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WAXERS
MINOR MIDGETS EARN OHL, OMHA RECOGNITION
The Waxers Jr
A team would like to congratulate the members of the Minor Midget Waxers
AAA team that in recent weeks have earned special recognition from both
the OMHA and the OHL. Earning roster spots at the Final OMHA U-17
Camp to be held May 13-15th in Guelph are Ryan Gottschalk, George
Lovatsis, Christopher Breen, and Kyle Miller . On
May 7, there were 7 players selected in the 2005 OHL Priority Selection
Draft: Christopher Breen (Saginaw), Eric Daoust
(Mississauga), Josh Domingues (Owen Sound), George Lovatsis
(Barrie), Kyle Moore (London), and German Tsatsura
(London), Brett Valliquette (Plymouth).
Congratulations!
FUTURE
WAXER HODGSON SHINES AT 89 PROSPECTS TOURNEY
Playing a
year up during a recent 1989 birth year Prospects Tournament in Toronto,
future Waxer Cody Hodgson (born in 1990) led the tournament in
scoring amassing 12 points in only 6 games!
JOSH
JACOBS OFF TO PLAY FOR A WAXER ALUMNUS
The Markham Waxers
are very proud to announce that Josh
Jacobs have accepted an offer to continue his career and education at
Neumann College in the NCAA starting in 2005. Jacobs, a two year
Waxer who amassed 37 goals and 57 assists while wearing blue and white,
will play for Alumnus Brett Barrer who is the Assistant Coach at
Neumann. The Neumann Knights play in the ECAC West Division and the
school is located in Aston, Pennsylvania (just outside of
Philadelphia). Congratulations Josh!
WAXERS
ANNOUNCE SECOND 2005-06 COMMITMENT
The Markham Waxers
are excited to announce our second commitment for the 2005-06 season as
1987 born centreman Ryan Carey will join the Jr A team after a
successful year with the Midget AAA Waxers. Ryan, who played the
previous two seasons with the Leaside Kings AA, was the Captain of the
OMHA Champion Midgets and a member of the ETA All-Stars. Ryan was
the MVP of the Ajax-Pickering Tournament and the Midgets' leading scorer.
WAXERS
ANNOUNCE FIRST COMMITMENT FOR 2005-06 ROSTER
The Markham Waxers
are pleased to announce our first early commitment for next season.
Local Markham resident Cody Hodgson will join the Junior team after
completing a fantastic season with the very successful Waxers Bantam AAA
team. Cody is a dynamic power forward and this past season he
returned to play in Markham after leading the Junior Canadiens to the Bell
Challenge Cup Championship. Cody has garnered a number of noteworthy
individual awards this year with the Waxers, most recently as top scorer
and MVP at the OMHA Championships.Earlier thisyear Cody was leading scorer
at Sudbury Big Nickel Tourney (3.25 pts/game) and at the Silver Stick
finals in Sarnia. Cody was the leading scorer in the Marlie tourney
and was also selected as top forward. Our recruiting continues and we hope
to announce commitments of other local stars soon!:
WAXERS
ANNOUNCE CHANGES TO COACHING STAFF
The Markham Waxers
regret to announce the resignation of Assistant Coach, and Waxer Alumnus, Matt
Gibson. Having been an important member of the success in the
past three years, Matt has left the team for the time being to pursue
family and business opportunities. As a result of Matt's decision,
the Waxers have tapped the vast Alumni again and have hired Adam
Lamarre as the new Defense Coach. A long time Markham resident,
Adam played for the Waxers between 1990 to 1994 when he earned a
scholarship to Bowling Green State University in the NCAA. After a
four year career as a Falcon, Adam played professionally in the Fort Worth
and in Slough, England.
MINOR
WAXERS IN HUNT FOR PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Two minor
Waxers teams are playing in the Provicncial Championships at opposite ends
of Ontario this coming week. In North York, the Midget AAA team in
playing for the right to represent Ontario at the Canadian Championships
after winning the OMHA title last weekend. Up in Thunder Bay, the
Bantam AAA team is looking to grab the Ontario Championship after easily
defending their OMHA title earlier in the month. The Jr A Waxers
extend our best wishes to these two fine teams who, no doubt, will advance
players to the Jr A team in the coming seasons..
