Final Results
Jan 31, 07 - 19:00

Redmen 2 - UQTR 3

Game Report by Earl Zukerman

TROIS-RIVIERES – The ninth-ranked UQTR Patriotes gave visiting McGill an early birthday gift but rallied with three unanswered goals for a hard-fought 3-2 win over the No.6-ranked Redmen in men’s university hockey, Wednesday.

It was the sixth straight one-goal victory between these bitter rivals and the first-place Pats (15-6-2) took a commanding five-point lead over McGill (13-7-3), which has a game in hand and five left to play before the post-season.

McGill, which was celebrating the 130th anniversary of its first game – a 2-1 win over the Montreal Victorias on Jan. 31, 1877 – led 2-0 after one period on power play goals by sophomore Sam Bloom of Toronto and defenceman Louis-Simon Allaire, a sophomore from Sherbrooke, Que.

Allaire, who also assisted on the opening goal, has a 7-6-13 record in 23 league games. His seven markers match the fifth-highest single-season goal total ever by a McGill rearguard.

The Pats tied the game at 2-2 late in the middle period, striking twice in 51 seconds with goals from Thiery Poudrier (his team-leading 18th) at 17:55 and Yan Gaudette at 18:46.

Despite being outshot 8-5 in the final period, UQTR’s Eric Beaudin capped the comeback with his game-winning tally with just over 12 minutes remaining.

The Patriotes outshot McGill 28-27 and goaltender Dany Dallaire made 25 saves for the win, while Redmen netminder Mathieu Poitras had an equal number of saves in a losing cause.

McGill now prepares to host Toronto and Ryerson, Feb. 2-3, respectively. Both contests are slated for 7 p.m. starts at McConnell Arena.

REDMEN RAP: The McGill penalty-killing unit snuffed out all 10 UQTR power play opportunities, including three two-man situations… The PK squad has now killed off 16 in a row and 38 of their last 39 disadvantages… The only PPG allowed in that span was on a penalty shot at RMC last Saturday… Already without the services of rugged rearguard Yan Turcotte (serving an automatic three-game suspension) and injured blueliner Erik Stilling, the Redmen had to make do without offensive-minded Steven Pearce in the last half of the third period as he was tossed for incurring a hit-from-behind infraction… Teddy Kyres, a hard-nosed junior who was having his best season (6-7-13) despite missing four games to injury, crawled off the ice midway through the first period with an apparent leg injury and did not return.

SCORING SUMMARY

UQTR 3, McGill 2

@ Colisée de Trois-Rivières

FIRST PERIOD:
1. McGill - Sam Bloom 11 (L. S. Allaire, S. Shewchuk) - 12:40 (PP)
2. McGill - Louis-Simon Allaire 7 (G. Demers, S. Shewchuk) - 19:34 (PP)

Penalties:
UQTR - Y. Gaudette (Boarding), 1:02
McGill - E. L’Italien (Roughing), 4:00
McGill - D. Urquhart (Hooking), 5:58
UQTR - E. Beaudin (Goalt. Interference), 6:12
McGill - S. Bloom (Slashing), 7:19
UQTR - T. Poudrier (Hooking), 12:26
McGill - BENCH (Too Many Men), 13:23
McGill - B. Martin (Tripping), 13:42
UQTR - M. Gravel (Slashing), 17:41
UQTR - J. Boutin (Roughing), 20:00

SECOND PERIOD:
3. UQTR - Thiery Poudrier 18 (M. Gravel, J. Boutin) - 17:55
4. UQTR - Yan Gaudette 11 (S. Gibbons, T. Lafontaine) - 18:46

Penalties:
McGill - L. Verrilli (Interference), 2:32
McGill - D. Urquhart (Cross-checking), 3:17
McGill - K. Morin (Hooking), 10:38
UQTR - M. Gravel (Interference), 14:03
McGill - D. Urquhart (Tripping), 19:21

THIRD PERIOD:
5. UQTR - Eric Beaudin 7 (S. Gibbons, Y. Gaudette) - 7:45

Penalties:
UQTR - J. Boutin (Slashing), 0:18
UQTR - E. Beaudin (Boarding), 5:34
McGill - S. Pearce (Check From Behind; minor; Game Misconduct), 9:21

UQTR - J. Boutin (Tripping), 15:03

GOALTENDERS:
McGill:
Mathieu Poitras (L, 8-5-2; 3GA, 25 saves, 58:56)
Empty-net: (0GA, 1:04)

UQTR:
Dany Dallaire (W, 9-4-2; 2GA, 25 saves, 60:00)

GOALS BY PERIOD
EAM: 1 2 3 -- Total
UQTR 0 2 1 -- 3
McGill 2 0 0 -- 2

SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM: 1 2 3 -- Total
UQTR 12 11 5 -- 28
McGill 11 8 8 -- 27

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
McGill: 11/30
UQTR: 9/18

POWER PLAY (Goals/Chances):
McGill: 2/9
UQTR: 0/10

Referee:

Attendance: 705

MOSLON CUP 3 GAME STARS:
1. Thiery Poudrier, UQTR
2. Louis-Simon Allaire, McGill
3. Dany Dallaire, UQTR

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: Jake Jarvis
G: Jean-Michel Filiatrault (dressed but DNP)
D: Erik Stilling (injd)
D: Yan Turcotte (suspended)
F: Charles Gauthier (injd)
F: Benoit Arsenault (injd)
F: Daniel Pharand
F: Jeremy Burgess