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22 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 17, 1989 The Port Perry MoJacks were held to a tie in two week- end games, and they had to do some scrambling just to get the single point. The MoJacks went into Bowmanville Saturday evening and came home on the low end of a4-3 score. And then Sunday night at the Scugog Arena, in a game punctuated by an endless stream of players heading for the penalty box, the ModJacks scored twice in the third period to salvage a 5-5 draw with the Cobourg Cougars. After three games, the team record now stands level at one win, one tie and one loss. In Bowmanville, the Mo- Jacks spotted the Eagles a 1-0 first period lead, and then fell behind 3-0 in the middle frame before John Harman finally clicked on a power play with Just under four minutes to play. Steve Durham and Bill Lawrenson drew the assists. Harman went to work again early in the third with a goal at the 28 second mark with an assist from captain Brad Menzies. But the Eagles went ahead 4-2 less than a minute later, and the score stayed that way until late in the match as de- fenseman Chris Edmondson clicked on the power play with - an assist to Warren Geer. Nick Dennis had two goals for the winners in this one. Brad Bricknell got his first start in the cage for the Mo- Jacks this season and faced 29 Bowmanville shots. The Mo- Jacks fired 30 at Scott Webster atthe other end of the rink. Sunday's game against the Cougars was a bit of a clinker that moved along at a snail's pace as players from both teams could not stay away from the penalty box. Referee Paul McGriskin was obviously in a mood to call everything in sight, and the re- sult was 23 minors to Port Perry and 27 to the visitors. Bill Lawrenson took a five minute major and game miscon- + duct for head butting, and the Cougars Cal Clarke was nailed with a five minute major for high sticking. The Port Perry MoJacks $e and the Cobourg Cougars skat- a ed to a 5-5 In Central Junior C action Sunday night at the Scugog Arena. The night before, the MoJacks lost 4-3 to Bowmanville, so their record in this early season stands at McGriskin showed no hesi- tation in tacking on an extra mi- nor for unsportsmanlike con- duct when players protested some of his calls. . The ModJacks actually got off to a quick start in this one with with first period power play markers by Bob Willetts and Brad Menzies. The Cougars made it 2-1 late in the period on the power play with the MoJacks two men short. The visitors struck again on the power play early in the second and took a 3-21ead at the four minute mark when the Mo- Jack defense was caught flat- footed.. Darren Lee got the Mo- Jacks back into a 3-3 draw at the mid-point when he scam- pered around the Cougar de-- fense and shovelled the puck through the short side. Another defensive lapse by the ModJacks late in the period put the Cougars up 4-3, and they got a two-goal bulge in the opening minute of the third pe- riod on a two on one break. The penalties played a role in the final outcome of the game as the MoJacks were on the power play at 4:01 when Kevin Gibson scored off a scramble with Durham and Willetts get- ting the assists. The equalizer came at 11:56 again on a power play as John Lally set up Todd Taylor at the side of the Cougar net and Hk MoJacks scramble for tie against Cougars one win, one draw and one loss. Sunday's game moved at a snail's pace as both teams took a never ending stream of minor penalties. (see story for details) he put the puck just under the cross bar. The ModJacks had a tough second period as they were out- shot 16-6, but they bounced back in the third to send 17 shots against Jason Riehl, while limiting the visitors to Just three shots on Dwayne Mackie. SLAPSHOTS: If head coach Ken Harman hasn't read the Riot Act to the team already, he'd better doit soon. It is apparent after three games that the refs this season simply are not going to take any nonsense from anybody. They are calling the games very tight, especially the stick infractions. And five minute majors for using the stick, checking from behind and boarding are routine, so far. If this kind of officiating continues through the season, the team with good penalty kill- ing and power plays is going to go a long way, as will the team that can stay out of the box. The MoJacks Sunday night seemed to be thrown off balance by the Cougars and the tight of- ficiating. This coming weekend, the ModJacks have the first of nu- merous "back-to-back" encoun- ters. On Saturday, they visit the Little Britain Arean for a match with the Merchants, and will host Little Britain Sunday at the Scugog Arena with faceoff at 7:30 PM. Sunday blues for Port Bantams in Uxbridge It was a dull Sunday Oct. 15 for the Goreski Bantam No. 1's as the team strolled into the Uxbridge Coliseum to play an over-rated Uxbridge squad. Coach Wilbur along with Bricknell, and G. Cochrane wat- ched this game from the cheap seats as a result of game suspen- sions carrying over from last season. Coach Wilbur had to make a move as we were short two defensemen. He called up two veteran defencemen in Chris MacLeod and Peter King. Hut- chinson got the call to play in the cage as our veteran goaltender forgot about our last practice so he got to watch from the sidelines and operate the door. The referee looked like Kerry Fraser and refereed the game just like Kerry - uneven! Yes, we had a chance to work on our penalty Killing in this game, and did not, badly working the 4 man box. Coach Lee Wilbur and War- ren Nicholishen were back behind the bench for the Bantams and did a good job! The puck was dropped and we were slack right off the bat. We were in slow motion and weren't skating like we knew we could. At the 5:53 mark of the 1st frame, Darrell Vanderlight got a pass from J. Cochrane, and bingo, it was nothing for the good guys. A short handed effort. Uxbridge managed to tie this one up 3:00 minutes later. Ports next goal was a classic. Traynor dumped the puck up the boards to Laird and Laird tied up the defenceman who was pin- ching in. The puck slid by and it was a two on one, J. Cochrane and Parry. J. Cochrane ripped the shot and Parry was on the doorstep to find the top shelf. It was Parry's turn to play like Yzerman as he tallied (2) goals and (1) assists in the game. Parry ruled the ice, on this day, as he rules the golf course by scor- ing a beauty off the face off. J. Cochrane got the draw back to Laird who found an opening and skated to it. Passed to Parry who found the mark. Now that's what I like to see. It was 3-1 for Port at this point, but Port slacked off and took some more penalties. Uxbridge tied it up at 3-3 and later took the lead 4-3. Port had to dig down in- to the tickle trunk in order to come out of the coliseum with a tie. It was Uxbridge's turn to take a penalty with only :44 seconds left on the scoreboard. The so- called Port Power Play was on the ice. Parry, J. Cochrane, McBride, Logan upfront and Laird and Traynor, the backup. Port pulled their goalkeep Hut- chinson in order to have 6 at- tackers. Guess what? We capitalized on the Uxbridge penalty. Parry who works hard, got the puck to McBride out front, who batted it out of the air like Will Clark, and it was tied, 4-4. It took us 14 seconds to get the job done. The next 30 seconds the team stayed at home and pro- tected the tie. It was a half-decent finish for the Port squad who came out with a tie. The Molson Cup Three Star Selections as choosen by the writers went to 1) Parry -- 2 goals, 1 assist, 2) Cochrane - 3 assists, 3) Pashley - skated and took the body the whole game. Coach Wilbur wasn't at all hap- py with our performance. Hc aid we weren't skating, hitting and weren't playing it smart. "If you guys play like this tomorrow against Cobourg, Good Luck!" "You have to skate to win!"' We all listened up and knew what we had to do in order to win. Find out what happened in the Cobourg match in next weeks paper. ee @ eer a TM oo