On Thanksgiving Sunday, the Waxers hosted the Couchiching Terriers for the first time since the 1998-99 season, and very little was decided as the teams battled to an exciting 2-2 draw.  The Waxers showed a dramatic contrast in the work ethic department compared to Friday's nights stinker just 36 hours prior to this faceoff.  

Playing shorthanded (the Waxers dressed 12 regulars and 4 Midget call-ups for the game), the Waxers needed the work ethic to be excellent to stay on par with the full lineup of the Terriers.

After a scoreless first period, the Waxers opened the scoring at the 12 minute mark of the second.  Ben Boudreau took  a pass in the neutral zone and fed it to a streaking Albert Ferrante near the Couchiching blueline.  Ferrante then made a terrific goal mouth pass to call-up Connor Treacy, who buried the puck for his first Junior A goal.  Couchiching would tie the score 2 minutes later with a powerplay goal but Markham would restore the lead 27 seconds later.  While on a power play of their own, Mark Menonte won a faceoff in the Terriers end cleanly back to Joe Rothwell.  Walking across the blue line, Rothwell let go a low hard slapper that Juaquin Chavira deflected high in to the top corner for his first Junior A goal.

The Waxers took that 2-1 lead in to the third and carried most of the play.  The Terriers tied the game with just under 10 minutes left on a nice power play marker.  The remainder of the game was exciting and fast paced with both goalies stopping breakaways and making a number of good saves.  Anthony Guadagnolo played in net for the Waxers and stopped 24 of 26 shots as the Waxers poured 40 shots at the Terriers net including 7 in overtime.

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