Final Results
Nov 10, 06 - 19:30

Redmen 2 - York 1

Game Report by Earl Zukerman & Stephen Engel

NORTH YORK, Ont. – Defenceman Ken’s Morin’s power play goal from the blueline snapped a 1-1 draw at 5:30 of the third period and gave the No.3-ranked McGill Redmen a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over York in men’s university hockey, Friday.

The win extended McGill’s undefeated streak to 4-0-1 and improved their regular season mark to 6-1-1.

Blair Grennier had given York a 1-0 lead at 2:22 of the second period but McGill evened the score on a power play marker from sophomore Guillaume Demers at 17:44 of the middle period.

Mathieu Poitras made 28 saves, improved his record to 6-1-1 and upped his nation-leading goals-against average to a stellar 1.73 along with an equally impressive .931 save percentage.

The Redmen went 2-for-7 on the power play and outshot York 39-29 as Kevin Druce made 37 saves in a losing cause for the Lions.

REDMEN RAP: Referee Ryan Carroll issued a pair of unusual game misconducts during the contests, which call for automatic suspensions... First he nabbed Dean Haig -- a new assistant coach with the Lions after a long playing and coaching career with U of T -- for a minor and game late in the second period... Then he called McGill rearguard Yan Turcotte for a rare interference-from-the-player’s-bench penalty, after the final siren… The Redmen are already shorthanded without the services of leading scorer Shawn Shewchuk, who was serving the second contest of an automatic three-game suspension incurred for mocking the officials against RMC last week… McGill sophomore goaltender Jean-Michel Filiatrault dressed but did not see action for the second straight game, after missing most of the pre-season and six of the first eight league games with an undisclosed injury… Forward Charles Gauthier, who was injured in the season-opening win at Concordia, has not played since, missing nine straight contests, including a pair of non-conference affairs… Former McGill star forward Doug Orr, who graduated last spring and was playing with Arizona of the Central Hockey League, was released this week then signed by Jamestown, a minor-league affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets.

SCORING SUMMARY

FIRST PERIOD:
(no scoring)

PENALTIES:
McGill: Louis-Simon Allaire (rough), 10 00
York: Tyler Harrison (unsportsmanlike), 10:34
McGill: Yan Turcotte (trip), 16:30
McGill: Ken Morin (highstick), 18:19

SECOND PERIOD:
1. York - Blair Grennier (C. Jones) - 2:22
2. McGill - Guillaume Demers (L. Madill, B. Martin) - 17:44 (PP)

PENALTIES:
York - Peter Cowan (roughing), 6:59
York - Cris Korte (cross-checking), 07:38
York - Bench (Bench Minor, Game to asst. coach Haig), 16:25

THIRD PERIOD:
3. McGill - Ken Morin (M. Kovacevic, E. L’Italien) - 5:30 (PP)

PENALTIES:
McGill - Benoit Arsenault (slashing), 2:04
York - Matt Passfield (slashing), 3:55
York - Sean Langdon (cross-checking), 7:13
McGill - Yan Turcotte (unsportsmanlike), 13:01
York - Michael Root (high-sticking), 16:49
McGill - Yan Turcotte (interference from bench; minor, game), 20:00
York - Kyle Searle (roughing), 20:00

GOALS BY PERIOD
TEAM 1 2 3 Total
York 0 1 0 1
McGill 0 1 1 2

SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM 1 2 3 Total
York 13 9 7 29
McGill 15 14 10 39

GOALTENDERS:
McGill: Mathieu Poitras (W, 60:00, 1GA, 28 saves)

York: Kevin Druce (L, 59:00, 2GA, 37 saves)

PENALTIES (No. / Minutes):
McGill: 7/24
York: 10/36

POWER PLAYS (Goals / Chances):
McGill: 2/7
York: 0/5

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1. Ken Morin, McGill
2. Mathieu Poitras, McGill
3. Benoit Martin, McGill

REFEREE: Ryan Carroll

STARTING LINEUPS:

McGILL REDMEN
01 Mathieu Poitras, G
02 Erilk Stilling, D
04 Steven Pearce, D
05 Yan Turcotte, D
07 Ken Morin, D
08 David Urquhart, D
10 Chris Churchill-Smith, LW
11 Teddy Kyres, RW
12 Benoit Arsenault C
15 Eric L’Italien, RW
16 Lucas Madill, LW
17 Louis-Simon Allaire, D
18 Guillaume Demers, LW
19 Benoit Martin, C
20 Sam Bloom, C
21 Mathieu Leclerc, C
24 Daniel Pharand, C
26 Vincent Lambert, LW
28 Marko Kovacevic, RW
29 Jean-Michel Filiatrault, G

McGILL SCRATCHES:
06 Leonard Verrilli, F
09 Shawn Shewchuk, LW (suspended)
22 Benoit Lessard, D
23 Charles Gauthier, LW (injured)
25 Ben Gazdic, D
27 Jeremy Burgess, F
36 Jame Jarvis, G

YORK LIONS

2 rob bonhomme. D
6 kyle searle d
5 scott boomsma d
8 chris jones f
9 jesse grespan rw
26 janse rain rw
11 alex ennaffati lw scratch
12 vitali lanochkin d
15 jerry clarke lw/rw
18 robert groom lw scratch
19 blair grennier lw/rw
39 peter cowan lw
21 mark vida d scratch
22 tyler harrison c
23 kent merriam f
24 micheal root d
25 mark knight rw
77 jake van allen lw
30 domenic DeFrancesco G
44 chris korte d
49 sean langdon rw
63 kevin druce g
71 matt passfield rw
Dave tovee g