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us Lt -3<«7«@ ! " "@ vv 26- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 17, 1998 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" ModJacks sit in fourth, looking to move up this weekend From Page 24 worked hard to bottle up the visitors and when they did get a scoring chance, Mackie was ready. Late in the game, he had Lady Luck working as well as the puck danced along the goal line after a Bruins scramble around the crease, but it stayed out of the cage. While Thornbury was giving credit to the entire squad for the effort Sunday, he noted the play of Ryan McQuade and Hamilton, both up from the Port Midgets for this game. They didn't see a lot of ice time, but worked very effectively when they were out there. Hamilton had a big part in the second MoJack goal as he feathered a soft pass to Derek Tindall who was wide open in front of Bruin goalie Barry Crawford. Tindall wasted no time with the shot to the low corner on the glove side of the veteran Uxbridge netminder. Another rookie, Mike Morden, drew an assist on this play as well. That was a big goal for the MoJacks as it opened up a 2-0 lead and gave the team a tiny bit of breathing space against the Bruins who began to press hard in the latter stages of the third period. After a scoreless first period, the ModJacks used the power play midway through the middle stanza to open a 1-0 lead. Casey Van Schagen got the goal re- directing a Jeff Clarke shot from the point. Adam Jones got the other helper on this one. Clarke's shot was along the ice and Crawford had no chance on the tip-in by Van Schagen. Port's third goal early in the third was a bit of a gift, but for a team struggling for offense, it was a most welcome gift. Clarke snared a pass along the boards in the Bruin zone and fired at the net. Crawford seemed to have the puck in the glove but it hopped out and found its was over the line. Dale Drummond and Adam Bonneveld drew the assists on this one. The MoJacks have not had too many "gifts" tossed their way this season. Perhaps as the team picks up confidence that will change. Coach Thornbury agreed that the ModJacks were sitting back on their heals somewhat late in the game with the 3-0 lead, but said that is a natural reaction by teams at any level. "It's tough to get players to break that (sitting on a two- goal lead) even at the NHL level." Things got testy late in the game as Mike Heasman dropped the gloves with Bruins' sniper Stu Parish and pinned him to the deck. Then Adam Jones and Les Diadyk threw some furious punches at each oth- er's head but none appeared to connect solidly. Matt Glenn and Doug Knight rounded out the fight-card with a brief scrap along the boards that ended in a hurry when Glenn put his size and strength to work and forced Knight to the ice for the count. On Friday night the MoJacks had plenty of chances to make a game of it as the Bruins took the lion's share of minor penalties. But the power play went abso- lutely nowhere. Midway through the sec- ond with the score 3-1 for Uxbridge, the MoJacks had a two- man advantage for a full two minutes, then a one-man advan- tage for two minutes. Late in the period, they had a man advantage for four min- utes and failed to come even close to get- ting the puck in the cage. No sooner had the Bruins killed that series of penalties when they got a power play of their own and quickly made the score 4-1. It was just that kind of night for the MoJacks. But to their credit, they shook off that loss and turned things around completely against those same Bruins 48 hours later. Coach Thornbury said the win Sunday will be a confidence booster for the team as it proved they are more than capable of knocking off the first place club. It was their first win in three games against the Bruins to date this season. "Oh, sure," he said of the confidence factor. "You can tell just by the way they are reacting in the dressing room (after the win) They are excited and they deserved the victory," he said. SLAPSHOTS: Other recent Junior C results: Uxbridge 6-2 over the Merchants; Georgina Ice turned loose the scoring hounds with a 7-1 win over Lakefield and an 8-1 win over Merchants: Bobcaygeon came out 5-4 losers to Little Britain. The MoJacks now have 14 points, good enough for 4th spot -- four points ahead of Little Britain -- a team struggling of late. The MoJacks remain four points behind the Chiefs. The ModJacks will have a golden chance to make up some ground on the Chiefs this coming weekend as they travel to Bobcaygeon Friday night to take on the cellar dwelling Bullets. And on Saturday night they host Lakefield at the Scugog Arena in one of those proverbial "four- pointers" that could mean so much at the end of the day when wins and ties are counted up for a berth at the post-season dance. Face-off is 7:30 p.m. There is no game Sunday at the Arena because of the Grey Cup game. Forward Tom Chambers is still on the shelf with a shoulder injury. He returned briefly to action a week ago and re-injured the shoulder he first hurt Oct. 9 in Uxbridge. Chambers always plays a rough and ready brand of hockey and obviously with this style, he'll need to be out until the injury is totally healed. The last time the Chiefs paid a visit to the Scugog Arena (Nov. 1) they embar- rassed the MoJacks with a thorough 9-1 drubbing. No doubt that dreadful outing will be in the back of the minds of the players when the Chiefs come to town this Saturday. A bit of revenge might be in order -- not to mention two important points in the standings. The Port Perry Midget #1 team, sponsored by Pineridge Sports, enter- tained Port Hope at the Scugog Arena on Nov. 9. Port Hope put up a brave effort but lost by a one-sided score of 14-3. The following night the boys trav- elled to Cobourg to take on the Cougars. In a fast-paced game with plenty of action, Port came away with a 3-3 tie. Port had the lead going into the third period but Cobourg managed a late Pineridge Midgets trounce Port Hope 14-3 equalizer to salvage the tie. No doubt these two teams will come head to head in the playoffs, which should prove to be some exciting hockey. To wrap up a busy schedule the Pineridge Midgets travelled back along the 401 to take on Trenton. Port played a strong game as they scored two goals in each period for a convincing 6-1 win. This talented offensive team contin- ues to spread the scoring over all the players. 24 Hr. 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