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The Waxers came out of the gate flying and held the play deep in Oshawa territory for long stretches at a time. That hard work paid off when Kevin Cribari scored his first of the playoffs from Jesse Boucher and Derek Doucette seven and a half minutes into the game. About four minutes later Boucher drove to the net and was rewarded with a goalmouth feed for the tip in to make it 2-0. Kevin Tompkins and Adam Doucette with the assists.

The period was slowed down by an inordinate amount of icing calls, almost all against Oshawa, as they appeared overwhelmed at times during the opening frame. The Legionaires did have several good scoring chances, in particular when they had the man advantage but could not put one by Marnon.

Six minutes into the second period the Legionaires cut the Waxer lead in half and it wouldn't be until much later in the period before Markham would be able to restore it's two goal advantage.

With just over two minutes remaining in the second, Tompkins scored his first of the playoffs from Patrick Diotte and Cribari, that goal would turn out to be very large, the game winner in fact.

The Waxers play tailed off significantly in the second, perhaps they were either tired or had dared to take the pesky Legionaires a little too lightly.

Oshawa cranked up the attack in the third period, outshooting the Waxers 16-5, taking advantage of the continued penalty troubles encountered by Markham in the game.

Marnon had to come up with big save after big save to keep the Legionaires at bay.

Late in the contest, with the Waxers short two men, the Legionaires scored on a rebound to make for a real interesting conclusion.

Notable was the performance of Tompkins, in third period action, he was often sent out to take key faceoffs in the defensive zone and was good for 6-8 such draws in the final period alone.

The Waxers missed several outstanding chances, Cribari was sent in all alone only to be denied in the second period. Adam Doucette was sprung for a breakaway and beat the netminder cleanly only to have the puck bounce back off the iron inside the cage, the transition play that transpired very quickly as it was started by a pass around the Waxer goal line to the Oshawa blueline was a difficult one for the officials to handle and in the end it didn't matter.

Best hits of the night came courtesy of Diotte, James Regan (a beautiful open ice "collision" at the Oshawa blueline in the second period and Alex Stoyan (sorry Mr. Stoyan) delivered his usual two or three solid hits (albeit not like the "localized earthquakes" from Friday night's game).

It goes without saying that the Waxers will be facing a club that is dying to get a victory on Thursday night when they travel to Oshawa to play game four. There's no doubt that the blue and white squad will be ready for them which should result in an outstanding hockey game for all fans of this sport we all love. Get out and support your Waxers!

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