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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" a aie cl PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 21, 1995 - 21 SrorTs MoJacks tie with Lakefield Chiefs By Wally Donaldson Special to the Star There are occasions when a new wrinkle here or there can make a difference on a hockey club - the emphasis placed squarely on enhancing its posi- tion, of course. Take the Port Perry MoJacks for example. The club's braintrust has shuffled a couple of players in opposite directions and for the most part, it has paid off in divi- dends. Steve Foster, who started the campaign on the blue line, has been transplanted to the for- ward lines. Meanwhile, Jeremy Geer, initially groomed as a de- fenceman but recently seeing duty up front, has returned to the backline. ~ Thereis a chemistry that sim- ply will never go away. The ab- sence of Matt Pyke's quarter- backing duties on the power play and Mike Pigeau's threat- ening maneuvers in front of an opposing net could be spotted a mile away last Sunday evening. The result was a hard fought 1-1 stalemate against a cellar- dwelling, but improved Lake- field Chiefs. In two previous en- counters, the MoJacks had pummelled the Chiefs net for a total of 19 goals. However, a culmination of Port Perry's missed opportuni- ties and a first-star goaltending effort by Lakefield's Colin Caley left the contest without a win- ner. "It was a night when the puck wouldn't go in the net," said Mo- Jacks' head skipper Chic Carne- gie, who two night's earlier pi- loted his team to a 4-3 overtime decision in Bobcaygeon against the Bullets. "Our passing game wasn't there. The puck was going into the feet rather than on the stick. It happens that way, sometimes. Just one of those games." Chiefs enjoyed a two-man power play advantage on two occasions in the opening period, but were either thwarted by an alert goalie Paul Roberts or guilty of failing to execute a con- sistent drive once over the Port Perry blue line. Only Gary Toms displayed the tenacity to reach the slot area. Toms did make good on his chance early in the second peri- od while circling from behind the MoJacks' net and stuffing the puck into the short side. But the MoJacks struck less than three minutes later. Scott Heasman unloaded a low screamer past Caley just sec- onds after Scott Heasman had won a key faceoff. ModJacks ran into penalty dif- ficulties periodically, especially in the early part of the third when Gavin Cochrane and Todd Dennis were sent off at the same time. It could very well have been costly. Toms, in the slot, ap- peared to kick the puck forward and take a shot in one motion. The official ruled no goal, claim- ing it had been kicked over the goal line. | Abreak, for certain. While the MoJacks battled for control throughout the evening, Carnegie and assistant Brett Puckrin kept up with constant chatter in their quest to main- tain a positive attitude. Puckrin placed his attention on Foster and Geer. "We found that (Foster) had been battling the puck and get- ting out of position on defence," sald Puckrin. "So, we moved him up and he's adjusting very well." Foster shared his talents, first on a line with Paul Kelly and Kenton LeFort, followed by Stirling and Al Hurlburt. Geer saw duty with LeFort and now-departed Darryl Bour- geois in camp and "we were im- pressed with this kid line," said Puckrin. "But I had also seen Jeremy play defence for four or five games and I was impressed. He sees the game really well." With Pyke (personal reasons) and Pigeau (work commitment) missing, the ModJacks lacked some polish, especially in Lake- field's side of the ice. Each team had a pair of shots in overtime, although the Mo- Jacks had the better chances to end it on a positive note. The most significant was at the buzzer when Stirling's center- ing pass just failed to find the mark with Foster charging to the goal. WALLY WORLD: Keith Les- lie fired three goals against the Bullets, including the overtime winner with 1:59 elapsed. Todd Dennis added the other marker with Steve Barkwell chipping in three assists...Carnegie and Puckrin were hoping to see more of newcomer Ryan Speake, formerly a high school player in Oshawa. He was eject- ed for checking from behind sev- en minutes into the game...Modacks also missed Ryan Ridgway, who is serving a suspension...It was Lakefield's third game in as many nights. ModJacks are heading into a busy portion of their schedule as they play in Sutton against Georgina Ice Friday, play in Warkworth Saturday against the East's Campbellford Rebels and next Tuesday in Uxbridge against the Bruins. They return to Scugog Arena on Thursday, Nov. 30 against Lakefield. Game time is 8:30 p.m. Pearce Novice reach C fin Pearce Auction Novice provided another week- end of exciting hockey. Fri- day, Nov. 17, Cobourg came to play in Port Perry. Matthew Roth led Pearce Auction with a four-point night. Michael Lycett let go a nice wrist shot to beat the Cobourg goalie early in the first period. Mat- thew Roth earned the as- sist. Kory Bauer had a strong game this night. He pushed the puck up to Matt who winged the puck at the goalie. Michael Ly- cett picked up the rebound and