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"A Family Tradition tor 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 10, 1995 - 17 Sr D> PORT PERRY STAR ORTS MoJacks sweep home and home series easily by David Stell Just try and keep the Mo- Jacks away from the net. I dare you. Uxbridge, Bowmanville, Little Britain and Bobcaygeon have tried recently, and only the Little Britain Merchants have had any success. But instead of denying Port Perry any goals, Little Britain Just went out and scored more. That's how 1995 started for the ModJacks when they came up on the short end of a 7-5 score in Little Britain last Wednesday. The year turned around, howev- er, when Port Perry travelled north to Bobcaygeon last Fri- day. They weren't about to be out- scored in this one as the Mo- Jacks got their first win of the new year by outscoring the Bul- lets 10-1. Mike Pigeau led the team with a hat trick while Steve Laird and Keith Leslie pitched in with two goals apiece. Adding singles were Ian Titterton, Scott Heasman and Todd Dennis. The ModJdacks returned to Port Perry Sunday night for a return match-up with the Bul- lets and picked up where they left off in Bobcaygeon. They skated to an easy 5-0 win and completed the sweep of the Techstar takes home and home series, picking up four valuable points which will help them in their fight with Georgina and Uxbridge for second place. Also, after strug- gling before Christmas, the Mo- Jacks have averaged just over six goals a game in their last five contests. The frustration that strangled the team through most of December is over. In the first period of Sunday night's game, the ModJacks spent a large part of their time getting in the Bullet netmind- er's face, outshooting Bobcay- geon 17-3. But even with all of this hard work, they were only able to produce one goal for their efforts. Chad Kearns opened up the scoring at the 8:22 mark of the period with centre Jason Cochrane and Ryan Ridgeway helping out and drawing assists. Surprisingly, that goal held up for the next 30 minutes with no scoring until the third period. That was when Leslie made it 2-1 with Todd Dennis and Todd Byers draw- ing assists. Leslie continues to lead the team in scoring and is currently fighting for third Turnto Page 18 its final match On Jan. 4, the Techstar Ban- tams suited up for their final league game. Their opponents were the Oshawa Black Hawks. The first period saw some great goaltending by Doug Short, as the offence was strug- gling. Dan Lyons got the Tech- stars off to a 1-0 lead with a goal, assisted by Ryan Puckrin and Scott "Cannon" Harper. Late in the period, Oshawa tied it up. Dillian Weber gave the Tech- stars a 2-1 lead early in the sec- ond, assisted by Ian Parliament and J.P. Copeland. Less than a minute later, Oshawa tied it two all. The two teams traded goals late in the period with the Techstar goal scored by Lyons, assisted by Weber and Cope- land. The score was 3-3 going into the third. Oshawa scored two goals ear- ly in the third to take a 5-3 lead. With less than six minutes to go, the Techstars rallied. The first goal was scored by Dave "Gretz" Gainey from Weber and Scott Sanderson, to make it 5-4. The "Cannon" Scott Harper made it five-all with a shot from the point off a faceoff, from Puckrin and Lyons. Puckrin scored the game win- ner with 43 seconds to go when a pass intended for Gavin Bax- ter was deflected in by the Oshawa goalie. The goal was as- sisted by Baxter and Lyons. In the final seconds, Doug Short made many saves to pro- tect the lead. The Techstars' league record was 12-3-1. team. scheduling. ing part. Ball teams wanted for Sno-Pitch tourney Mixed ball teams are being sought to take part in the Sec- ond Annual Andy Avis Memorial Sno-Pitch Tournament to be held February 4-5 at the lakefront diamonds. The event is in memory of Andy Avis, a Blackstock teenager and avid ball player, who lost his life in a car accident a couple of years ago. All proceeds from the tournament will go to the Scugog Adult Mixed Slo-Pitch League. All avid ball players with the itch to get the glove and bat out and hit the snow-covered diamonds are invited to enter a Registration for the event is $200 per team and registration must be received by February 1 to allow sufficient time for Prize structures will be based on the number of teams tak- Forms are available at Pineridge Spcrts or by calling Ber- nice Avis at 986-0653 or Doug Lowe at 986-0231. Six members of the Junior ringette squad tried out for the Central Region All-Star team and were successful. The team, which competes throughout Ontario, is made up of players from the Central Region. Pictured are the local players. From left are Natasha Burgess, Jan- na Senyk, Katie Senyk, Lisa Bonser, Shona Moase and Bonnie-Jo Norton. Malmont Atom As upset Belleville On Jan. 7, Port Perry Atom A reps competed with 11 other teams from around the province in a Newmarket AA tourna- ment. The team played much more intensely and smartly overall on the day and succeed- ed in winning two of their three games including a particularly sweet upset over their nemesis league opponents from Belle- ville. . They opened with