Markham Waxers (Game Report: Round 1: Game 6, February 19/2000)

Markham Waxers Game Report

South Division Quarter Finals: Game 6 (Best of 7 Series)
FEB. 19/2000	P1	P2	P3	OT	FINAL
MARKHAM WAXERS	2	4	0	-	6
NORTH YORK RANGERS	0	1	1	-	2

MULTIMEDIA

The Waxers went into North York Saturday night facing elimination in the opening round of the 2000 OPJHL Playoffs and answered the bell, big time. Dominating again from start to finish the Waxers handed the Rangers a 6-2 defeat. Markham's Jeremy Wenzel was at the top of his game and the Waxers got big offensive efforts from Jason Fraccaro (three goals and four points) and Tom Kotsopoulos (two goals, one shorthanded).

The Waxers started quickly when Greg Chambers scored from Jason Fraccaro less than two minutes after the opening whistle to put Markham in front 1-0. Five minutes later Tom Kotsopoulos took a Jimmy Ball feed and drove all the way to lift in a shorthanded marker.

North York scored in the opening minute of the second period taking advantage of a goal mouth scramble that saw Waxers netminder make two big stops in a row before the third one finally got through to halve the lead at 2-1. A minute later the Waxers answered back when Fraccaro tipped home a pass from the slot from Paul Robinson. Jim Ulcar also picked up an assist as the Waxers restored their two goal advantage at 3-1. Midway through the period Fraccaro would strike for his second goal when he swept the puck past the Ranger netminder. Alex Stoyan and Joel Kitchen earned assists. At the fourteen minute mark the Waxers struck twice more, 31 seconds apart to blow the game wide open. Kotsopoulos worked a give and go with Rob Mazzuca and roofed a wrist shot from the slot to make it 5-1, Ulcar picked up the second assist. Then on the ensuing faceoff Fraccaro dug the puck out from the corner and outworked the Rangers defenders and shoveled the puck into the cage for his third of the night, an unassisted effort.

The Rangers would get one more in an anti-climatic final period to complete the scoring as the Rangers were outshot 10-5 in the concluding frame and 42-23 for the contest.

Game seven is slated for Monday (Feb. 21) at Markham at 7:15pm.

G A M E S U M M A R Y

PERIOD 1
1. Markham, Chambers 4 (Fraccaro), 1:43.
2. Markham, Kotsopoulos 3 (SH) (Ball), 7:08.
PENALTIES: Steane Mar (interference), 5:59; Ulcar Mar (slashing), Witte NY (slashing), 8:34; Chambers Mar (high sticking major, game misconduct), Brady NY (slashing), 12:22; Ball Mar (roughing), Prodanovic NY (roughing), 15:39.

PERIOD 2
3. North York, Katsuras (Prodanovic, Sanginesi), 0:54.
4. Markham, Fraccaro 2 (Robinson, Ulcar), 1:31.
5. Markham, Fraccaro 3 (AStoyan, Kitchen), 9:02.
6. Markham, Kotsopoulos 4 (Mazzuca, Ulcar), 13:58.
7. Markham, Fraccaro 4 (unassisted), 14:29.
PENALTIES: Sanginesi NY (hooking), 3:30; AStoyan Mar (slashing), 5:56; Witte NY (holding stick), 6:25; Harding Mar (slashing), 6:44; Ferris Mar (roughing), Fenn NY (roughing), 9:59.

PERIOD 3
8. North York, Prodanovic (Sanginesi), 14:26.
PENALTIES: AStoyan Mar (roughing), Mazzuca Mar (roughing), Prodanovic NY (roughing), 7:23; AStoyan Mar (double minor facemasking), 10:28; Wenzel Mar (delay of game), 11:43; Ulcar Mar (roughing, slashing), Scali NY (roughing, slashing), 13:12; Paisley NY (roughing), 13:31; Prodanovic NY (high sticking), 18:45.

GOALTENDERS: Markham: Wenzel. North York: Rondinelli, Knight (0:00 of 3rd).

SHOTS ON GOAL	P1	P2	P3	OT	FINAL
MARKHAM WAXERS	14	18	10	-	42
NORTH YORK RANGERS	10	8	5	-	23

G A M E S T A T I S T I C S
No.	PLAYER	G	A	PTS	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
2	Brent Pollock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Jimmy Ball	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
5	Jim Ulcar	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
6	Pat Ferris	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	Mike Carlesimo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Jason Fraccaro	3	1	4	0	0	0	1
9	Albert Ferrante	did not play
11	Jason Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Kevin Tompkins	did not play
13	Paul Robinson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Joel Kitchen	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
15	Robert Burrows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Tom Kotsopoulos	2	0	2	0	0	1	0
19	Ryan Steane	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Mike Harding	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	James Regan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Daniel Beaudoin	did not play
23	Rob Mazzuca	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
24	Greg Chambers	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
25	Mike Stoyan	did not play
26	Alex Stoyan	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
27	Lawne Snyder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Jeremy Wenzel	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
31	Chris DelRosario	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		6	8	14	31	0	1	1

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