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20 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1985 Sports MoJacks take 3-2 by John B. McClelland 'The Port Perry Mo- Jacks have taken a 3-2 lead in their best of seven Junior C quarter final series with the Little Bri- tain Merchants. And they have done it the hard way, sweeping a pair of weekend games by the identical score of 54. The MoJacks have a chance to end the series this Wednesday night as the teams take to the ice in Little Britain for an 8:00 p.m. face off. If the Merchants win this one to tie the series at three games each, the whole affair will be settled on Thursday night (Feb. 7) at the Scugog Arena with game time set for 8:30. Last Thursday night with the series tied at one game each, the Mer- chants hammered the MoJacks 9-4 at the Scugog Arena to take a 2-1 lead in the series. The MoJacks simply were out-played and out- hustled in every depart- ment and the Merchants seemed to have all the momentum they needed to put the series away in the next two games. But the Port Perry squad, as they have done most of this season when the chips are down and "Port Perry MoJack captain Scott Wallace (10) returned to playoff action over the weekend after miss- ing a couple of games with a bruised shoulder. His two goals afd strong checking helped the MoJacks win a 5-4 they needed a big effort, just reached deep for that 'something extra." Saturday night in Lit- tle Britain, the MoJacks got some fine goal- tending from Ken Har- man and league scoring champ Brian Nicholson clicked for a hat trick en route to a 54 win. Nicholson opened the scoring in the first with Jeff Johnstone and Bob Horton getting the assists on a power play. Kevin Barker replied for the Merchants. The teams traded two more goals in the middle frame with Nicholson getting both for the Mo- Jacks and Glenn Miller and Willie Thornbury fin- ding the range for Little Britain. Rob Nicholson gave 'the MoJacks a 4-3 lead midway through the third and Bob Horton rapped in an insurance marker three minutes later with Mike Ryan and Brian Nicholson get- ting the assists. That goal by Horton proved to be the winner as the Merchants Brian Beukeboom pulled his team to within one on a short-handed marker with just over six minutes to play. The MoJacks held on lead in the series despite some good pressure by the Mer- chants, and the series was tied at two games each. SUNDAY'S GAME The series moved back to the Scugog Arena for the all-important game five Sunday night, and for the first time since this playoff started, the MoJacks jumped into an early lead. The game was just 11 seconds old when captain Scott Wallace converted a Brad Flaxman pass to give his team a 1-0 lead. At 1:34, Jeff Johnstone took passes in front from Brian Nicholson and Jeff McColl, sweeping a shot 'behind Ron Stewart in the Britain cage. And Johnstone was sharp at 3:52 when he and Nicholson broke in two on one as he con- verted a goal mouth pass. The MoJacks had taken a 3-0 lead and the game was less than four minutes old. Midway through the - first, the MoJacks in- creased that lead to 4-0 as Wayne Snodden fired a low shot from the left side with Nicholson and Johnstone drawing the assists. Despite the score, the Merchants had plenty of good chances of their own and Clay Lovering had to be quick in the nets for Port Perry to block 12 shots fired his way. The Merchants con- tinued to use their speed and strong fore-checking to good advantage in the middle frame, and it paid off at 7:13 when Paul Young scored off a scramble. Less than a minute later, another scramble around the net resulted in a Merchant goal by Glenn Miller. The Mo- Jacks argued this one as the puck seemed to be smothered by Lovering. The MoJacks began the final period with some strong pressure of their own and it paid off at 5:21 when Wallace scooped in a loose puck in front of the Merchant net. That was an impor- tant goal for the Mo- Jacks and turned out to be the game winner. The Merchants made a game of it at 5:50 when Kevin Barker scored on a break down the left side and at 9:15 Beukeboom un-leashed a big slap shot from the left point that caught the cor- ner of the net. The Mo- Turn to page 22) -- tw 3 3: iid pei) 43 Brian Nicholson has been "Mr. Everything" for the Port Perry MoJacks all season long. He kills penalties, works the point on power plays and won the Central Junior C scoring championship with an incredible 48 goals and 38 assists in 28 regular league games. Just prior to Sunday night's playoff, Central Jr. C convenor Andy McLauchlan presented Brian with the Eleanor Gilliam Memorial trophy as the league's top scorer, and the Erve Downey Award as the MVP for 1984-85. Reps from all eight teams in the league voted squeaker over the Little Britain Merchants and take a 3-2 lead in the best of seven finals. MoJacks also won Saturday night by the same score, bouncing back solid- ly after a flat performance Thursday. (See story) Brian .the MVP. This is kis second season as a MoJack. Rough start for BantamsB The first two games of playoff action have not been very successful for the Sportsland Bantam B's, as they dropped both games to Fenelon Falls by quite convincing scores. Although the op- position have only ten players, they do have ex- cellent skaters and a cou- ple of powerful shooters. Wed. night it appeared that our hometown club would hold their own as they held a 5-3 lead after two complete periods. Fifteen seconds into the final period Port made it 6-3, seemingly content to sit on'this three goal ad- vantage proved disastrous as Fenelon Falls took command of the period retaliating with six unanswered goals, dropping Sport- sland to a 9-6 loss. It was a successful night for Kevin Gibson as he rack- ed up four goals, while Blair Bailey and John Lally had one apiece. Assists went to Robbie Brown with 3, Blair Bailey and Scott Feasby 2, while Daryl Leather- dale, John Lally and Kevin Gibson each had one. Fri. night In Fenelon Falls it was a close match for the first and second periods, with Fenelon Falls having on- ly a one goal advantage. The opposition occupied the penalty box in the se- cond, racking up 12 minutes. Excellent con- trol they allowed only one power play goal. As in the previous game Fenelon Falls took com- mand of the third period, increasing their lead by five goals, ending the game at 8-2. Scoring Sportsland's only goals were Daryl Leatherdale and Darren Caudle, while Mike Toye, John Lally and Paul Wylie each picked up an assist. Wed. night, Feb. 6th Sportsland will host Ux- bridge at 7:30 p.m., then Sun. Feb. 10th in Ux- bridge, game time 5:30 p.m. 3 AN A