a 4-1 win over the Ajax Knights. In the first Justin Moffatt found the net on a pass from behind the net by Trevor Lance. Dean Van Camp scored on assists by Mike LeFort and Adam Moynes. Ajax scored on a power play for their only marker. Tyler Houthuys and Tim Jones did some good penalty killing on another short-handed situation. In the second, D'Arcy Ste- phens was called upon to make a big save after a "cough-up". Dean scored the insurance marker on a strong individual effort. Rookie Jamie Smith hus- tled to the net looking for re- bounds...that always makes coaches happy! The only third period score was by Adam on a rebound off Dean's initial shot while Ajax was shorthanded. Port killed off two more penalties with nice hustling shown by Trevor Weis- flock and Jamie. With the benefits of lots of ad- renalin from this win, the Green Machine played gutsy hockey to beat Belleville 3-2 for the first time this year. The boys played tough in the first period and limited Belleville to just one first period shot on a two-on-one play where the goal post helped D'Arcy in our net. The Malmonts took a 1-0 lead in the second when Mike LeFort stole a puck and got it ahead to Adam who passed to Dean on a two-on-one. Dean deposited the puck under the crossbar. Mark Duncan and Trevor Lance were full value for determination when on the ice. Belleville tied the score at one halfway through the third on a screen shot. Twenty-three seconds lat- er though, Port went ahead again as a puck was deflected off Adam's skate, with Dean as- gisting. The fans were on the edge of their seats by now, as Belleville got a power-play goal to tie the score again. The trip to Newmarket was worth it, how- ever, as Trevor Lance was the hero as he scored the winner with just 15 seconds on the clock. He drilled a wrist shot: over the goalie's shoulder after two good passes by Justin and Jeff. Nice work by the "rookie" line and a good morale booster for the club as a whole! Most of our adrenalin must have been spent against Belle- ville though as the team played tentatively in the offensive zone and looked disorganized in the defensive zone in their third game of the day against a charged-up squad from Strat- ford. The result was a tough 2-1 loss which bounced us out of the tournament. The teams exchanged goals in 'the first period. Stratford broke the ice as a player was left un- molested at the side of the crease. Seconds later, Dean tied it as he circled the net with the puck and scored on a wrist shot from the faceoff dot. Steve Ma- cLennan played gamely on the blue line despite beingill. In the second, Trevor Weis- flock couldn't control the puck to take advantage of a yawning net. Justin had a good chance off a pass from Jeff but overall the Malmonts were sputtering and couldn't create any luck. Despite a late third period pow- er play opportunity and our goalie on the bench, we weren't able to even the score. All in all, it was good to see that win over Belleville and per- * haps the team will switch to high gear full time now as playoffs are just around the cor- ner. Emiel's in tourney On Dec. 28-29 Emiel's travelled to a Pickering Tournament and played two games, failing to qualify for the finals on points. In the first game Emiel's lost 4-1 to a strong Village Ply- mouth (Pickering) team. Lawrence Cook scored the lone Emiel's goal and was awarded the MVP for the game. Assists went to Andrew Kenny and Adam Douglas. In the second game, Emiel's tied Re/Max (Pickering) 2-2 and played a very strong game outplaying the other team for the majority of the game. Pickering tied it up in the dying moments of the game on a power play. Scoring for Emiel's were Peter McKitterick on a fine solo display of second effort and Law- rence Cook assisted by Andrew Kenny. Jamie McQuaid and Ben Russell played very steady on defence as usual. Shawn Martin won the MVP for the game. ne Joel Thomson won the shootout contest making some excel- lent moves scoring on every shot. In house league play Emiel's played two games on Jan. 3-4. In the first game Emiel's lost a very close game to Scala 4-3. Emiel's pulled the goalie but were unable to score in a very ex- citing finish. Emiel's goals were scored by Jeremy Hall, Lawrence Cook and Peter McKitterick. Assists to Tyler Lucas, Beau Jolicoeur, Rick Denike and Matthew Tillart. Scoring for Scala, Eric Troan (two), Jordan McKay and Der- ek Daluz. Assists to Eric Troan, Ian Parliament, Tom Boyd and Ryan Woods (two). Both goalies, Devon Symes and Shawn Martin (Emiel's) played excellent as the play went end to end. In the second games Emiel's defeated Larocque 7-6 in an ex- citing game with the lead changing hands several times right up to the end of the game. Emiel's goals were scored by Jeremy Hall (three) a hat trick and two assists, Joel Thomson, Darren Royle, Adam Douglas and Lawrence Cook. Assists to Darren Royle, Peter McKitterick (two), Lawrence Cook, Andrew Ken- ny, Sean Williams, Jeff Vanuden and Raymond Seager. Scoring for Larocque were Ken Ellis (two), John Sanders, Mark Richardson, Jeff Harrison and Mike Dalby. Assists to Jeff Harrison (two), Ryan Kehoe (two), Jamie Page, Rob Taylor and John Sanders.