Final Results
Oct 20, 06 - 19:00
Redmen 2 - Princeton 3 (OT)
Non-conference Game
Box Scores
Game Report
PRINCETON -- The Princeton men’s hockey team christened the 2006-07 season
with a 3-2 overtime win on Friday night against McGill University in exhibition
action at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.
After a scoreless first period that saw Princeton outshoot McGill by a 13-5
margin, things opened up in the second half with Princeton jumping to a 2-1
lead. The Tigers opened the scoring 6:25 into the period with a shorthanded
goal.
Freshman Jody Pederson chipped the puck up from the defensive zone where senior
Grant Goeckner-Zoeller picked it up and headed into the McGill zone. After faking
a pass across the ice, Goeckner-Zoeller fired a shot to the short side of McGill
goaltender Mathieu Poitras that caromed off the near post and into the net.
McGill knotted up the score at 13:52 on a goal from Leonard Verrili. The goal
was the only even strength goal of the game and was set up by Ken Morin and
Benoit Arsenault.
Princeton regained the lead at the 17:49 mark when senior Max Cousins scored
through a screen for a power-play goal. Senior Kevin Westgarth held the puck
near the goal line and fed it Cousins at the cross-point, whose shot evaded
Poitras and gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead.
McGill scored the lone goal of the final period when Mathieu Leclerc deflected
a point shot into the Tiger goal. David Urquhart took the shot and Marko Kovacevic
assisted on the goal.
Regulation ended with the score tied at 2-2. In overtime Urquhart took an interference
penalty, which set up the Princeton game-winning goal. Cousins and junior Mike
Moore worked the puck at the points before Moore fired a shot on goal that sophomore
Brett Wilson tipped by Poitras to lift Princeton to the win.
Princeton outshot McGill by a 51-18 margin. Poitras made 48 saves for McGill
while three Tigers split time in goal. Senior B.J. Sklapsky made five saves
in the first, sophomore Thomas Sychterz made six in the second period and freshman
Zane Kalemba made five in the third period and overtime.
Princeton was 2-14 with the man advantage while McGill was 1-8.
Princeton opens the 2006-07 regular season a week from tonight against Bentley
at the Codey Arena in South Orange, N.J.
SCORING SUMMARY
(@ Hobey Baker Rink)
FIRST PERIOD:
(no scoring)
Penalties:
McG: Shewchuk (HOLD) 00:40
McG: Turcotte (HOLD) 01:50
McG: Moore (HOLD) 05:01
PRC: Pederson (HIGH-STICK) 05:25
McG: Morin (CROSS) 13:22
McG: Urquhart (TRIP) 16:09
PRC: Westgarth (HOLD) 16:23
SECOND PERIOD:
1. PRC: Goeckner-Zoeller (Pederson, Jody) - 6:25 (SH)
2. McG: Leonard Verrili (K. Morin,
B. Arsenault) - 12:52
3. PRC: Max Cousins (K. Westgarth) (PP)
Penalties:
McG: Pearce (HL) 01:29
PRC: Westgarth (HL) 04:36
PRC: Westgarth (INTERFERE) 12:53
McG: Leclerc (INTERFERE) 13:30
McG: Churchill-Smith (HIGH-STICK) 17:04
McG: Urquhart (HOLD) 17:18
McG: Urquhart (HOLD) 19:42
THIRD PERIOD:
4 McG: Mathieu Leclerc (D. Urquhart, M. Kovacevic), 7:16 (PP)
Penalties:
McG: Y. Turcotte (HOLD) 0:29
PRC: K. Kaiser (HOLD) 02:42
PRC: K. Westgarth (TRIP) 05:37
PRC: B.J. Mackasey (INT) 06:34
McG: E. L’Italien (BOARD) 07:46
McG: T. Kyres (CHECK TO HEAD) 11:08
McG: Y. Turcotte (BOARD) 12:35
OVERTIME:
5. PRC: Mike Moore (M. Cousins), 1:12 (PP)
Penalties:
McG: D. Urquhart (INTERFERE) 0:49
GOALTENDERS:
McGill:
Mathieu Poitras (L; 48 saves, 3GA; 60:52)
Empty net: (0GA, 0:20)
Princeton:
B.J. Sklapsky (start; ND, 5 saves, 0GA; 20:00)
Thomas Sychterz (ND, 6 saves, 1GA; 20:00)
Zane Kalemba (W; 5 saves, 1GA; 21:00)
Empty-net: (0:12, 0GA)
GOALS BY PERIOD
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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McG: 0 1 1 0 - 2
PRC: 0 2 0 1 - 3
SHOTS BY PERIOD
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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McG: 5 7 6 0 - 18
PRC: 13 21 16 1 - 51
PENALTIES (No./Minutes):
McG: 14/28
PRC: 8/16
Power Play: Goals/Attempts (Shots)
McG: 1/8 (5)
PRC: 2/14 (19)
MOLSON CUP 3 STARS:
1. Mike Moore, Princeton
2. Mathieu Poitras, McGill
3. Max Cousins, Princeton
Referee: (unavailable)
Attendance: 575
