Well, mission accomplished as the Markham Waxers travelled up to Couchiching for the final time this season thanks to a 4 goal third period outburst that resulted in a 7-3 victory and an opening round sweep of the Terriers in four straight games.  Goaltender Greg van't Hof earned his fourth victory of the post season, turning away 27 shots, and the Waxers continued to spread the scoring around getting goals from three different lines.

Ben Cottreau opened the scoring early in the first period with a powerplay marker when he was able to slam home his own rebound after walking down the middle of the box untouched for his first of two on the night.  The Terriers would tie the score before the period ended.

In the second, Markham scored another powerplay goal, capitalizing in the opening two minutes when Josh Jacobs fed Cottreau near the side of the net and after his attempt was stopped, Chris Korte was there to bang home the loose puck and it was 2-1.  Cottreau got his second of the night a few minutes later after stripping a Terrier player at center and streaking in all alone on a breakaway, deking the Couchiching netminder with a move to his forehand for a 3-1 lead.  Couchiching scored twice in the second to tie the game up 3-3 heading in to the final 20 minutes of regulation.

Markham wasted little time regaining the lead when Rainor Guminny scored just under three minutes in to the third period.  After a Ryan Olidis shot went wide, Andrew Dias chased down the loose puck and fed Guminny in the slot and he chipped a backhand up and over the sprawling goalie for the series winning goal.  Jeff Paisley bagged his first of the series a few minutes later when a weird bounce saw a Terrier clearing attempt land on his stick in the slot.  Daniel Torres added an empty net goal (with assists to Paisley and Nathaniel Brooks) and Derrell Levy (from Stephen Wong) scored on a breakaway right after that to put the series to bed for the Waxers.

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SHG

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