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BE IS 16- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 29, 1994 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Eh -- SPORTS 4-3 decision MoJacks lose another to Eagles by David Stell The Port Perry ModJacks lost their second game to the Bow- manville Eagles on Saturday night. But the MoJacks made it tough for the first place Eagles, tying it up three times before Bowmanville could win it 4-3. The Modacks and Eagles, the two best teams in the Central Division, were meeting for the third time this season. Bow- manville won a tight one at home early in the season and Port Perry handed the Eagles their first loss when they visited Port Perry. So this matchup was looking like a heavyweight fight and it didn't disappoint. Both teams came out flying to start the game. But the Eagles drew first blood when captain Todd Cannings beat ModJack netminder Rick Hutchinson DAVID STELL/PORT PERRY STA The Port Perry MoJacks played host to the Bowmanville Eagles on Sunday night at Scu- go Arena and despite a strong effort lost the match 4-3. it was the third time the top two ~ teams had met this season with each team heading into Sunday's match with one win aplece. See story for more details on the game. Week 13 in SHL play proved to be rather in- teresting as the league-leading Harrison Blaz- ers and the Monsma Chargers flirted with Lady Luck and pulled off tie games! However, a Pineridge Phantom victory brings an interest- ing month of December games into play, with a couple of teams quietly making their move to join the leaders. Gamblers vs Sharks Game one saw the Crandell's Gamblers put together a real team effort to defeat the Van World Sharks 6-4. Bryan Norton led the attack with a goal and a pair of assists. Mark Decosta also had a big game for the Gamblers with four helpers. Dave Bourgeois with two goals and singles to Ken Jeffrey, Carl Durham and Hen- ry Forderer sealed the "Riverboat" victory. Durham, Jeffrey, Robert Evans, Bob Parting- ton and even goaltender Bob Strickert, made the scoresheet with single assists. For the Van World Sharks, Phil Cochrane had the hat trick, with the single tally going to Terry Bache. Wayne Fox and Mike "Tate" Adam notched two assists a piece while single helpers went to Randy Prosser, Ivan Geer and Doug Brown. Devils vs Blazers Game two really brought the fans to the glass as the Pizza Delight Devils and the league leading Harrison Blazers battled to a 1- 1 draw! The Blazers were without sponsor Dave Harrison in this one due to an unfortu- nate fire. We're glad to report that Dave is fine and ready to don new equipment! This match had fine end-to-end hockey with great plays at both ends of the rink. Bob Beve- ridge from John Mackey and Bill Foote had the Devil counter. The Blazer reply saw Dave Mil- ton score from Dale Bronson and "Nifty Fifty" man Jim Beatty. Happy birthday to this half- century senator! Phantoms vs Clippers Game three saw the Pineridge Phantoms edge to within a point of first place with a 3-0 victory over the Fitzgerald Clippers. Those Phantoms are on a roll led by strong goaltend- ing from Shawn Parker who earned his shut- out in this game. Brian Samis with two goals and Steve Fox with a single sank the Clipper ship! Clarence Stephenson with a pair of assists and singles to Sean Fewer and Ray Zaparanuik rounded out the Phantom attack. Comets vs Chargers Phantoms edge closer in SHL Game four was a penalty-free match that kept the crowd buzzing right down to the final 20 sec- onds as the Compton Comets pulled out a 4-4 tie with the Monsma Chargers. This one had the Chargers set to take over sole possession of first place with a victory, but a last chance blast from Comet defenseman Tom Barnes kept them to- gether with the Blazers for yet another week. Along with Barnes, Mike McQuade, Brian Burns and Willy Edwards scored for the Com- ets. Dave Dickson picked up four assists while Edwards, Ron Zaparanuik and Paul Goreski picked up singles. For the Chargers, Tony Oxley had a pair of counters with singles to Bill Bridge and Dave Thompson. Brad Hurst set up a pair with Bridge, Steve Lee, Lee Wilbur Jason Warner and yes, goaltender Don Card sharing single as- sists. Hawks vs Aces Game five saw the J&D Hawks keep pace with the Gamblers on their road to the top with a 7-2 victory over the Taylor Aces. The Hawk points parade saw Ritchie LeFort with three big assists, two goals a piece by Doug Suppelsa and Rick Hope, and single tallies by Joe Curran, Kei- jo Kinnunen and Captain Callery lead the team to another victory. Dennis Lycett and Carl Dur- ward each had a pair of helpers with single as- sists credited to Kinnunen, Hope, Callery, Ed Olsen and Chris Brain. Todd Wilbur led the Ace offense with a goal and an assist. Mark Pehlemann also found the net with Mike Kane and sponsor Wayne Taylor picking up single assists as the Aces hope that Santa ill bring them better luck in December! With the first three months now in the books, the five games scheduled for December could see some changes in the overall standings. While the Blazers, Chargers