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stouffville suntribune thursday march 10 2005 11 steve thomas friends corporate cup raises 1 90 000 for hospital mri detroit red wing steve yzerman captain of team yzerman signs an autograph young fans had a chance to skate with the stars during a kids skate party amidst the autograph signing and ogling of stars a little hockey was played ten games in total with mr thomas team claiming top spot over a squad led by exleaf doug gilmour sports stars such as toronto maple leaf tie domi left and new york ranger eric lindros flocked to markham last week for the steve thomas friends corporate cup a fundraising effort to buy an mri unit for markham stouffville hospital five teams squared off at unionvilles angus glen community centre featuring the the likes of stouffville resident keith acton doug gilmour and cfl star noel prefontaine the games a 100000 sponsorship by the firkin group of pubs plus a posttournament hot stove party at angus glen golf club raised a total of 190000 steve thomas answered media questions during the tournament mr thomas is a markham native and first earned notice by scouts when he and adam oates became offensive sensations withthe markham waxers photography by tom barnett