By Darryl Knight

Parents Kevin Vander Geest and Kristy Hayward are pleased to announce the birth of their son Nash Cor Vander Geest.
Nash was born at Southlake Hospital on Feb 27th at 6:09 p.m., weighing in at 7 lbs 12 ounces . 
Both Nash and Kristy are doing well… Kevin we are unsure about at the moment… LOL. Congratulations from all of us in the Uxbridge Bruins organization.

Daniel Giorgio fought through heavy traffic in front of the net to tip in a shot by Adam Turner just over 5 minutes into overtime at Scugog Arena on Sunday, Feb. 24. The goal capped a wild, back-and-forth Game 4 that saw the Uxbridge Bruins sweep the rival Port Perry Mojacks in a Battle of North Durham in the semi-finals and punch Uxbridge’s ticket to the Cougar Cup Orr Division championship.

BOX SCORE: Bruins 6 Mojacks 5 OT

Bruins sweep series 4-0
Cougar Cup Orr Division championships begins no earlier than Monday, March 4.

Period 1
Port Perry – Jordan Baker (Carter Thornton) 1:54
Uxbridge – Michael Rennie (Cole Bremner, Aiden Reilly) 2:58
Port Perry – Carter Thornton (short handed) (Derek Risebrough) 9:06
Uxbridge – Simon Feig (Thomas Sheedy) 19:32
Period 2
Port Perry – Tye Stewart (Spencer Robinson) 1:56
Uxbridge – Robert Freckelton (power play) (Aiden Reilly, Joshua Cammalleri) 7:55
Period 3
Uxbridge – Simon Feig (Toby Cooper) 0:56
Port Perry – Carter Thornton (Derek Risebrough, Noah Donaghy) 4:08
Uxbridge – Jackson Savery (Joshua Cammalleri, Finn Reeves) 9:03
Port Perry – Noah Bray (unassisted) 11:46
Overtime
Uxbridge – Daniel Giorgio (Cole Bremner, Adam Turner) 5:24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CenNi-ZgLew&feature=youtu.beYOUTUBE.COMFeb.24/19 Highlights Bruins 6 Mojacks5 OT(Videographer: Terry Sovie) Uxbridge wins the series 4-0

Uxbridge got on the board first tonight as Daniel Giorgio spotted Cole Bremner coming in from the point and his quick release found the top corner of the net for a 1-0 lead. The Mojacks Ben Sheremeta got that one back on a power play to send the teams to the dressing room all tied up at 1-1.

In the second Nicholas Roman fired a shot off the glove of the Mojacks goalie Conner Latchford and it bounced off the boards right to Justin Bennett who fired it into the open net. 

Thomas Sheedy the workhorse player of the game called for the puck at the point and fired a shot on net where Simon Feig collected the loose puck to give the Bruins a 3-1 lead. Then it was a spectacular glove save by the Bruins Ryan McConkey while two men short, followed by a Jacob Gordon glove save as he was thrust into action due to equipment problems with one of McConkey’s goal pads. With Ryan back in goal a couple of minutes later he had to face a penalty shot by the Mojacks Carter Thornton and he played it perfectly with his blocker. Toby Cooper with the move into the slot fired home the Bruins 4th goal for a 4-1 final and a 3-0 series lead. Shots were 60-48 Bruins.

Game 4 is Sunday Feb.24th in Port Perry at 2:25 pm where the Bruins will be trying to wrap up the series but they will face a desperate Mojacks team who will give it their all to try and extend the series.

BOX SCORE: Bruins 4 Mojacks 1

Period 1
Uxbridge – Cole Bremner (Daniel Giorgio) 14:10
Port Perry – Ben Sheremeta (power play) (Spencer Robinson, Jeff Gauld) 18:44
Period 2
Uxbridge – Justin Bennett (unassisted) 16:14
Period 3
Uxbridge – Simon Feig (Thomas Sheedy, Toby Cooper) 3:50
Uxbridge – Toby Cooper (Daniel Giorgio, Simon Feig) 16:49

BOX SCORE: Bruins 8 Mojacks 3

Bruins lead series 2-0
Game 3 Friday, Feb. 22 7:45 p.m. at the Bear Den.

Period 1
Uxbridge – Matthew Hunter (Robert Freckelton) 9:47
Port Perry – Derek Risebrough (Noah Bray, Carter Thornton) 14:04
Port Perry – Spencer Robinson (power play) (Jeff Gauld) 19:07
Period 2
Uxbridge – Justin Bennett (Jackson Savery) 10:11
Uxbridge – Finn Reeves (Travis Buxcey) 12:18
Uxbridge – Justin Bennett (power play) (Daniel Giorgio, Simon Feig) 17:46
Period 3
Port Perry – Ben Sheremeta (power play) (Carter Thornton, Jeff Gauld) 0:35
Uxbridge – Robert Freckelton (Aiden Reilly) 5:07
Uxbridge – Daniel Giorgio (power play) (Toby Cooper, Simon Feig) 9:47
Uxbridge – Simon Feig (unassisted) 10:22
Uxbridge – Joshua Cammalleri (Justin Bennett, Daniel Wu) 12:27

Captain Aiden Reilly accepts the 1st place trophy from Convenor Liz Basinger.

After a week off there was no rust as the Bruins fired 58 shots at the Mojacks tandem of Corey Kuypers and Connor Latchford. Daniel Giorgio and Jackson Savery gave Uxbridge a 2-0 lead after the first and Mathew Hunter went end to end on a solo effort to start the third. Joshua Cammalleri fired home his second as a Bruin for a 4-0 lead. before former Bruin Noah Donaghy got the Mojacks on the board.