and Phantoms have been battling it out at the top, the Hawks and Gam- blers have been putting up points on the board and may throw real interest into the last month of '94 play! Be sure to catch all the action in the SHL next Sunday at the following times: 6:45 a.m. Crandell's Gamblers vs Taylor Aces 7:45 a.m. Monsma Chargers vs Fitzgerald Clippers 8:45 a.m. J&D Hawks vs Compton Comets 9:45 a.m. Harrison Blazers vs Van World Sharks 10:46 a.m. Pineridge Phantoms vs Pizza De- light Devils just 25 seconds into the game. Curtis Hogdins and Brian An- stey received assists on the goal. The ModJacks weren't about to let the Eagles run away with it though. In fact, Todd Stirling was quick to return the favor to the Eagles when he beat Barry Crawford 30 seconds later for a 1-1 tie. Gavin Cochrane and Ian Titterton helped set up the goal. The teams pressured each other relentlessly in the first pe- riod and the intensity shows every time they play. The Ea- gles' second goal came despite heavy forechecking by the Mo- Jacks. Hodgins, Jeremie Pate and Chad Taylor took the puck down the ice, after fighting for the puck in their own end, and Hodgins made it 2-1 with a nice shot over Hutchinson's shoul- der into the top corner. Port Perry waited until the second period to get the game back on even terms. It didn't take very long once they gotinto the second period, though, 1:30 in. Brad Bagshaw took a pass from Jason Cochrane that he quickly fed over to Ryan Ridg- way. The play happened too fast for Crawford and Ridgway, with some quick hands, placed a wrist shot into the top corner. The goal made it 2-2, but Ridg- way said "it was a lucky goal, it had eyes." He gave Bagshaw the credit, for his nice set-up pass. "I just stepped up and shot itright away," Ridgway said. RYAN RIDGWAY Bowmanville had their chances to pull away though. At 2:30 of the second period, Steve Staniland went to the penalty box for holding. During the Bowmanville power play, Todd Dennis in forechecking, got his stick up on Curtis Hodgins. That gave the Eagles a two-man advantage, but Port Perry killed off both penalties, and the game remained tied. Bowmanville didn't get dis- couraged unfortunately for the ModJdacks. Six minutes later, Hodgins was causing more trou- ble for the MoJacks. From his knees, beside the net, he found Cannings in front of the net again. Cannings took the pass and scored into the corner of the net to make it 3-2. But, wouldn't you know it, the MoJacks came back again. With just over a minute left in the second period, and the Mo- Jacks on a power play, Mike Pi- geau was able to tie it up. Keith Leslie and Cochrane teamed up in the corner, drawing an Eagle defenceman away from the net. Leslie passed it out to Pigeau, who spun around the other de- fenceman and found the corner of the net. The low shot caught the inside of the post and made the score 3-3. But that was it for Port Perry. The Eagles' defence and Craw- ee RICK HUTCHINSON ford were able to hold off every ModJack attack in the third peri- - od. And, for the second time this season, the Eagles scored the only goal in the third period to break a tie and win the game. Ryan Becker was able to get in front of the Port Perry net and before the MoJacks could get to him the score was 4-3. Becker was allowed two shots in close on Hutchinson but it wasn't until the third shot that he could finally beat him with a shot into the top of the net. Hutchinson won't let the loss get him down, but he didn't like giving up so many chances to Becker. "I'm frustrated that I couldn't control the rebounds," he said. "Every goal is my fault, no matter how it is. There's al- ways something else I could have done." Ridgway felt that the game proved something. : "They (the Eagles) know that we're a team that they have to compete with," he said. "They're thinking now and that'll put the fearinto them. They know we're the team to beat." The ModJdacks continue their home stand with a game against the Lakefield Chiefs, ursday, Dec. 1 at 8:30 p.m. Minor Novice action Compton Cable Minor Novice travelled to Haliburton for the Huskie annual tournament on Nov. 26. At 11 a.m., we met Bracebridge's best nine-year- olds. Compton Cable encoun- tered a strong defensive core and rarely registered a shot. Port Perry skated well, led by Ashley Lucas and Tyson Sav- age. Derek Goreski, Nelson Langmaid and Kory Bauer were strong backchecking. By the third period, Bracebridge's experience put the puck in the net several times. They went on to the semi-finals. That same day at 3 p.m. Compton Cable played Scarbo- rough's crew of nine-year-olds. It was a tight-checking affair with good efforts from Kyle Mullins, Shane Jeffrey, Keenan Geer and Cassidy Weber. Tay- lor Churchill, Danny Halward and Matthew Roth put in a strong defensive game. Scarbo- rough wore Port Perry down for the win and they went on to win the Consolation Championship. An excellent goaltending ex- hibition was put forth by Leo Taillon and an ailing Mark Car- naghan. Compton Cable's Most Hard-Working Player goes out to Tyson Savage. Good effort, players, and a great learning experience.