Final Results
Feb 18, 07 - 19:00

Redmen 8 - Concordia 0
OUA East Best-of-three Quarterfinals -- Non-conference Game

Game Report

MONTREAL – Shawn Shewchuk of Lloydminster, Alta., scored a natural hat-trick and back-up netminder Jean-Michel Filiatrault earned a shutout in his first career CIS playoff game as No.9-ranked McGill crushed Concordia 8-0 in the third and deciding game of the OUA East Conference quarterfinals before 823 fans at McConnell Arena, Sunday.

McGill, which had won the series opener 6-3 and were beaten 6-5 in overtime of Game 2, advance to a best-of-three semifinal series against the Toronto Varsity Blues, a team that the Redmen defeated in both meetings this season -- 3-0 at Varsity Arena and 11-1 at McConnell Arena. That series begins Wednesday at McGill (7 p.m.) and will shift to Toronto next weekend. The other OUA East semifinal series will pit Ottawa against UQTR.

As far as post-season games go, the whitewash over Concordia was McGill’s second-highest goal output -- and the largest margin of victory -- in the school’s 93 playoff games, which date back to 1910. McGill had previously scored nine goals in a 9-6 win at Concordia in 1988 and in a 9-5 win over Ottawa in 1984. Their previous most lopsided playoff win had been an 8-1 decision over Ottawa in 2005.

The Redmen led 2-0 after the opening period and that lead held up until the final stanza, when McGill exploded for six goals, including five on power-plays, establishing school playoff records for most power-play goals in a period and game. They outshot the Stingers 39-28, including an 18-4 edge in the final stanza.

Filiatrault, a management sophomore from Laval, Que., who joined the Redmen last year from Rimouski of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, kicked out all 28 shots he faced en route to registering his first win and shutout in CIS playoff action. In fact, it was only the second playoff shutout in McGill history and the first since Feb. 26, 1998, when Jarrod Daniel made 42 saves in a 3-0 win over Concordia. Filiatrault, who led the nation with a 2.07 goals-against average this season, had posted a 6-2-2 record with a pair of shutouts in 10 starts. Over his two years with McGill, the 6-foot-1, 183-pounder has racked up an impressive 15-5-3 overall record with eight shutouts.

Six different players scored for McGill, including Shewchuk, who became the team’s third player to notch a hat-trick this season. The 24-year-old chemical engineering senior extended his point streak to 11 consecutive games, with nine goals and 12 assists over that span.

Other McGill marksmen included forwards Teddy Kyres (game-winner) of Westmount, Que., Eric L’Italien of Ste. Foy, Que., Sam Bloom of Toronto and Serbian sophomore Marko Kovacevic, plus third-year defenceman David Urquhart of Thorold, Ont., who tallied a goal and three assists and now has seven points in his last two playoff games.

Patrick Lepage made 31 saves in a losing cause for the Stingers, whose fairytale finish came to an abrupt end after a gallant late-season turn-around to qualify for the final playoff berth.

REDMEN RAP: Sophomore Louis-Simon Allaire continued his torrid pace with three assists to give the offensive-minded rearguard points in nine of his last 10 games with a 6-12-18 record over that span… After three playoff games, a dozen different Redmen have netted goals… A pair of defencemen (Allaire and Urquhart) lead the team’s scoring parade with seven points apiece… Thirteen of McGill’s 19 post-season goals have been scored in man-advantage situations and the Redmen PP is operating at an incredible 56.5 success rate (13-for-23)… On the other side of the ledger, the McGill PK unit has erased 75 per cent of opposition PPs (21-of-28)… The Redmen, who have won seven straight home games against Concordia, are 11-1-1 in the last 13 meetings with the Stingers… McGill has now won six of 10 playoff series from Concordia, with an 11-10 edge in games won… There have been 12 shutouts in the 169 games between these rivals… Concordia had the first five goose-eggs but McGill has rallied to get the next seven shutouts.

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 8, Concordia 0
(OUA East Best-of-three Quarterfinals --
Game 3 @ McConnell Arena)

FIRST PERIOD:
1. McGill - Teddy Kyres (C. Churchill-Smith) - 1:53
2. McGill - Shawn Shewchuk (D. Urquhart, L.S. Allaire) - 10:18 (PP)

Penalties:
McGill - D. Urquhart (Hook) , 2 min , 07:24
Concordia - D. Toupikov (Trip) , 2 min , 09:51
Concordia - J. Beliveau (Board) , 2 min , 11:26
McGill - D. Urquhart (Slash) , 2 min , 16:01
McGill - C. Churchill-Smith (Rough) , 2 min , 17:43

SECOND PERIOD:
(no scoring)

Penalties:
McGill - bench (Delay) , 2 min , 00:00
McGill - T. Kyres (Hold) , 2 min , 04:04
Concordia - J.F. Boucher (Hook) , 2 min , 09:40
Concordia - D. Toupikov (Misconduc) , 10 min , 09:40
McGill - Y. Turcotte (Interfere, Misconduc) , 2 min , 12:45

THIRD PERIOD:
3. McGill - Shawn Shewchuk (L.S. Allaire, D. Urquhart) - 5:28 (PP)
4. McGill - Shawn Shewchuk (B. Martin ) - 7:43
5. McGill - Eric L’Italien (S. Bloom, D. Urquhart) - 8:47 (PP)
6. McGill - David Urquhart (S. Bloom, L.S. Allaire) - 15:22 (PP)
7. McGill - Marko Kovacevic (G. Demers ) - 18:46 (PP)
8. McGill - Sam Bloom (T. Kyres, K. Morin) - 19:57 (PP)

Penalties:
Concordia - M.A. Rizk (Board) , 2 min , 04:30
Concordia - D. Toupikov (Rough) , 2 min , 07:43
McGill - Y. Turcotte (Trip) , 2 min , 11:46
Concordia - J. Goodsell (Slash) , 2 min , 14:03
Concordia - J. Goodsell (Cfb Minor, Game (g) , 15 min , 16:48
McGill - C. Churchill-Smith (Misconduct) , 10 min , 16:48

GOALTENDER:
Concordia:
Patrick Lepage (L, 1-2-0; 8GA; 31 saves, 60:00)

McGill:
Jean-Michel Filiatrault (W, 1-0-0; 0GA, 28 saves, SHO, 60:00)

GOALS BY PERIOD
TEAM: 1 2 3 -- Total
CON 0 0 0 -- 0
McGill 2 0 6 -- 8

SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM: 1 2 3 -- Total
CON 12 12 4 -- 28
McGill 12 9 18 -- 39

PENALTIES (No./ Mins.):
CON: 9/37
McG: 9/34

POWER PLAY (No./ Mins.):
Con: 0/7
McG: 6/7

Referee: Nicolas Dutil

Attendance: 823

MOLSON CUP THREE GAME STARS:
(by Serge Vleminckx, Journal de Montreal & Randy Phillips, The Gazette)

1. Shawn Shewchuk, McGill
2. Jean-Michel Filiatrault. McGill
3. David Uquhart, McGill

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Mathieu Poitras (dressed but DNP)
G Jake Jarvis
D Erik Stilling (injd)
D Ben Gazdic
C Benoit Arsenault (injd)
F Charles Gauthier (injd)
F Leonard Verrilli
F Jeremy Burgess