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st vbdicyim p29- 8 wmmmmmm 77 rxxtt3mmx bruins attempt to bear down on ice before christmas if the uxbridge bruins hope to maintain their first- place lead coach mike morrison says his club must play well this weekend bruce stapley correspondent uxbridge bruins head coach mike morrison is hop ing his players can restrain themselves from becoming overly festive on this the weekend before christmas the firstplace bruins will be forced to cut short their prechristmas partying if they hope to still be sitting atop the central ontario league heap come sunday night suggests the coach the team was to kick off the busy weekend with a home ice encounter with the port perry mojacks on frii day before hitting the road for a make up game with the bobcaygeon bullets tonight they finish out their stretch of four games in six nights with a visit to bow- manville to play the eagles who are currently challeng ing the uxbridge crew for top spot i think we need to come out with four points from these three games morrison said wednesday im kind of hoping they win the first two because they could be too partied out to play at their best sunday night in bowmanville after all christmas is only a week away the bruins prepared for this weekends triple header with a 74 home ice win over the bobcaygeon bullets tuesday junior hockey club box 27m uxbhioce ontario loc iko steve brown counted a hat trick with andre marois knocking home a pair of goals lee wideman and jean francois amyot added sin gles marois and brown each set up a goal as well team captain jason under wood was credited with four assists while gavin tackney picked up two assists the bruins were in control all the way out shooting the bullets by a margin of 45 to 24 the uxbridge outfit broke loose for four goals in the first period compared to two scores for the bullets they failed to add to their lead in the second despite holding a 104 advantage in shots on goal the bruins found the range three times in the third peri od morrison said the match was a textbook bruins- bullets affair it was a typical uxbridge- bobcaygeon game you think youre going to blow their doors off but it doesnt hap pen once again they got outstanding goaltending but you definitely want to capitalize on a game like that and we did morrison attributed the rel atively close score to the bul lets grinding style of play theyre a hard team to play against they just get the puck and dump it in and chase it and clutch and grab the coach pointed to the play of marois as a big plus for the bruins in the game marois played a really good game for us he picked up a few goals and played the way we want him to play after the weekends action the bruins host the little britain merchantsthis com ing wednesday then are idle until jan 2 photoceua bronkhorst uxbridge bruins goalkeeper jeremy ranich right gets set to bear down on bobcaygeon forward jason condon 19 who is about to unleash a shot during tuesdays game at the uxbridge arena trying to prevent condon from unleashing his shot is bruins defender frank kavanagh the bruins occupants of first place won this contest 74 photosteve somerville here you take it stouffville secondary schools neil jorejo 32 goes high in the air to dish this bail off to a teammate during action in wednesdays york region secondary schools athletic associ ation junior basketball game against milliken mills at stouffville district secondary school milliken mills prevailed 5219 jets possess the wright stuff in win over doug wright was the only shooter able to find the target as the g r flooring jets shaded the stomark rental kings 10 in stouffville amateur hockey league action sunday at the rec centre wayne mcmann potted a pair of goals to help power the spring lakes nordiques to a 61 win over the occasions catering blues bob swain lionel villeneuve robert smith and ken may rounded out the nords scoring ron tanaka counted the lone blues marker phil piriestwo goals were the difference as the may real estate whalers slipped past the gallo real estate sherri hayes red wings 54 wayne jackson gary goss and randy lee also scored for the whalers lionel henry had two for the wings with ian clark and bill corner each lighting the lamp once the rand pools maple leafs got goals from irwin meyer art nicholson and terry wetherill as they edgedtiie villeneuve heat ing flyers 32 bill guest accounted for both flyers goals the village landscaping capitals got goals from six different sources in a 62 win over the boyds sports sharks doug taylor robert slack wayne emmerson doug taylor marty ellis and ian billich scored for the winners bob hughes and dave mcvicar responded for the sharks it was garth bell and don lloyd scoring for the smurthwaite heating bruins and dave tucker replying for the stouffville travel black hawks as the bruins squeaked out a 21 triumph kevin mcguckins two goals enabled the hunters nest north stars to hold the a s construction flames to a 33 tie bob smith managed the third stars score kim kavluk wayne thompson and john barnett scored for the flames