Final Results
Jan 27, 07 - 19:30

Redmen 6 - RMC 3

Game Report by Earl Zukerman

KINGSTON, Ont. – Sophomore Sam Bloom of Toronto tallied twice as No.6-ranked McGill doubled Royal Military College 6-3 in men’s university hockey at Constantine Arena in Kingston, Saturday.

The win clinched second-place for McGill ahead of Ottawa, who suffered a 2-1 loss at Queen’s earlier in the day. It also moved the Redmen to within three points of the division-leading Patriotes, who suffered a 3-1 loss at Toronto. McGill has a game in hand on the Pats and have five games remaining before playoffs, including two against UQTR.

The game was a rugged affair, featuring 93 penalty minutes, including 50 to McGill, which killed off four two-man disadvantages and limited the RMC power play to only one goal in 11 chances. The Redmen, meanwhile, made the most of their situations, clicking on 4-of 10 power play scenarios.

Lucas Madill opened the scoring for McGill at 9:47 of the first period but the Paladins evened the score when Greg McDonald beat netminder Jean-Michel Filiatrault on a penalty shot with just two seconds remaining in the period.

The Redmen ran into numerous penalty troubles in the second period but came away with a 4-3 lead after two with goals from Shawn Shewchuk (who also had two assists), Mathieu Leclerc and Bloom.

In the final stanza, Bloom notched his fourth goal in two games to make it 5-2 and sophomore blueliner Benoit Lessard put the contest out of reach at 18:07 with RMC killing off a five-minute slashing major.

Rounding out the scoring for the Paladins was Nick Cregan and Jeff Oke.

McGill outshot RMC 43-22 as Redmen sophomore Jean-Michel Filiatrault made 19 saves and improved his record to 5-2-1. Matt Hartney made 37 saves in a losing cause for RMC and fell to 0-4-0.

REDMEN RAP – McGill extended their mastery over RMC to 42-7-4 lifetime, including a current 5-0-1 streak since a 5-4 loss at McConnell Arena, Nov. 13, 2004… Including Friday’s win at Queen’s, the Redmen, who haven’t lost at RMC since 2001, swept their two-game sojourn to Kingston for the third straight year… D Erik Stilling left the game with an unspecified injury after the first period and did not return… After being provoked with a late hit in the final dozen seconds of the game, rugged rearguard Yan Turcotte, who had two assists, was assessed a game misconduct when trying to remove himself from a chokehold applied by the linesman… Pending an appeal by McGill, an automatic three-game suspension is likely…D Ken Morin, who has missed the last six games to injury, is expected back in the lineup for Wednesday game at UQTR… That match-up will mark the 130th anniversary of the McGill’s first organized hockey game on Jan. 31, 1877.

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 6, RMC 3
(@ Constantine Arena)

FIRST PERIOD:
1. McGill - Lucas Madill (Yan Turcotte, Teddy Kyres) - 9:47
2. RMC - Greg McDonald (Penalty Shot) 19:58

Penalties:
RMC - T. Spice (Tripping), 0:46
McGill - S. Bloom (Tripping), 7:03
McGill - M. Leclerc (Interference), 11:21
McGill - D. Urquhart (Roughing), 12:54
RMC - R. Lim (High Sticking), 16:41
McGill - G. Demers (Interference), 18:04
McGill - S. Pearce (Holding), 18:46
RMC - T. McTavish (Holding), 19:42
McGill - D. Urquhart (Throwing Stick; PENALTY SHOT), 19:58

SECOND PERIOD:
3.McGill - Shawn Shewchuk (unassisted) - 1:42 (PP)
4. RMC - Nick Cregan (Duaine Fetzner) - 3:27
5. McGill - Mathieu Leclerc (Steven Pearce, Guillaume Demers) - 7:28 (PP)
6. McGill - Sam Bloom (Yan Turcotte ) - 8:29
7. RMC - Jeff Oke (Mathew Fetzner ) - 19:32 (PP)

Penalties:
RMC - R. Lim (Cross Checking), 5:37
McGill - D. Urquhart (dble minor; Rough, Hook), 11:14
McGill - Y. Turcotte (Roughing), 11:51
RMC - N. Cregan (Roughing), 11:51
McGill - C. Churchill Smith (Roughing, double minor), 15:56
RMC - R. Srutek (Roughing), 3:46
McGill - S. Bloom (Slashing), 17:16
McGill - BENCH (TMM; served by T. Kyres), 17:49
McGill - B. Martin (Roughing), 18:49

THIRD PERIOD:
8. McGill - Sam Bloom (Dave Urquhart, Shawn Shewchuk) - 1:48 (PP)
9. McGill - Benoit Lessard (Shawn Shewchuk, Benoit Martin) - 18:07 (PP)

Penalties:
RMC - R. Lim (Hooking), 1:40
RMC - P. Bradley (Holding), 3:09
RMC - J. Fudge (Tripping), 4:36
McGill - L. Verrilli (Interference), 7:32
RMC - M. Fetzner (Roughing), 7:32
McGill - G. Demers (Roughing), 8:27
RMC - R. Thebault (Interference), 12:26
RMC - A. McCuish (Slashing major, Game misconduct GM55), 14:57
McGill - G. Demers (Interference), 15:44
McGill - Y. Turcotte (Roughing, Game Misconduct GM21), 19:48
McGill - S. Bloom (Roughing), 19:48
McGill - C. Churchill-Smith (Roughing), 19:48
RMC - D. Thebault (Roughing), 19:48
RMC - R. Thebault (Roughing), 19:48
RMC - M. Fetzner (Roughing), 19:48

GOALTENDERS:

RMC:
Matthew Hartney (L, 0-4-0, 6GA, 37 saves, 60:00)

McGill:
Jean-Michel Filiatrault (W, 6-2-1, 3GA, 19 saves, 60:00)

SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM: 1 2 3 -- Total
McGill 12 13 18 -- 43
RMC 6 12 4 -- 22

GOALS BY PERIOD
TEAM: 1 2 3 -- Total
McGill 1 3 2 -- 6
RMC 1 2 0 -- 3

PENALTIES (No. / Mins.)
McGill 20/48
RMC 16/43

POWERPLAY (Goals / Chances)
McGill 4/10
RMC 1/11

REFEREE: D. Parliament

ATTENDANCE: 150

MOLSON CUP 3 GAME STARS:
1. Sam Bloom, McGill
2. Shawn Shewchuk, McGill
3. Chris Churchill-Smith, McGill

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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D Ken Morin (injd)
C Benoit Arsenault (injd)
F Eric L Italien (sick)
F Charles Gauthier (injd)
D Ben Gazdic
F Jeremy Burgess
G Mathieu Poitras (dressed but DNP)
G Jake Jarvis