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Markham Waxers Game Report

DEC. 9/2000 (Game 32) P1 P2 P3 OT FINAL
MARKHAM WAXERS 1 1 6 - 8
PICKERING PANTHERS 2 2 0 - 4

MULTIMEDIA
Dec. 9/2000: Patrick Diotte postgame

Dec. 9/2000: Jason Fraccaro postgame

Dec. 9/2000: Larry Herrington postgame

Dec. 9/2000: Paul Robinson postgame

Dec. 9/2000: Andy Schofield postgame

Dec. 9/2000: Kevin Tompkins postgame

Saturday night the Waxers traveled to Pickering to face the Panthers just twenty-four hours following a disappointing effort against the Hurricanes.

The Panthers struck first and quickly, scoring the opening goal just eight seconds from the opening whistle to take the early lead. Eight minutes later it was 2-0. Adam Doucette ripped home a wrist shot from inside the blue line, high to the glove side to cut the deficit to one, Kevin Tompkins and Derek Doucette with the assists.

Following an early second period Panther powerplay goal, Jesse Boucher and Jason Fraccaro combined for some pretty and physical work down low to create consecutive excellent scoring chances, capped off by Boucher's wraparound to make it 3-2. The Panthers scored late in the third period to bump their lead to two once again.

The third period saw a much different Waxer club hit the ice, a club that once again returned to fundamentally sound hockey, using smart passes and short passes to trigger counter attacks and outworked the Panthers the rest of the way.

Less than a minute in Adam Doucette potted his second goal of the night, his 22nd of the year from Tompkins and Steve Nobili to bring the Waxers within one. Four and a half minutes later Mark Menonte and Paul Robinson combined for the equalizer and it was obvious that there would be no denying the Waxers this night. Just past the six minute mark Boucher flipped home a rebound from the left side of the crease, converting an attack spearheaded by Patrick Diotte and Kevin Cribari. That would end up being all the Waxers would need with netminder Paul Guthrie returning to form after battling through the opening forty minutes.

The Waxer attack was relentless, and provided a real good illustration of how stats sometimes belie the truth (the Panthers outshot the Waxers 13-12 but the third period was a Waxer domination of the nth degree). Midway through the period the Waxers killed off a Panther powerplay that saw outstanding work by blueliners Diotte and Albert Ferrante, in particular Diotte played arguably the best game of the year, certainly his best since much earlier in the year. Shortly after returning to full strength the Waxers scored a goal that was created entirely by the power of the Waxer captain Tompkins. From in front of his own goal Tompkins fed Adam Doucette at the blueline to clear the zone and then while streaking into the offensive zone took an immediate return feed from Doucette, powered past a Panther defender along the boards, circled behind the Panther goal and fed Cribari the alley oop. A couple of minutes later Menonte fed Robinson in the slot for a one-timer that didn't miss to make it 7-4, Derek Doucette drawing the second assist. Late in the game Andy Schofield fed Tompkins who quickly spotted a fast moving Cribari near the Panther blueline, a nifty deke to elude a Panther defender put Cribari into the fertile scoring grounds and he made no mistake and popped in his second of the night to conclude the scoring.

Thursday night the Waxers begin a tough three games weekend with a visit to Stouffville (currently in a neck-and-neck race with the Hurricanes for top spot in the North Division).

G A M E  S U M M A R Y
PERIOD 1
1. Pickering, Jennings (unassisted), 0:08.
2. Pickering, MacIsaac (Chandler), 7:59.
3. Markham, ADoucette 21 (Tompkins, DDoucette), 14:42.
PENALTIES: Winder PIC (roughing), Harding Mar (roughing), 7:55; MacIsaac PIC (interference), 18:31.

PERIOD 2
4. Pickering, Schofield (PP) (Christie, Winder), 2:54.
5. Markham, Boucher 27 (Fraccaro), 11:21.
6. Pickering, Lloyd (Jennings, Carr), 17:58.
PENALTIES: MacIsaac PIC (fighting, game misconduct), Harding Mar (cross checking, fighting, game misconduct), 1:23; Chandler PIC (holding), 8:48; Pavlovski PIC (interference), 12:10; Regan Mar (roughing after whistle), 15:10; DDoucette Mar (misconduct), 18:34.

PERIOD 3
7. Markham, ADoucette 22 (Tompkins, Nobili), 0:50.
8. Markham, Menonte 17 (Robinson), 4:14.
9. Markham, Boucher 28 (Diotte, Cribari), 6:16.
10. Markham, Cribari 12 (Tompkins, ADoucette), 10:46.
11. Markham, Robinson 9 (PP) (Menonte, DDoucette), 12:55.
12. Markham, Cribari 13 (Tompkins, Schofield), 18:26.
PENALTIES:
Mitchell Mar (holding), 8:45; Lloyd PIC (hooking), 11:30;
ADoucette Mar (misconduct), 14:27; Robinson Mar (unsportsmanlike, misconduct), 19:11; Aitken PIC (elbowing), 19:42.

GOALTENDERS: Markham: Paul Guthrie. Pickering: Mike Andreoff.

SHOTS ON GOAL P1 P2 P3 OT FINAL
MARKHAM WAXERS 11 18 12 - 41
PICKERING PANTHERS 11 13 13 - 37

G A M E   S T A T I S T I C S

No.

PLAYER

 G

A

PTS

PIM

PPG

SHG

GWG

- Brent Pollock did not play
2 Andy Schofield 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
3 Derek Doucette 0 2 2 10 0 0 0
4 Jimmy Ball did not play
5 Patrick Diotte 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Mark Mitchell 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
8 Jason Fraccaro 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Albert Ferrante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jason Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Kevin Tompkins 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
13 Paul Robinson 1 1 2 12 1 0 0
14 Steve Kelly did not play
15 Robert Burrows 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kevin Cribari 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
18 Jesse Boucher 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
19 Ryan Steane did not play
21 James Regan 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
22 Mike Harding 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
23 Adam Doucette 2 1 3 10 0 0 0
24 Steve Nobili 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
25 Mike Stoyan did not play
26 Alex Stoyan did not play
27 Mark Menonte 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
28 Jason Duffy did not play
29 Dan Leclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Paul Guthrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS

8 14 22 45 1 0 1


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