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Port Perry Star, 25 Jan 2000, p. 19

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Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Raiders routed MoJacks return to the win column with a 7-1 thrashing of visiting Napanee By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star At a time when every point is crucial, the Port Perry Mojacks broke off a two game losing skid and got back into the win column Saturday night at the Scugog Arena. And they did it in very convincing fashion, pasting a 7-1 thrashing on the Napanee Raiders of the Empire (eastern) League. After a disappointing 3-2 loss on the road to the Georgina Ice Friday night, the MoJacks badly needed a strong effort against the Raiders to keep pace with both the Ice and Uxbridge Bruins in the scram- ble for playoff positions. With a large contingent of young Port Perry Minor Hockey players in the stands (it was Minor Hockey Night) the Mojacks took control of this game early in the first period and were never seriously threat- ened by the visiting Raiders. The game was just 30 seconds old when Jay Simmonds combined with Nick Pelyk to give the MoJacks a 1-0 lead. Ryan Whitney scored unassisted midway through the first to up things to 2-0, and the MoJacks popped two more early in the second for a 4-0 lead. Netminder jeff Mackie held the Raiders off in the early going as he made the nec- essary stops to give the snipers time to do their work. He made his best stop of the game off a one-timer from the slot as he calmly kicked out the right pad and the defense swallowed up the rebound. Dale Drummond from linemates Shane Norton and Adam Jones made it 3-0 at 2:14 of the second and Adam Metheral fired a perfect shot over the glove of John Cranston at 5:17 for the 4-0 margin. Kelvin Coates had a big role in setting Metheral up on the play. The Raiders' lone marker came at 14:31 of the second off the stick of Rob Simpson Port Perry Modacks 7 Napanee Raiders 1 after Mackie had left his crease to handle a loose puck behind his goal. He had to scramble back into the net and seemed to be off balance for the shot. Jones made it 5-1 on a bit of a rarity as he scored with 0.1 left on the clock. Coates and Norton set Jones up on the right side and he snapped the puck to the corner. The third period was all Mo)acks as Drummond got his second of the game at 8:23 from Billy Beaulieu and Mark McPherson; Pelyk ended the scoring late in the contest as he had several slaps at the puck in close before finally getting it over the net- minder. Friday night against Georgina Norton and Ryan McQuade got the goals in this close contest that ended 3-2 for the Ice. Assistant Coach Sam Thornbury said after the win over Napanee that other than a brief span Friday night the team played well enough for a win. He was pleased with the effort from all four lines and the six defense, and noted that Mackie made the stops to keep the team in both games. "He's been playing very well since Christmas," he said of the netminder. "We have to keep winning," said Thornbury. "We can't expect any other team to tail off and let us back into a playoff spot. Every game is very important down this stretch." The MoJacks had a chance to put two points on the board last night as they travelled to Bobcaygeon to meet the last place Bullets. And, on Sunday night, Jan. 30, they host Georgina in a proverbial "four pointer" with faceoff at 7 p.m. After Saturday's win the MoJacks had 35 points and are tied for third with the Ice. Both teams are two points back of second place Uxbridge and six ahead of fifth place Little Britain. The Bruins defeated Campbellford Friday night, then lost 3-2 to the Merchants on Saturday. PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 25, 2000 - 19 Sh > - 3 B ' 15 reel pull ARNG The Durham-Port Perry Rebels basketball team grabbed the bronze medal at a recent tournament in Toronto. Members of the team include, back row from left, coach Neil Menear, Chris Jackson, Matt Kempovich, Keenan Geer, Matt Menear, Matt Roth, and assistant coach Jim Geer. Front row, from left, Tim Cruickshank, Pat Fishman, Kyle Steele, Leo Taillon, Shaun Harper, and Brent Meeking. Rebels grab bronze in Toronto tournament The Durham Port Perry Rebels basketball team won the bronze medal in a Toronto tournament Jan. 9. This Bantam boys team is one of the Durham Basketball Association club teams, and the only one running out of Port Perry. The Rebels lost their first game to the eventual finalists, the Burlington Panthers, by a score of 51 - 47. A good team effort in the second half gave Burlington all they could