banged in his second goal. Matthew Roth was just getting warmed up. he let go a missile to make it 3-0. At our end the de- fense of Nelson Langmaid and Derek Goreski helped goalies Leo Taillon and Mark Carnaghan earn a well-deserved shut-out. With 1.1 seconds on the clock Matt the missile 'caught the inside of the post. Kory Bauer set him up. Nice grin Matt! Saturday morning Pearce Auction was up early and heading north to the Haliburton tourna- ment. The first game at 10 a.m. was against Brace- bridge. Our opponents You are cordially invited to attend the Ride Safe Ride Sober / Snowmobile Safety Awareness Night at the Sunderland Arena Romie" Wednesday, ~~ 3% = N caught us napping with four straight goals and it was time to play catch up. Cassidy Weber passed the puck up to Tyson Savage who slid it over to Ashley Lucas. She made no mis- take finding the open side of the net. Moments later, right off the face-off in the Bracebridge zone, Tyson Savage got it to Ashley Lu- cas. A flick of the wrist and it was 4-2 but that was the way it ended. Tyson Sav- age earned the M.V.P. for this game. Our second opponent was East Gwillimbury. Pearce Auction had this team's number with a 6-0 range. Matthew Roth had two goals, Michael Lycett a goal and two assists. Sin- gles went to Kyle Mullins, Keenan Geer, and Shane Jeffrey. Taylor Churchill and Cassidy Weber earned assists. M.V.P. went to Matthew Roth. Next we met the host team for the "C" champi- onship. The previous soft game hurt us because we weren't prepared to work as hard in the final match. The Huskies got two quick ones before Tyson Savage scored for Pearce Auction, unassisted. Haliburton popped in two more to take a commanding lead. Port Perry didn't give up as a hard working Kory Bauer slid it in. Keenan Geer and Taylor Churchill earned assists. The Huskies made it 5-1 but Tyson Savage came back with his second goal. Danny Halward got the assist. Haliburton went on to win this one but the Pearce Auction gang improved again. Danny Halward was voted the M.V.P. for this final tour- nament game. Advanced Tyke action Saturday afternoon the Advanced Tykes saw Da- vid's Hair Styling take on Dollar Plus Bargain Cen- Come and meet the Sled Smart Team Co \ Learn about QPP Enforcement Issues and see the Hovercraft for Safety and Rescue from the Bobcaygeon Fire Department Plus - displays & much, much more! Refreshments - Door Prizes This ad sponsor ed by Drug a WI erness LO. ek Coo mmitiee tre. It was a fast paced game with great end to end rushes. Playing goal for David's Hair Styling was Glenn Baker who was kept on his toes with numerous shots on net. Dollar Plus had Matthew Bailey tending net with terrific glove and stick saves. Dollar Plus edged David's 5-2 with Kyle Jones getting the goals for David's and Kyle Paige netting the goals for Dol- lar Plus. Throughout the game Bryan Condie and Steven Larmer showed great puck sense for David's with Spencer Marlow playing a hard paced game trying to hold back Dollar Plus. At the other end, Jenna Lance demonstrated terrific plays and Scott Partington showing great acceleration for the puck and William Dallas doing a great job keeping the puck in the oppo- sition zone. Solid efforts were put forward by both teams making it very exciting hockey to watch. Keep up the good work! Techstar Bantams host- ed Sunderland on Wednesday night. Tech- star dominated this game all the way winning it 7-1. Goals were scored by Tyler Keeler (two), Tyler Woo- ten (two), Ryan Hawkins, Shawn Hnatko, and Scott Sanderson. Assists went to Adam Brain, Tyler Wooten, Tyl- er Keeler (three), Shawn Hnatko (three), Matt Caldwell, Travis Pickard, Ryan Hawkins, Ryan Moynes. This was a definite team effort. Way to go guys! Thursday night the Techstar boys were in Oshawa to face the Black- hawks. Oshawa opened the scoring at the 7:34 mark of the first. Port responded Just 22 seconds later when Scott Sanderson evened it up assisted by Tom Keeble and Greg Bruton. Oshawa was dominating the game at this point, keeping the puck in front of our net- minder Corey Branton, who was keeping Port in the game with a number of key saves. Oshawa kept [] 1150 Champlain Court Whitby, Ont REMOTE "Starts Vehicle from the comfort : of your home upto 300 ft. range 0 LLED tdodels available for Manual Transmission and Diesel al Techstar action the pressure on and man- aged to go ahead before the buzzer went to end the second. Tom Keeble tied it up early in the third assisted by Scott Sanderson and Travis Picard. : Oshawa took advantage of a Port penalty and went ahead at the 6:20 mark of the third. Both teams were putting major effort into this game with good end to end hockey and very few penalties. Brad Monsma took away Oshawa's lead as- sisted by Matt Caldwell and Ryan Moynes. With the clock running down, this could have been ei- ther teams' game. Captain Shawn Hnatko wrapped it up for Port with just seven seconds left in the game assisted by Ryan Hawkins and Russ Brown. Final score 4- 3. Great game Techstar! Sunday night the team played Ops, despite a solid effort by all players, Ops took this one 3-0. Come on out and cheer on the Techstar boys Wednesday night at 7:30 AUTO START INSTALLE MOST VENICLES Mwy 401