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22 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 7, 1999 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" the - 4 PORT PERRY STAR line ° ' | 1670 Simcoe St.. N. for he | 579-6868 your truck caps and lids 1051 Brock Rd.. S. 426-5509 www.vanandtruckworld.com Atom action Port Predators skate away with C championship Two back-to-back weekend tournaments has lighted a fire under the Port Perry Atom Predators. On Dec. 4, Port faced three teams from their regular league and defeated two of ~ - them for the first time this season. In the end, the Predators came away with the C Championship. A feisty Port squad, who on the advice of coach Rick Penstone, finished their checks and kept pressure on the defense, awakened Napanee. Spencer Marlow and Hugh Allward were relentless in their forechecking efforts, breaking up all kinds of Napanee breakout attempts. Port defensemen Travis McAllister and Mike Wallace played a disciplined physical game, forcing the Napanee forwards away from the front of goaltender Kyle Jones who played an outstanding game as well. . The game went scoreless through the first period and through half of the second. The Predators lit the board first on Scott Shepston Petite Bs to host tournament this weekend | The Shepstone Petite B team is gearing up | for their annual tournament this coming week- | end. The girls won-lost record was 6-0 heading | into past weekend action in Newmarket on | Saturday and back home on Sunday. { The firepower of Caitlin Hellingman and {| EE aL crew proved too much for their foes. Cait { notched six goals in a devastating 9-1 thumping { with Kim, not Kimberly, Wilson scoring twice. - } Back home on Sunday a strong Whitby team ' came to challenge. Caitlyn Dunn set up Lauren t Guthrie's first of two while Kim and Caitlin ' both had two goals also. Carley Churchill continued to play outstand- ing defence while also jumping into the offensive foray often and collected two assists on the day. The defence starts and ends with good goal- tending and Lyndsay Whyte continues to be one of the top ring-stoppers around. In eight games she has let in a paltry 13 goals while Shepstone's offense has blasted 54, yes 54 goals past dazzled netminders. The girls are 8-0 and first in their division. The tournament begins at 5 p.m. Friday, - Dec. 10 with Shepstone taking on Mariposa. We need your support. ais 85 NS EE -- -------- I pn Partin picked gton's goal from in close. Myles Romain up an assist on the tall y. Napanee tied the game very late in the s D'arcy Craigen. Port Per econd on a goal by ry played a strong third period, dominating the play and physi- cally keeping Napanee off balance. Eric Brown used his size effectively forwards trying to break through the middle. Matt Bailey of Port sco the winning goal on a low hard shot from the blue line, making it 2-1 Scott Partington was of the game. and stood up Napanee red what proved to be for the Predators. voted the best hustler oe a RP CTI PN TEI Wa. The second opponent was Prince Edward County (PEC). While Port Perry dominated the first period and led 1-0 their legs seemed ~ to grow heavy as the game progressed and in the second and third periods the tight forechecking and defensive aggression was lacking. Spencer Marlow, who was set up by Jared Olsen and Craig Wise, scored Port's first goal. PEC scored four goals before the | SNOW JOB: Mike Pearson, assistant general manager at Dagmar Ski Resort, is eagerly awaiting the beginning of the new ski season, which he hopes is this Friday evening, weather per- xt from the bench assmore and Mr he Me Whiteway Turn to Page 23 mitting of course. For slope conditions, please call 649-2002. WI y.{aka the Men In E brig out the bost in ourboys. Black) who always ModJacks crush the rising R Port Perry hands the fast-improving Campbellford Rebels a 6-4 defeat durin g Sunday's game at the Scugog Arena ebels By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star It may not have been the prettiest game the Port Perry ModJacks will play this season, but the result was just fine, thank you very much. In their first action in almost two weeks, the MoJacks put together a strong third period to dump the Campbellford Rebels 6-4 in a crucial Jr. C. contest Sunday night at the Scugog Arena. The two points gave the ModJacks 22 to date and lodged them squarely in third place in the Central League stand- ings -- three up on both Georgina and Little Britain, and four back of second place Uxbridge. The MoJacks have a couple of games in hand on the Bruins. The game was an important one for the visiting Rebels as well, as they brought a 9-9-1 record to Port Perry, and are also in third place in the Eastern League standings with 19 points -- five up on Frontenac and Amherstview, and five . behind Napanee. For a game with such big implications for both clubs, there was an obvious lack of zip for 40 minutes. "Sluggish" was the word used by MoJack skipper Tom Thornbury after it was over. "We haven't had a game in 12 days and it showed." But Thornbury was quick to praise his team for picking up the effort and intensity in the third period. "I have to give them a lot of credit. They really came back (in the third) and played very well," he said. The ModJacks were behind the eight-ball by a 4-3 score until midway through the final frame when they decided it was time to stand up and be counted. Jay Simmonds put them into a 4-4 tie at 9:49 on a power play as he took a pass from Adam Jones deep in the Rebels' zone and used his size and strength to bull his way into the crease and deposit the puck behind Rob Couch. Captain Jeff Clarke started the play at the Rebel's line as he fed a pass to Jones in the deep slot area. Prior to Simmonds' goal, the MoJack power play was anemic, a factor that could be adjusted if the team had additional practice time, said the coach. Both Jones and Clarke enjoyed strong games for the green and white with the for- mer hitting for four points (a goal and three helpers) and Clarke chipping in with a pair of goals and an assist. As well, he played his usual robust style along the blue line -- taking players heavily out of the play at every opportunity. Jones, a grad of the Port Perry minor system, has been a real spark-plug for the MoJacks over the last month or so, playing his best hockey by far in his third season with the club. And he's had to play through some injuries as well. Less than two minutes after Simmonds tied things, it was Jones who scored the winner. Shane Norton lugged the puck deep into the Rebel zone and fed the puck in front to Jones on the door-step. MoJack penalty-killers had to go to work late in the period on a couple of occasions to pre- serve the slim lead. They had Just killed a roughing minor to Mike Heasman when Matt Thurston put the game out of reach. With 23 seconds left on the clock and the Rebel goalie on the bench, Thurston con- trolled a loose puck on his own side of the red line and fired it 100 feet dead-centre to the empty cage. Clarke and Dale Drummond got first period ModJack goals and Clarke netted his second early in the middle frame with a quick shot from the right Turn to Page 23