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The first game of the playoffs provided a sloppy,
jittery game by the teams involved as Markham survived the contest and took a
1-0 lead over North York with a 3-1 victory. Hardly a playoff game to
remember, there was little intensity, even less hatred, but there was good
goaltending provided at both ends of the rink.
North York got on the board first, scoring
after a goal mouth scramble at the 13 minute mark of the first period. It
took just 2:25 for the Waxers to tie the game as Mark
Menonte scored on a breakaway for his first postseason marker this
year. After winning the faceoff back to Derek
Doucette on a four-on-four situation, Menonte streaked up the center of the
ice and Doucette threaded the needle between the two defenseman springing
Menonte in for a high, hard wrist shot and the goal.
The Waxers scored the only the goal of the
second period, with 6:48 on the clock, which turned out to be the game
winner. Menonte intercepted a pass in the defensive zone and head manned
the puck to Jesse Boucher at
the red line. Boucher carried the puck in to the zone and then feathered
a pass over to Pat Porretta who
joined the rush making it a 2-on-1. Porretta's first shot was stopped but
he banged home his own rebound between the goalie's legs for the lead.
Markham salted away the victory in the third
scoring with 1:42 remaining when Matt
Neely made a neutral zone pass to Menonte and he did basically the
rest. Driving wide on the defense, Menonte deked the man on his side of
the ice and when the other defenseman stepped over, Menonte passede the puck by
him to Boucher cruising in through the slot and Boucher tucked home the puck in
to the wide open side.
B.J. Van Mierlo stopped 32 shots on the evening
earning his first postseason victory of the year.
| G A M
E S U M M A R Y |
PERIOD
1
1. North York, North (Wilson,
Johnson) 13:02 5x5
2. Markham, Menonte 1 (Doucette) 15:27
PENALTIES:
Boucher MW (interference) 4:02, Lumsden NY
(high sticking) 10:26, Ferrante MW (tripping) 13:35, McLean NY
(tripping) 15:19PERIOD
2
3. Markham, Porretta 1 (Boucher, Menonte) 13:12
5x5 GWG
PENALTIES: Doucette MW
(roughing) 4:16, Diotte MW (elbowing) Young MW (roughing) McLean
NY (roughing) 10:01, Pain MW (head checking, game misconduct)
10:54 PERIOD
3
4. Markham, Boucher 1 (Menonte, Neely) 18:18 5x5
PENALTIES:
Doucette
MW (delay of game) 6:51, Skeels MW O'Flanagan NY (roughing) 10:23,
Skeels MW Ferrari NY (fighting, game misconduct) 18:24 GOALTENDERS:
Markham: BJ Van Mierlo, North York:
Michael Snetsinger |
| SHOTS ON
GOAL |
P1 |
P2 |
P3 |
OT |
FINAL |
| NORTH
YORK RANGERS |
14 |
10 |
9 |
- |
33 |
| MARKHAM
WAXERS |
13 |
13 |
11 |
- |
37 |
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