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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" GETTING READY: More than 100 participants, young and old, came out to the Scugog Arena Sunday to take part in the Second Annual Skate-A-Thon. While attendance was down from last year, organizers of the event say that fun was still had by all. The event, held from 1 p.m. to 5 pP.m., saw skaters of all age groups out doing laps accompanied by members of the Port Perry MoJacks Junior C Hockey club as well as Scugog mayor Howard Hall. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards paying off the debt still owed on the Scugog Community Centre as well as towards the construction of a second ice pad in the township. Getting laced up for a couple of laps at the Skate-A-Thon was Nicole Storer, 9, and her mother Susan. Juveniles fall to Whitby The Port Perry Juveniles, sponsored by Mike's Food Basics, start- ed to show some form last week as they hosted an exhibition game with the Whitby "AA" juveniles at the Port Perry arena. This was the sequel to our very first game of the year when Whitby invited us down and dropped us 13-2. Even though Whitby only had one extra skater, they still handed us a 5-4 defeat, but Port had two excellent periods. leaving the second up 4-2. Whitby tallied once in "the first and Port respond- ed four times in the second to Whitby's one. Kevin Gray opened the scoring on a backhand from the corner and then Jamie Levon made a good deke to beat the defenceman and slide it under the goalie. Kent Johnston then hammered home our third and Kevin Hobbs picked up our fourth, unassisted. Kent also accounted for two assists with Joe Jackson, Kevin Hobbs, Kevin Gray and Ian McCready all getting one each. There was some excel- lent penalty killing in this period as well as we took five penalties to one for Whitby. Port was unable to beat the Whitby goalie in the third, despite many chances and a couple of breakaways. Mike Phoenix played his usual steady game between the pipes turning away almost 40 shots. His bruises and sprains after the game were testimony to his efforts. On Saturday, we headed north to Oakwood for our first encounter with them. We knew that we would be a couple of men short because of suspensions and work, but much to our surprise only five players showed up. The game was to be at 7:00 p.m. but on arrival the board showed 8:30 p.m. At 7:00 the lights in the arena went out and throughout the entire town and there never was a game. By Dean Van Camp Special to The Star Cedar Creek Clippers 3 vs. Monsma Electric Chargers 7 This Sunday morning saw the Chargers shock Clippers 7-3 with helpers awarded to Mike McQuade, mith, Wayne Norton, Jack Monsma, Rob Scott and Bob Collings. However the Clippers narrowed th lead down to one 3 Dean y Richie Lefort from Monsma Chargers knock of the #1 Clippers 7-3. Brad Meekin got things rolling for the Clippers with assists to John fiarman and Richie Lefort. But Willie Edwards answered back for the Chargers with assists to Jeff Card and Jack Trini y The Clippers then took '| back the lead thanks to Colin Asselstine and Clarence Stephenson and Jim Duncan assisting. But back came the Chargers with three quick goals to take a 4-2 lead. They were scored by Mike McQuade, Jeff Card and Steve Conners John Harman and John Roberston. But the Chargers came back to score three more to put it out of reach. They were scored by Brad Hurst, Willie Edwards and Mike McQuade. Assists on those three went to Wayne Norton (2), Bob Collins, Rob-Scott, Jack Monsma and Dean Smith. ° Pineridge Sports Wolves 2 vs. Taylor Fuels Aces 5 The Taylor Fuels 5-2 win Sunday over the Wolves put them into sole pos ° Turn to Page 25 Three weekend losses drops record to 2-10-1 Modacks slide falls to eight after 4-3 loss to Merchants By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star Will the bleeding ever stop for the Port Perry ModJacks? What started as a trickle three weeks ago has turned into a full-blown gusher of red as the MoJacks lost three more games over the weekend, and have now dropped eight straight with the Central Ontario Junior C season just slightly by the quarter mark. A week ago when the team lost its fifth in a row, head coach Brad Menzies was looking ahead to the three games this weekend as almost to the point of no return. Well, that point was reached as the green and white failed to register even a tie in those three games, losing 6-5 to Bobcaygeon, 6-4 to Colborne and 4-3 on home ice Sunday night at the hands of the Little Britain Merchants. Their record after 13 games