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ee _. ET ------ emanate. 3 i A PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 16, 1990 -- 21 After a win and a tie in weekend action MoJacks can finish no worse than second A three-point weekend has assured the Port Perry Mo- Jacks they can finish no worse than second in the Central Jun- ior C Hockey League. And with four games re- maining, the team still has a mathematical chance to over- haul the Bowmanville Eagles for first place. The MoJacks put the stran- glehold on second place Friday evening as they dumped the Ux- bridge Bruins by a 5-2 count in Uxbridge. And they followed that on Sunday night with a 6-6 draw against the Ajax Axemen in front of a small crowd at the Arena. is was a see-saw game in which the lead changed hands a % couple of times, and the Axe- x men were able to come away : Ni with a single point after getting Ll the tying goal with just a hahd- = ful of seconds to play in the game. The visitors grabbed an early 1-0 lead before Darrin Lee tied the contest mid-way through the first period. Lee and Jim Vernon exe- cuted the two on one break per- fectly with Lee banging home the goal from the slot. Axemen got one more be- fore the end of the first to take a 2-1lead. Early in the second, the MoJacks went to work and- popped home two quick goals. Jim Vernon clicked at 3:38 with a shot along the ice and then John Harman snapped a the dumped their arch-rivals 5-2 in Uxbridge. MoJacks have\ clinched second place In the final standings, but still have an outside shot at first. And they host league leading Bow- manvlilie Eagles this Thursday at the Scugog Arena In what could be a leather poppin' hockey game. (see story for de- The Port Perry MoJacks had more than their share of decent scoring chances Sunday night at the Scugog Arena as they hosted the Ajax Axemen. The MoJacks took advan- tage of six of them, but so did the Axemen, who scored a goal with 33 seconds to play to get the 6-6 tle. On Friday wrist shot to the corner at 4:24. 'night, the MoJacks were ready for the Uxbridge Bruins as talls) Just before the mid-point of the period, Jim Gibbens made it 4-2 after he was set up by Ver- 4,539.26. short-handed. MoJack coaches and train- and the MoJacks 22. non and Brad Menzies. And the game featured just Warren Geer clicked for ers werebehind the Stars bench The rivalry between the ~ That seemed to open the fr minor penalties, three to three point on the night to lead for this game. two clubs has become intense, flood-gates as the Axemen pri Perry and one to Ajax. The the MoJacks on the score-sheet. This Thursday evening and no doubt the leather will be made it 4-3 a minute later, and frat penalty came well into the Netminder Tony Sortino (Jan. 18) the MoJacks host the poppingon Thursday night. then Warren Geer brought the gn4] period. started the game, but was Bowmanville Eagles at 8:30 at There is no Junior C hockey home town fans to their feet at With a goal and two assists, tossedinthesecond,and Dwaye the Scugog Arena. this Sunday at the Scugog aRe- od the 12 minute mark as hewent Jim Vernon turned in a strong Mackie went the rest of the way, This is an important game na as the MoJacks hit the road endtoend"onagreatrushand performance for the MoJacks, coming up with some superb for both teams. A win for the for Lakefield for an afternoon finished off the play by drilling gpd withalittleluckaroundthe saves to keep the MoJacks in MoJacks will keep them in the game slated for 1:00 PM. a shot over the shoulder of Axe- cage, he could have had two or thecontest. hunt for first place. They journey to Uxbridge men goalie Tom Gosleigh. three more goals. He rang one SLAPSHOTS: There was a And the regular season se- on Jan. 23 and finish the regu- But the Axemen battled off Mr. Post on a shot that had large crowd on hand Saturday ries between MoJacks and Ea- lar schedule at home on Satur- back with a marker at the 14 the goaliebeaten cleanly. nightin Little BritainastheEa- gles is dead even. One game day,Jan. 27 against Cobourg. minutepoint. Over in Uxbridge Friday gles and the League All Stars ended in a tie and each team This game orignally was Brad Menzies rounded out gvening, the MoJacks and battled toa 7-7 deadlock. has won twice. So this is the slated for Jan. 28, but that's Su- the five-goal MoJacks Bruins played through a score- Greg Corneil of the Mer- rubber match. per Bowl Sunday, so it was in the second as he walked in Jess first period before Uxbridge ants and Jeff Wannamker In the five games played 80 moved up the Saturday night at front of the net, held onto the grabbed a 2-0leadonthepower 34 two each for the Stars far, Eagles have scored 24 goals 8:00 PM. puck until Gosleigh was down play with McQuigge and Low while Garreth Stone, Shane and out, and then calmly lifted doing the damage. Armstrong and Glen Campbell itinto the wide open cage. MoJacks took the 6-4 lead into the third period, but as they have in several games this season, were not able to hold on in the final 20 minutes. Ajax made it 6-5 early, and then with 33 seconds to play and the goalie out for an extra attacker, Ian Angard found himself with the puck all alone in front of Dwayne Mackie and he shovelled it home to tie the contest at sixes. Asmightbee dina6- 6 tie, this was a wide open hock- ey game with plenty of end to end action. MoJacks out-shot the visi- ( | SKI WEAR K-WAY, DITRANI, SUN-ICE Touques, Headbands, Ski Gloves Menzies got the MoJacks going with a short-handed marker at the mid-point with an assist to Kevin Desrosiers. Geer tied things and in the final minute, Kevin Gibson put the team ahead 3-2 on a set-up by Vernon and Geer. - Todd Taylor put the game out of reach in the third period with a pair of goals, one of them had two each for Bowmanville. STATIONERY Plain and Printed. 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