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..FROM
THE DESK OF MIKE HAYAKAWA..
NOVEMBER 20, 2002
For Markham Waxers head coach
Russ Herrington, his
worst fear came to fruition when his team travelled to Oshawa on Tuesday
for its Provincial Junior A Hockey League game against the Legionaires.
Sensing that his club didnąt give a consistent 60-minute effort in their
two weekend victories over the Thornhill Rattlers and Pickering Panthers,
Herrington warned his charges they would have to do so against a stronger
Legionaires' entry. The Waxers failed to take the Coach's advice to heart
and dropped a 7-4 decision to the Legionaires.
"We stunk," said Herrington bluntly. "We didn't play very well in every
aspect of the game. It was pure and simple our worst game of the year."
"Not playing a full 60 minutes catches up to you and in our division you
can't show up and play parts of games, especially against a team that
works as hard as Oshawa does."
Making the effort even more disappointing to the Waxers, who occupy second
place in the south division, was their failure to take advantage of an
opportunity to gain ground on the first-place Wexford Raiders.
As well, the loss ended a 12-game streak by the Waxers in which they
failed to gain a point since their 5-2 loss to the Stouffville Spirit back
on Oct. 11.
"Maybe we were due for a stinker, but the timing of it was bad," said
Herrington.
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| This article was written by Mike
Hayakawa and published in the Markham Economist and Sun. Minor edits
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Pat Porretta scored
twice for the Waxers, who trailed 2-1 after one period and 4-3 after two.
Tony Rossi and
Ben Cottreau added the
other markers.
Anthony Guadagnolo
started the game in net for the Waxers before giving way to
Kevin Sit when the
Legionaires took a 3-1 lead early in the second period.
Now 15-5-4-1 on the season, the Waxers will have a chance to make amends
against the Legionaires when they host them tomorrow at Centennial Arena
at 8 p.m. On Sunday, the Waxers will play in Ajax at 3 p.m.
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