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Markham travelled to nearby Stouffville for the only time this
season and are now glad to be finished with the Spririt after being swept in
the two game series, losing the second game 6-3. The score does not
indicate the closeness of the affair as the Spirit salted away the victory with
two last minute empty net goals.
Markham came out of the gate rather strong, controlling the
play for the majority of the first period. Ryan Olidis
provided the only
scoring of the period when he stripped a Spirit defender of the puck, and
stepped in to the zone ripping a high wrister over the glove of the netminder
for the 1-0 lead.
The second period proved to be Markham's undoing as the Spirit
scored 4 goals in the frame as Markham struggled through penalty
problems. With the score 4-1, Tony Rossi
scored a power play marker of
his own to cut the lead to 4-2. Mark Menonte and Olidis earned assists on
the nice threee way passing play.
Markham dominated the third, especially the latter half but
were thwarted by solid (and some times spectacular) goaltending in the
Stouffville net. Nathaniel Brooks pounced on a
Jamie Wright rebound with
just under 6 minutes left in the game to make it a 4-3 score. That was as
close as the Waxers would get as the Spririt scored the final two goals, as
previously mentioned, in to the open net.
The first defeat this year when Markham can feel good about the
way they competed and executed. Tonight they ran in to a hot goaltender,
and for that matter a fairly hot team, in what was an entertaining game.
| G A M
E S U M M A R Y |
PERIOD
1
1. Markham, Olidis 5 (unassisted) 9:33.
PENALTIES: Buckstein Mar (hooking) 1:08,
Bench Sto (too many men) 3:46, Steane Mar
(interference) 10:35, Bowen Mar (dangerous equipment) 17:48,
Rothwell Mar (interference) 18:59PERIOD
2
2. Stouffville, Tanaka (Commisso) 1:30.
3. Stouffville, Versteeg-Ltwyn (PP) (Smithson) 7:30.
4. Stouffville, Commisso (SH) (unassited) 8:22.
5. Stouffville, Raine (D'Aversa, Mitchell) 13:35.
6. Markham, Rossi 12 (PP) (Menonte, Olidis) 17:30 .
PENALTIES: Sit Mar (interference) 2:35, Bench Mar
(too many men) 6:27, Dillon Sto (obstruction interference) 7:41,
Bench Mar (unsportsmanlike conduct) 9:05, Sullivan Sto (goaltender
interference) 11:36, Bowen Mar (high sticking) Barbera Sto (high
sticking, misconduct) 12:02, Menonte Mar (roughing after the
whistle) 12:25, Tanaka Sto (interference) 16:53 PERIOD
3
7. Markham, Brooks 7 (Wright) 14:02.
8. Stouffville, Jarman (EN) (Mitchell) 18:55.
9. Stouffville, Staal (EN) (Sullivan, Smithson) 19:44.
PENALTIES: no penalties
GOALTENDERS:
Markham: Kevin Sit, Stouffville: Steven Carota. |
| SHOTS ON
GOAL |
P1 |
P2 |
P3 |
OT |
FINAL |
| STOUFFVILLE
SPIRIT |
12 |
16 |
11 |
- |
39 |
| MARKHAM
WAXERS |
12 |
15 |
14 |
- |
41 |
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