The Markham Midget AA Waxers will host this year’s OHF Midget AA Championship. The tournament will be held at the Centennial Community Centre in Markham, ON from April 10th-12th, 2020.

The Markham Waxers Midget AA team has had a great year thus far, winning the Pickering Midget tournament in December, and finishing first in their league for the regular season. This group has been together for approximately 10 years, led by head coach Kim Rasmussen. Their close-knit group has resulted in a goals against average of 1 per game over the regular season. However, this sense of success is not new to them, as this group has been a top ranked team in Ontario since Minor Atom.

The city of Markham and the Midget AA Waxers hope to continue their success as this year’s OHF Midget AA Championship. Here are a few interesting facts about the city of Markham:

• The city was named by former First Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves who named the area after his good friend William Markham, the Arch Bishop of York from 1776-1807.
• Markham is home to over one thousand tech and life-science companies, with IBM being the largest employer in the area.
• The Markham Fair is one of the oldest running country fairs, started in the year 1844 still running to this day.
• There are a number of Markham residents who made the jump to professional hockey, including superstar Steven Stamkos, Cameron Gaunce, Michael Del Zotto and Cody Hodgson. All who played on the same Minor Midget team.