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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" SPORTS Nm EE -------------- Techstars bomb Grimsby On March 10 the Techstars opened their third round of playoffs against Grimsby. The Techstars were hot for this one as they dominated the whole game. Dave Gainey got \ them on the board on the power play, assisted by Troy Campbell. Scott Sanderson made it 2-0 on a goal assist- ed by JP Copeland. Ryan Puckrin scored on a scramble in front of the goal. Gavin Baxter and Troy Campbell assisted. Late in the period Sanderson got his second S ths night assisted by Gainey and Wyatt ark. The second period started a little slower but the Techstars got rolling again as Wyatt Park made it 5-0 from Copeland. PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 14, 1995-1 7 AR ------------ got his first of the game assisted by Puckrin. Puckrin rounded out the scoring notching his first hat trick of the year. Glen McCready assist- ed on that one which made it 10-1. The Tech- stars lead the series 1-0. ' Game two of the series was the following day in Grimsby. This time the Techstars did not look so hot as Grimsby got the first goal and capght the Techstars off guard. Dan Lyons got that one back on his 30th of the year assisted by Copeland. Grimsby made it 2-1 and the Techstars were getting frustrated. Campbell tied the game on an unassisted goal. In the second period some big hits from JP Copeland and Dan Lyons seemed to spark the team and Dillian Weber got the go-ahead goal Grimsby finally found a hole in goalie Doug laterin the third. Sanderson and Park assisted. Short as they'tut the lead to 5-1. Ten seconds A flood time after two periods Techstars lead later Dave Kamminga got that one back on a - 3-2. long shot from center. Baxter got the assist on Right off the bat Baxter made it 4-2 on a nice that one. pass out from the corner by Puckrin. Campbell Puckrin closed out the period with his second also assisted on this one. of the night on a goal assisted by Dillian Weber On their next shift Baxter returned the favor | and Scott Sanderson. After two periods the on another beauty pass and Puckrin one-timed ETA AE ENN AR ARR rani Ana SRR ¥ ' . hn SIRS EAA S Techstars lead was 7-1. Gainey started the third with his second of the game and his 30th of the year. That one was assisted by Dan Lyons and Dave Kamminga. The Techstars made it 9-1 when Campbell it home to end the game 5-2. : Scott Harper played one of his best games of the year throwing many big hits and taking many nice shots on the Grimsby goalie. 'MoJacks' season ended at hands of the Eagles by David Stell All good things must come to an end and for the Port Perry MoJacks, another good season has ended. But it might have been a great season if not for the Bowmanville Eagles. Port Perry ended their season last Wednesday night with a disheartening 7-2 home ice loss to Bowmanville. The Eagles' win gave them a 4-0 sweep of the Central Division champion- ship and continued their unde- feated streak in this year's playoffs. They now wait for the ville just had too much momen- tum and too much firepower. Port Perry finally broke the les' shutout bid near the Ea ~end of the second period. Darryl Bricknell was first to try a breakaway chance on Crawford with 1:54 left in the period, but the Eagles' goalie snared the shot with his glove hand. Forty- six seconds later, Steve Laird was given an identical chance and scored the ModJacks' first goal of the night. His linemate, Mike Pigeau, helped make it happen. Pigeau made a diving. \ winner of the Picton vs Napan- _stab at the puck in his own zone ee series that started last week. Wednesday's game foll familiar pattern tha formed in the first thre¢ games of the series. Bowynanville scored two first period (goals for an early lead in the game and coasted to the finish line. Port Perry was overwhelmed by the Eagles' speed and accuracy on offence. Bowmanville left the. first period leading 3-0 in the game and with a three games to nothing lead in the series, time was running out for the Mo- Jacks. The Eagles solidified their stranglehold on the ModJacks by shutting down the Port Perry power play. The ModJacks couldn't score with the man ad- vantage in the first period and that became a crucial factor. Port Perry might have been able to stay in the game when they were given a two-man ad- vantage to end the first period, but the Eagles still wouldn't al- low a quality shot on goaltender Barry Crawford. In the second period, Bow- manville kept on steamrolling. Former MoJack, Shannon Todd, scored his second goal of the game on a wraparound from behind the net to make the score 4-0. Goaltender Rick Hutchinson left the game after that goal and Chris Faulkner replaced him. The scores in the four games of the series might indicate that Hutchinson was having trouble, but he played well in every game. Bowman- and was able to, from