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Markham Waxers Game Report

JAN. 2/2001 (Game 38) P1 P2 P3 OT FINAL
MARKHAM WAXERS 1 4 0 - 5
OSHAWA LEGIONAIRES 2 0 0 - 2

MULTIMEDIA
Jimmy Ball
Jesse Boucher
Kevin Cribari and Kevin Tompkins
Adam Doucette
Dan Leclair
Mark Menonte
Steve Nobili
Alex Stoyan
Jason Young

The Waxers traveled to Oshawa Tuesday night for their first game of the 2001 calendar year. Since their last game, before Christmas, the time off has been good for the blue and white as the lineup, racked by injuries was able to return at almost full strength.

The first period saw the Legionaires strike twice as they jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the Waxers could answer. With four minutes remaining in the frame, Kevin Tompkins tucked in the first Waxer goal of the night with a nifty deke, going right to left making good a setup from Kevin Cribari and Jesse Boucher. If there had been any momentum shift with the second Oshawa goal it evaporated with Tompkins' effort.

Mark Menonte scored a pretty goal seven minutes into the second period, converting a play created by the passing of Adam Doucette and Paul Robinson. That tied the game at 2-2 apiece. Robinson followed with the game winner, on a powerplay, from Menonte and Adam Doucette to give the Waxers the lead for the first time.

With five minutes remaining in the middle period, Jason Young and Steve Nobili combined on a superb heads-up goal that iced the win. Oshawa's lone defender passed to clear the defensive blueline but Young forechecking, knocked the pass down, spun around to gain full control, meanwhile Nobili had spotted the turnover and ducked in behind the defender to receive a short pass from Young, Nobili made no mistake on the breakaway, making it 4-2. Less than a minute later Adam Doucette scored what would turn out to be the game's final goal, Robinson and Menonte picked up assists.

The trio of Doucette, Menonte and Robinson was a treat to watch but the other line combinations were no less effective. The Waxers played with a controlled tempo, utilizing their speed up front effectively to create opportunities and simply outworking the opposition.

The return of Alex Stoyan was noticed by everyone, the arena may still be rocking. Alex laid out more punishment in a few minutes than many clubs dish out in a season (okay, maybe an exaggeration but not by much), several of his hits were punishing ones and could be termed as "collisions".

A couple of other Waxers were very much factors in the victory but don't appear on the scoresheet: Jimmy Ball played a regular shift and saw duty on special teams and Jason Fraccaro continues to demonstrate his outstanding forechecking skills and he's developing into one of the finest all around forwards in the league (his offense will come).

Dan Leclair earned the victory in net and shut the door after the Legionaires early flurry and turned aside 24 of 26 shots he faced.

The return of the injured obviously was a significant factor in the contest, but while the Waxers dominated much of the play in the first two periods and were the better club, there was some rust evident, likely from the lack of "game activity". That "rust" will disappear and the Waxers look to be well positioned to make a final push with just 11 games remaining on the regular season slate.

Friday night the Waxers host the Vaughan Vipers at Markham Centennial, game time is 8:00pm. 

G A M E  S U M M A R Y
PERIOD 1
1. Oshawa, Matthews (MacRuey, Peneycad), 3:25.
2. Oshawa, Matthews (Peneycad, Smith), 14:40.
3. Markham, Tompkins 10 (Cribari, Boucher), 15:59.
PENALTIES: Uniacke OSH (tripping), 0:53;
AStoyan Mar (slashing), 5:44; Pons OSH (high sticking), 10:21; Seres OSH (slashing), Kelly Mar (roughing after whistle), Leclair Mar (slashing), 17:53; Rankine OSH (double roughing after whistle), Mitchell Mar (roughing after whistle), 18:38.

PERIOD 2
4. Markham, Menonte 18 (ADoucette, Robinson), 6:50.
5. Markham, Robinson 12 (PP) (Menonte, ADoucette), 11:54.
6. Markham, Nobili 4 (Young), 15:18.
7. Markham, ADoucette 27 (Menonte, Robinson), 16:09.
PENALTIES: Matthews OSH (interference), 10:56; AStoyan Mar (roughing after whistle), 20:00.

PERIOD 3
No Scoring.
PENALTIES:
AStoyan Mar (holding), 2:43; Matthews OSH (roughing), Gronross OSH (holding), ADoucette Mar (roughing), 6:26; Gronross OSH (aggressor, fighting, game misconduct), ADoucette Mar (fighting, game misconduct), 18:42.

GOALTENDERS: Markham: Dan Leclair. Oshawa: Chris Whitley.

SHOTS ON GOAL P1 P2 P3 OT FINAL
MARKHAM WAXERS 12 13 5 - 30
OSHAWA LEGIONAIRES 16 7 3 - 26

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 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Derek Doucette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Jimmy Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Patrick Diotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mark Mitchell 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
8 Jason Fraccaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Albert Ferrante did not play
11 Jason Young 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Kevin Tompkins 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Paul Robinson 1 2 3 0 1 0 1
14 Steve Kelly 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
15 Robert Burrows 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kevin Cribari 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
18 Jesse Boucher 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 Ryan Steane did not play
21 James Regan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Mike Harding did not play
23 Adam Doucette 1 2 3 7 0 0 0
24 Steve Nobili 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Mike Stoyan did not play
26 Alex Stoyan 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
27 Mark Menonte 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
28 Jason Duffy did not play
29 Dan Leclair 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
30 Paul Guthrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS

5 9 14 19 1 0 1


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