..FROM THE DESK OF MIKE HAYAKAWA..
NOVEMBER 18, 2002
You wonąt hear Markham Waxers' head coach Russ Herrington complain about taking four out of a possible four points, which his club did last weekend in its two Provincial Junior A Hockey League contests. However, in defeating the Thornhill Rattlers 9-2 at Centennial Arena on Friday and the Pickering Panthers 4-3 on the road Sunday, coach Herrington would like to see his charges play with a little more intensity.

In Friday's win over the Rattlers, the Waxers trailed 1-0 after one period before outscoring the opposition 5-1 in the second period to take a commanding 5-2 lead and adding another four goals in the final frame.

On Sunday, the Waxers jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead on the Panthers before the host club rallied in the second period to cut their deficit to 4-2 and adding one more late in the contest to make the contest a little too close for comfort.

"You can't do any better point-wise and from that point of view we accomplished what we wanted," said Herrington of his club, which occupies second place in the south division standings just one point behind the Wexford Raiders with a 15-4-4-1 mark. "But we're not satisfied with the way we did it. We need a better all-round effort mentally and physically."

Ben Cottreau paced the Waxers in their win over the Rattlers with four goals while Tony Rossi, Ryan Steane, Mark Menonte and Pat Porretta added singles. On Sunday, the Waxers received power-play goals from Menonte, Steane and Joe Rothwell, with his first junior A marker. Liam Bowen added the other goal.

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