flat on his stomach, pass the puck between two Eagles out to Laird speed- ing down the ice all alone. Laird's low shot hit Crawford's stick, bouncing straight into the air, over the goaltender and into the net to make it 4-1. Pigeau has made some great moves when he's been flat out on the ice. He explained how he .8et up Laird on the breakaway. "I saw the defenceman pinching in so I decided to dive out and get it," he said. "Laird was yell- ing so I tried to put a little more on it so it would go out in front of him. I thought he was going to putit over the net like he did be- fore, but he ended up putting it away." With Bowmanville leading 6- 1in the third period, Port Perry finally scored on the power play. Todd Stirling rifled the puck into the net after a scramble in front of Crawford. His steady play was an asset to the Mo- Jacks this season and he ex- plained the chemistry the team has. "We're like a family," he said. "They're a good group of guys to play with and everybody gets along." The seventh goal for Bow- manville was the worst in the series. Killing a MoJack power play, an Eagle defenceman at- tempted to clear the puck down the ice after a faceoff at the Bowmanville blue line. His powerful slapshot flew down the ice and started to bounce in front of Faulkner only to jump the goaltender's stick and go into the net. The goal deflated the spirits of thé MoJack fans ii" Heads up! oo. "Dean Van Camp (standing) and Chris Jones of R.H. Cor- attendance, but the MoJacks nish were among the Scugog winners in district finals for the Kinights of Columbus free throw competition in Whitby will just have to forget it now as their season ends. Keith Leslie, the team's lead- ing scorer all year, will most likely be back next year as an over age member of the squad. He felt the Eagles did their job so far as limiting Leslie's effec- tiveness. "They really took me out of "the game." he said. "I didn't -get that many chances and I would have liked to score more to help the team." Bowmanville coach, Mark Watson, considered Port Perry their toughest competition all year. He didn't expect a sweep of course and complimented the ModJacks afterwards. "It's quite a rivalry these two teams have," he said. "They're a good club and they work hard all the time." March 8. Pineridge Atoms come up with two big wins Pineridge Sports Atoms ven- tured into unfamiliar territory on Friday night facing heavy traffic on a long journey to Hes- peler. In the first period, the boys showed jet lag as the Sham- rocks were able to dominate the Port Perry team forcing Shane Fischer to come up with several big saves. Joe Shembri broke in on a nif- The Key-Bar Office Equip- ment Juveniles have ad- vanced to the All-Ontario A- BB Finals after two solid ef- forts this past weekend. Facing elimination against Beeton Saturday night at Scugog Arena, Port were determined to force a fifth game for Beeton on Sun- day night. Saturday night's + game ended 5-2 in favor of Port Perry. Port opened the scor- ing first on a goal by Jeff Ver- non, assists going to Jeremy Geer and Jeff Card. Beeton came back with two of their own to end the first period 2- lin favor of Beeton. Port did all the scoring in Juveniles advance to All-Ontario finals the second period on goals by Captain Jeff Card, his first unassisted, his second from Steve Stiles. Second period ended 3-2in Port's favor. Port effectively shut down the Beeton attack in the third period and scored their fourth goal from Darrell Van- derligt who was set up in front by Jody Logan. Jay King finished the scorin with an empty net goal to en the game at 5-2. Sunday night in Beeton, with both teams needing a victory to advance to the fi- nals, was very entertaining and tense. Both teams play- ing cautiously to avoid mis- Turnto Page 19 ty pass from Matt Skerratt and Trevor Robins, beating the Hes- peler goalie. One-nil Port after the first. The second period pace start- ed slowly as the puck went back and forth like a yoyo. At 8:03, with a scramble in front of the net, the Shamrocks scored on Fischer. One-all. Port scored two minutes later as Trevor Robins scored on a rebound from Dylan Harper and Joe Schembri. The third period was all Port Perry as the defence of Mike Thompson, Mike Wiseman, Garrett Brown, Dylan Harper and Derek Bond shut down the Hespeler attack. en Matt Skerratt scored the hat trick, the announcer then changed his name to the famous Italian soccer star "Ske- ratta". Also scoring was Ger- rard Timmers with the assists going to Langmaid and Wise- man. Finaiscore "Atoms Family" 7, Hespeler 1. Game two met Hespeler on our home ice. The Pineridge At- oms were first on the score- board with a nifty shot into the corner of the net by Michael Mil- ligan followed by Matt Sker- ratt's lethal shot making it 2-0 home team. David Halward received a clever pass from Michael Wisge- man giving the Pineridge At- Turnto Page 18 JEFF MITCHELLPORT PERRY STAR