The Crowd of 400 rose to their feet twice more in the third as Captain Aiden Reilly and Savery with his second closed out the scoring. Ryan McConkey had 25 saves making  the big saves when needed.

After the game the fans had the chance to skate with the  Bruins players on a very successful Family day.

Bruins play in Port Perry Thurs Feb.21 at 8:15pm before coming back to the Den on Fri Feb 22nd at 7:45 pm

HIGHLIGHTS: Bruins 6 Mojacks 1 
Bruins lead series 1-0

Game 2 Thursday, Feb. 21 8:15 p.m. at Scugog Arena 
Game 3 Friday, Feb. 22 7:45 p.m. at the Bear Den 
Game 4 Sunday, Feb. 24 2:25 p.m. at Scugog Arena 

SCORING SUMMARY:
Period 1
Uxbridge – Daniel Giorgio (Toby Cooper) 6:33
Uxbridge – Jackson Savery (Matthew Hunter, Justin Bennett) 8:39
Period 2
Uxbridge – Matthew Hunter (Bennett Britton, Cameron Moffitt) 4:51
Uxbridge – Joshua Cammalleri (Justin Bennett) 11:49
Port Perry – Noah Donaghy (power play) (Alex Razgoulaevs) 13:04
Period 3
Uxbridge – Aiden Reilly (power play) (Justin Bennett, Jackson Savery) 0:38
Uxbridge – Jackson Savery (Justin Bennett, Joshua Cammalleri) 7:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb0xtNv3ps8&feature=youtu.beYOUTUBE.COMFeb.18/19 Highlights Game 1 Bruins 6 Mojacks 1Videographer Aiden Berghout/TerrySovie

Tim Southern won the autographed John Tavares jersey presented by VP Terry Sovie

Monday February 18th @ 2:45.

Bruins will start their playoffs against Clarington or Port Perry in the Orr Division semi finals.

Please join us for a Family Skate after the game with the Bruins!

The Bruins wrapped up the PJHL Orr Division regular season this afternoon with a shutout victory over the Georgina Ice. 
The Bruins set a new franchise record with their 33rd victory of the season, as well as tying the 2001-02 edition of the team with 68 points, finshing in first place in the Division. 
We will now await the winner of the preliminary round series between Clarington and Port Perry to determine our Orr Division semi-finals opponent.

It was a scoreless first period at the Bear Den tonight despite the Bruins out shooting the Knights 12-5, a pace the Bruins kept up in the second but came out of the 2nd tied at 1-1.  Simon Feig sent Michael Rennie in on a breakaway and he fired a shot over the glove hand of NK’s goalie for the lead. Just under 3 mins later the Knights would tie it up to set up the third period dramatics.

Captain Aiden Reilly got his teams game winning goal that clinched first place, kept the unbeaten streak alive at 15 and set a franchise record 32nd win of the year. Jackson Savery got a big insurance goal from a difficult angle with Justin Bennett and Stefan Palatsidis assisting. Final shots were 38-15 Uxbridge as they wrap up the season on Sunday in Sutton at 3:30 pm against the Ice, hoping to add to their record setting season.

Congrats to the Players, Coaches Drew, Coxy, Spats, Assistant GM Kevin Vandergeest and General Manager Mark Savery on bringing Uxbridge its first division title in 10 years. 

HIGHLIGHTS: Bruins 3 Knights 1

Period 1
(no scoring)
Period 2
Uxbridge – Michael Rennie (Simon Feig) 14:20
North Kawartha – Ethan Coens (unassisted) 17:04
Period 3
Uxbridge – Aiden Reilly (unassisted) 3:04
Uxbridge – Jackson Savery (Justin Bennett, Stefan Palatsidis) 10:00

Two Vets lead the way for the Bruins this afternoon in Port Perry as Captain Aiden Reilly scored two goals including the winner and Robert Freckelton collected 3 assists enroute to a 4-2 victory and a 13 game unbeaten streak. Toby Cooper got the Bruins rolling in the first on a nice short handed breakout beating the Mojacks Cory Kuypers on the stick side and Michael Rennie followed that up banging home a rebound from Cole Bremner’s point shot.

In the second the Mojacks chipped away at the lead eventually tying it up at 2-2 after two periods of play.

The third saw action back and forth with Uxbridge getting two goals from Reilly including a back hander as he fought off his Mojack defender and a hard wrister after Thomas Sheedy flipped the puck out of his zone to Freckelton and he found Reilly for the goal.

Two game saving saves by Ryan McConkey kept the game in reach for his teammates as Ryan faced 30 shots and his counterpart Cory Kuypers had to handle 31 Bruins Shots.

So Uxbridge holds a 4 point lead on Lakefield and 5 points on North Kawartha setting up the “Crucial Match” this Friday against the Knights as these teams continue the fight to finish first. In the event of a tie Uxbridge holds the tie breaker as they won the season series against both clubs. If they win their final two games they would finish first as well! 

C ya at the Bear Den to support Uxbridge on Friday Feb.8th at 7:45 pm puck drop!!!

BOX SCORE: Bruins 4 Mojacks 2

Period 1
Uxbridge – Toby Cooper (short handed) (unassisted) 8:32
Uxbridge – Michael Rennie (Robert Freckelton, Jackson Savery) 11:47
Period 2
Port Perry – Noah Donaghy (Carter Thornton) 2:37
Port Perry – Derek Risebrough (Jeff Gauld) 15:26
Period 3
Uxbridge – Aiden Reilly (Michael Rennie, Robert Freckelton) 4:49
Uxbridge – Aiden Reilly (Robert Freckelton, Thomas Sheedy) 10:22