handle as they barely pulled out the win. Scorers for the Rebels were Tim Cruickshank, the game's high scorer, with 15; Pat Fishman (11); Leo Taillon (six); Brent Meeking (four); Sean Harper (four); Kyle Steele (four); Chris Jackson (three). The guards Keenan Geer, Matt Krempowich, and Matt Roth, and Matt Menear fed the big guys for lots of assists and were key on defense. The second game was against Bracebridge. The Rebels were behind by eight at the half, but came back strong in the second half to win 48 - 34. Tim Cruickshank was again the game's high scorer with 12 points, but scoring was evenly distributed. Pat Fishman (eight); Leo Taillon (six); Brent Meeking (six); Matt Menear (four); Matt Krempowich (four); Keenan Geer (four); Sean Harper (two) and Chris Jackson (two). Kyle Steele was out of action with a Li | Eo] bad ankle. The last game was ver- sus Blessed Sacrament from Hamilton for the bronze medal. Despite a strong defensive effort, the Port Perry Rebels were still down by three at the half. However, the Rebels cranked up the defense and offense in the second half outscoring the Hamilton team 37 - 6 and winning easily 51 - 23 for the bronze. Tim Cruickshank led all scorers with 16 points. Leo Taillon had his best game with 10; Pat Fishman (eight); Matt Menear (six); Matt Roth (four); Matt Krempowich (two); Chris Jackson (two); Keenan Geer (two); and Sean Harper (one). with . Todd Must Talkin" Lost billions, NHL flip-flop... let's see who's listening to who at the next election It's time to call a federal election Healy Sports While it really matters very little which stance you may have taken on last week's government proposal, and then reneged proposal, to provide financial aid to the six Canadian NHL teams, what must be universally agreed upon by any Canadian who draws breath, is that even for the Liberal's appalling standards, this performance was particularly abysmal. Two years of exhaustive study, at enormous taxpayer expense mind you, to come up with such a half- hearted, lame-duck, contingency-riddled aid package is a slap in the face to anyone who still holds firm the belief that our government possesses any credibility whatsoever. Industry Minister John Manley and PM Jean Chretien et al never had any intention of funding NHL teams. Gauging the mood of the electorate perfectly, they offered an aid package knowing full well the immediate harsh and vocal backlash that would follow. Then, after waiting for a couple of days to allow tempers to reach a fever pitch, Manley came riding in like the proverbial white knight to quash the monster he created and mollify the taxpayers. What transparent nonsense. The voting public played like 10 cent kazoos ... again. And then came the coup de gras at Manley's press conference. "Canadians have made their views known on taxpayer's assistance to professional hockey. The Prime Minister and | want them to know today that this government listens and takes their views seriously." Now there's a kneeslapper for you. According to this barnyard logic, the Canadian people actually want the GST, the Young Offenders Act and crippling income taxation. Otherwise, if we said we didn't want them, they'd be gone, right? Remember back in 1993, when Chretien's entire campaign platform rested upon the abolishment of the hated GST? He was voted to a majority on the strength of that promise, which he promptly refused to enact. He was punished for this indiscretion by being re-elected to another majority regime. No wonder he wants to run for a third term. What a coincidence then that this NHL aid controversy took place thie same week that the government was money? Never! forced to acknowledge that it could not account for upwards of $3 billion in job-creation grants. But, you see the Liberals really have the Canadian consciousness pegged and they know how to play to our sympathies: Government: Hey, let's give the six Canadian NHL teams $18 million a year to help them stay afloat. Taxpayers: What? Give those whining millionaire owners and their over paid millionaire players our Government: Oh, and by the way, we've already given Conrad Black and other media moguls $150 million a year to bail out the country's magazine industry as well as we seem to have doled out $3 billion to parts unknown. Silly us. Taxpayers: Ok. A game was played last week, a game that in terms of revenue could cost this country $14 million per team in lost accounts receivable should they re-locate south of the border. But hey, what's a few million when billions can be lost and no one bats an eye. "Let's call an election."

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