stands at a most disappointing ten losses, two wins and one draw--a meagre six points. The team got a single point for their one loss in overtime. And the hole just gets getting deeper and deeper when it comes to the team's chances of qualifying for the playoffs as they have 27 games left in the regular schedule. Sunday night's game against the Merchants was so typical of the MoJack fortunes, or lack of them to date. They certainly were far from out-played. In fact there was enough effort to warrant at least a tie, perhaps a win against the pesky Merchants who skate well and have a roster filled with veteran Junior C players. But as one press box observer noted if the MoJacks didn't have such lousy luck, they'd have no luck at all. They skated with the Merchants to a 1-1 deadlock after the first 20 minutes with the fleet-footed Adam Bonneveld getting the marker. The Merchants went ahead 2-1 in the first minute of the second frame as Tyler Teel connected on the power play -- a screen shot through a lot of traffic in front of netminder Derek Spence. The MoJacks were two men short later in the period when Tony Butzer upped things to 3-1. Just prior to that the MoJacks had enjoyed a long two- man advantage and, despite some strong pressure in the Merchant zone and sev- eral decent scoring chances, they were simply not able to put the biscuit in the basket. Playing their third game in as many nights, one might have thought the ModJacks would run out of gas in the third period, but to their credit they kept plugging away, and actually turned things up a notch or two. At 1:45, Bonneveld notched his second of the contest -- a fine individual effort in which he went coast to coast down the left side, cut around the Merchant defender and tucked the puck inside the post as he was skating in front of the netminder. The MoJacks were killing a penalty at the time and that goal (one would think) should have given the team a huge lift. Not so. A couple of minutes later, the visitors again doubled the margin to 4-2 with veteran Chad Purdy rapping one behind Spence. One of the few "breaks" the team has enjoyed over the dreadful slump in recent weeks came at the mid-point when Matt Glenn got his first of the year on a shot from just across the centre line that somehow found its way between the goalie's pads. That seemed to give the team a much needed lift and playing with lots of enthusiasm over the final few minutes, they pushed hard for the tying goal. Alas, it was not to be for the green and white as the Merchants were able to weather the late storm and hang on for the victory. SLAPSHOTS: The game against the Merchants featured on oddity when Merchant goalie Steve Thomas used a stoppage in play to skate to the bench for his water bottle. The ref ruled he had to stay on the bench once play resumed and the Merchants were allowed an extra skater. Then, scrambling to get Thomas back on the ice with the play in progress, the Merchants were nailed for a too-many- men on.the ice penalty. The ModJacks failed to capitalize on the power play, but what else is new? Just what coach Menzies has to do to rally his troops, who must be dis-heart- ened at this point, is anybody's guess. But giving up is not an option and there 1s no reason to throw in the towel. The MoJacks have played well enough to post at least a few wins in the last eight games, and they are getting adequate netminding. But they haven't been able to take advantage of penalties, and they seem to lack the ability to finish off a team on the ropes. Their momentum comes in fits and starts, and just when they appear to be carrying the play, the oppo- sition comes down ice and pops a goal. Anyway, things don't get any easier this coming weekend for the MoJacks as they face the Merchants Saturday night in Little Britain and then host Bobcaygeon Sunday at the Scugog Arena for a 7 p.m. faceoff. One gets the feeling watching this team that if they can manage one victory to break the dreadful losing string, this is a team with enough talent to rebound from what has to be the worst slump in a long, long time. One wonders how many of these players have ever gone eight games without a win in their young hockey careers. And, if the MoJacks can break out and turn the season around, perhaps they've filled their quota of bad luck and bad breaks. The ModJacks hope to have Seth Gray back on skates for the weekend games. The flashy Port Perry native, who brings great speed and lots of smarts to the team, missed the match against the Merchants with a shoulder injury suf- fered in Saturday night's loss in Colborne. «