Pnnce Albert United Church Remax Rent & Save Rotary Club of Port Perry Royal Bank Russell's Bricks Scugog Citizen Uxbndge Bowling Unbridge Firefighters Uxbridge Printing Unbridge Times Journal Unbridge Township Counci Wiliamson's Uxbndge Zehr has as hard a shot as anybody in hockey," said Marchment making specific reference to' the 8th and final goal, a rocket from a sharp angle that caught the top corner "It's a good thing it (the puck) didn't hit Coop (Port netminder lan Cooper) It might have taken off his arm," he said with a gnn Looking ahead to the final series against Little Britain, Marchment said he expects it to be a rough and tumble affair "The Merchants are a huge team, mammoth 1n size But a physical series 1s no problem for us. We can play that kind of hockey," he concluded As they did in two of the previous games in this series, Eagles opened a big league that forced MoJacks to play catch-up hockey if they wanted hope of taking the series to game five Armstrong, who potted four goals 1n this one, notched the first at the mid-way point of period one, a short-handed marker that set the tone for things to come By the end of the second, they were up 4-0 on goals by Trev Clapperton, Armstrong again and Brad Robinson. And it was Armstrong who really sealed the MoJacks fate at 1:17 of the third, blasting a aggressiveness Working with goaltenders Are you guilty of neglecting your goaltenders during practices and games? Do you understand their special needs and skills? All successful hockey teams have good goaltending. A coach who understands the position can help goaltenders develop the essential skills and attributes required to be effective Consider these suggestions for practices * before goaltenders participate in any vigorous activities, make sure they complete a proper warm-up of stretching and flexibility exercises. * use drills to help goaltenders develop proper basic stance, positional play, shot stopping and puckhandling skills * ensure goaltenders become strong skaters by including them in team skating drills and using goaltender specific drills * protect your goaltenders by allowing them to face a variety of off-speed shots before heavy shooting begins, prohibiting head-high shots and making sure they don't become fatigued during shooting drills " help them develop the following attributes: concentration, self confidence, good attitude, work ethics, self-motivation, intelligence and Consider these lips to help your goaltenders during Games * the pre-game warm-up should be systematic and methodical: it is not a time for players to score, but to bolster the goaltenders confidence "you and your players should give your goaltender encouragement whenever possible and ail comments and instructions should be positive * encourage your goaltenders to direct traffic and communicate with teammates when the puck is in your end. * teach goaltenders the keys to performance success concentration, prep 3 P Heol oachin: For more information on improving your coaching skills, contact the Canadian Amateur Hockey A i shot from the hash-marks with hardly a green and white shirt near him MoJacks kicked back shghtly as Todd Dennis re-directed a shot past Drew Campbell to make it 5-1 But Eagles Marv Robillard upped it to 6-1 three minutes later on the power play. Jim Vernon, playing hurt through this beat Campbell with a nsing shot at 12:38 but the Eagles were not about to let this one go any further as Gary Adams and Armstrong rounded out the scoring late in the-game Ironically, despite the lop sided score, MoJacks played better in the early stages of this game than in the previous three Ian Cooper didn't get a great deal of help in front of the net, but very early in the match made a sparkling glove stab on a point-blank blast. It was the kind of save early in a game that often gives a team a real lift, but the MoJacks just couldn't get it together in this game or any game in the senes SLAPSHOTS: Though the final outcome of this MoJack season was a disappointment, | think you have to keep things in perspective. Right off the bat, based on the last few years, expectations are high The MoJacks have advanced series, -Coaching Tips Dr., Gloucester, Ontario, K1B 5N4, 613-748-5613; 3M Canada Inc. or the Coaching Association of Canada lips lation, 1600 james "ts sponsored by PIN RIDGE SPORTS 178 QUEEN Sporting Goods * Ik Screening RT PERRY Sports Wear * Uniforms Trophies 985 & Engraving beyond this league three of the last five years This year was the re-building season And it wasn't shabby The team finished third, just three poimgout of first and then defeated a talented and touted Uxbridge Bruin squad in five exciting games The team had it share of problems including a coaching change 1n November too and injunes to key people Injuries are part of the game, but the MoJacks didn't have the depth this year to compensate for a guy hke Clair Cormish missing half the season If there glaring weakness, it was the lack of size and toughness. MoJacks badly needed two or three big, mean nasty guys, who knock people down, kick butt when necessary and put some fear in the opposition You hate to dwell forever on the "rookie" factor, but this . was a young team. The jump rom Midget or Juvenile to Junior 18 a large one. The ModJacks had a dozen rookies in the line-up. The Merchants, by comparison, have 14 players who are 20 years old As coach Harman said, this could be an excellent team in a year or two, if the nucleus stays together On the plus side, look at the play of Shannon Todd, led the team in scoring won the League rookie crown and displayed a lot of offensive creativity. His line-mate Jim Vernon, was second in team scoring and had, by far his best Junior season. It was his last too, as he played as an over ager. Likewise netminder lan Cooper who had some memorable games in a MoJack uniform Jason Cochrane developed into a fine two-way player and Jan Heyes showed no lack of courage when the going got tough. Last year, Port Perry went to the all-Ontario semi-final series. This season, the team 1s out in the Central League semis That's quite a difference. But keeping things in perspective, it wasn't a bad re-building year Tween B This past weekend, the Pineridge Tween B's had two playoff games, defeating Richmond Hill 8-5 and then losing to Pickering 7-4. Goal scorers were Jen Pashley with three and six assists, Cindy Vershuuren, four goals, two assists, Pan Hiltz two goals and three assists, Jen Elliott two goals one st, Lee Ann Wakeford with one goal, Emma Russell, two assists and one st to Diane Vanderligt, Jill Topham, Amanda Wakeford, Jen Imrie, and Miranda Burgess. The team is off to Waterloo this weekend where they will compete in the Woolwich tournament. was a