COTTREAU
HELPS LAKERS PUSH EAGLES BUT ITS NOT ENOUGH
Being the
16th seed in the NCAA tournament, not much was expected from the
Mercyhurst Lakers when they met up with the #1 seed overall, Boston
College. Someone forgot to tell Ben
Cottreau and his teammates as they gave BC all they could handle,
losing by a 5-4 score. Cottreau had a goal in the game, his 17th on
the year, as the Lakers' season came to an end. Meanwhile, above the
49th parallel, Jesse Boucher
and UWO need to win Sunday to keep their CIS dreams alive (they lost to
Moncton 8-3 on Friday). In the OHL, Darryl
Flowers' Peterborough Petes have taken a 2-0 lead over Belleville and Anthony
Guadagnolo and the Ottawa 67s are tied 1-1 with Barrie.
ONE
RUN ENDS, TWO CONTINUE, TWO BEGIN FOR ALUMNI
Well the
pseudo-Cinderella run of Evan Erdmann
and Scott Gray's New England
College Pilgrims came to an end Friday night in the NCAA Division III
Frozen Four as they lost to eventual repeat Champion Middlebury (in
Middlebury). That however, was the only disappointing news for
Alumni on the weekend as both Ben
Cottreau's Mercyhurst Lakers and Jesse
Boucher's University of Western Ontario Mustangs won their League
titles en route to National Championship playoff berths. Cottreau and the
Lakers needed overtime in both the semi-finals and Atlantic Hockey
Championship affairs to win their title, defeating Quinnipiac 3-2 in the
final. Cottreau had 3 assists in two games including 2 in the final,
the most important being on the OT winner. Boucher and the Mustangs
blanked UQTR 4-0 to win the Queen's Cup OUA Championship. Mercyhurst
moves on to the NCAA tournament to play Boston College on Friday afternoon
(tape delay Saturday 7:00 am on the NHL Network) while
Boucher and UWO head to Alberta for the CIS Championship tournament next
week. Also on this side of the border, Anthony
Guadagnolo and the Ottawa 67s open the OHL playoffs this week against
the Barrie Colts (coached by Alumnus Marty Williamson). Meanwhile, Darryl
Flowers and the Peterborough Petes take on Belleville.
ALUMNI
BEN COTTREAU EARNS ATLANTIC HOCKEY TOP FRESHMAN AWARD
After a solid
freshman campaign at Mercyhurst College, Ben
Cottreau continues to add to his trophy case a year after taking home
OPJAHL All-Star MVP, South Division MVP
and OHA Top Prospects awards for his stellar 2003-04 season in the Blue
and White. Cottreau enhanced his hardware in 2005 as on March 17,
Cottreau was recognized as Atlantic
Hockey's Rookie-of-the-Year. Scoring 16 goals and 14 assists for
30 points in 32 games, Cottreau led the Atlantic Hockey Conference with 4
game winning goals, was named to the All-Rookie Team, and is the only
player in the 9 team conference to be rated on the NHL Central Scouting
list for the upcoming NHL draft.
UNIVERSITY
PLAYOFFS CONTINUE FOR ALUMNI
Now well
rested after big wins last weekend, three prominent Waxers Alumni look to
carry their teams deeper in the playoffs in the University ranks on both
sides of the border. Starting with the closest, Jesse
Boucher and his University of Western Ontario Mustangs host the UQTR
in a one game Queen's Cup OUA Final Saturday at 8:00 pm. Regardless
of the outcome, they have earned a berth in the CIS Championships next
week at the University of Alberta. Down South, the NCAA Division III
Frozen Four is on tap this weekend for Scott
Gray, Evan Erdmann and the NEw
England College Pilgrims. Friday at 7:00 pm, the Pilgrims take on
host Middlebury for a chance at the Championship game Saturday at 7:00
pm. There is a nice article about Gray on the US College Hockey
OnLine site. [read
the article] Finally, at Quinnipiac this weekend, Ben
Cottreau and his Mercyhurst Lakers will battle for the Atlantic Hockey
Championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. The
Lakers take on Holy Cross Friday at 7:30 pm with the Championship game
Saturday at 7:00 pm. [listen
to Mercyhurst radio]
WAXERS
ALUMNI IN PLAYOFF FEVER SOUTH OF BORDER
This weekend
sees some of the recent Waxers Alumni
enthralled in their own playoff fever in the NCAA ranks south of the
border. In first round action, freshman Ben
Cottreau (fresh off his third Atlantic Hockey Rookie-of-the-Week Award
of the season) and his Mercyhurst College Lakers face off against U-CONN
in their first round match, Saturday at 8:00 pm. [listen
to Mercyhurst radio]
Prior to that (starting at 7:00 pm), in
Division III action, sophomore Scott
Gray (left) and freshman Evan
Erdmann of the ECAC East Champion New England College Pilgrims faceoff
against Manhattanville in NCAA Quaterfinal action. [watch
webcast live]
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