Final Results
Sep 23, 07 - 14:30

Redmen 3 - UQTR (@ Bedford, Que.) 2 (OT)
Non-conference Game

Game Report by Earl Zukerman

BEDFORD, Que. – Louis-Simon Allaire of Sherbrooke, Que., scored a power play goal at 2:32 of sudden-death overtime as McGill rallied to defeat UQTR 3-2 in men’s preseason hockey Sunday at Bedford, Que., a farming community located just north of the Quebec-Vermont border.

It was the second straight year that McGill played a game in support of the Bedford minor hockey program.

The result marked only McGill’s second lifetime pre-season win against their archrivals from Trois-Rivieres, who wrestled the OUA East conference championship away from McGill last spring.

Allaire, a sophomore who led all McGill defencemen in goals last year with 12, converted a rebound from centre Guillaume Demers.

Thiery Poudrier tallied two power play goals for the Pats, who led 1-0 after one period and 2-1 midway through the middle frame. UQTR, which held a 29-26 edge in shots on net, went 2-for-11 with the man-advantage, while McGill was 1-for-10.

Benoit Arsenault, a sophomore centre from Rimouski, Que., assisted on Len Verrilli’s goal to make it 1-1 at 7:25 of the second period, knotted the score again at 2-2 at 19:21.

The teams played a scoreless third period, largely due to the efforts of senior Redmen goaltender Mathieu Poitras, who came in midway through the second in relief of starter Jean-Michel Filiatrault and kicked aside all 13 shots to earn the victory. Poitras, who won CIS rookie-of-the-year honours in 2004-05 and was an All-Canadian in his sophomore season, has not allowed a goal in two preseason contests. In Friday’s 3-2 win over Laurier, he saved all nine shots directed his way before being replaced by Filiatrault.

McGill (2-0) will close out their preseason schedule with a pair of games in Moncton, Sept. 28-29. The OUA season begins the following week, with McGill hosting Guelph and Brock, Oct. 5-6.

SCORING SUMMARY

Sept. 23, 2007

McGill 3, UQTR 2 (OT)

(@ Bedford, Que)

SCORING SUMMARY

FIRST PERIOD:
1. UQTR – Thiery Poudrier (F. Lavoie, N. Désilets) - 1:28 (PP)

PENALTIES:
McGill – M. Leclerc (trip), 0:46
UQTR – M. L-Laramée (hook), 2:47
McGill – L.S. Allaire (high-stick), 8:28
UQTR – E. Beaudin (slash), 11:32
McGill – G. Doucet (rough), 19:02

SECOND PERIOD:
2. McGill – Leonard Verrilli (V. Lambert, B. Arsenault) - 7:25
3. UQTR – Thiery Poudrier (J. Boutin, A. Bellefleur) - 9:10 (PP)
4. McGill - Benoit Arsenault (Y. Turcotte, S. Courcelles) - 19:21

PENALTIES:
UQTR - A. Demers (hook), 4:21
McGill - S. Bloom (trip), 7:55
McGill - B. Lessard (hold), 9:46
McGill - Y. Turcotte (rough), 11:56
UQTR – S. Béland (rough), 11:56
UQTR – S. Gibbons (rough), 13:22
McGill - L.S. Allaire (hook), 13:56
McGill - S. Bloom (rough), 14:37
McGill – G. Demers (hook), 16:26
UQTR – C. Bergeron (hook), 18:09
UQTR – A. Demers (trip), 19:21

THIRD PERIOD:
(no scoring)

PENALTIES:
McGill - T. Turcotte (hold), 2:15
McGill – B. Lessard (trip), 2:35
UQTR - A. Demers (high-stick), 4:47
McGill – S. Bloom (trip), 11:55
UQTR - M. Laramée (trip), 16:17
UQTR - J. Boutin (cross), 18:27

OVERTIME:
5. McGill – Louis-Simon Allaire (S. Shewchuk, G. Demers) - 2:32 (PP)

PENALTIES:
UQTR - A. Joanisse (CFB minor, GM 50), 1:14
UQTR – T. Lafontaine (slash), 2:15
McGill - M. Leclerc (trip), 2:15

SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM: 1 2 3 OT Total
UQTR 7 11 11 0 -- 29
McGill 8 7 8 3 -- 26

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

GOALTENDERS:
UQTR:
Eric Salvail (L, 60:00, 3GA, 27 saves)

McGill:
Jean-Michel Filiatrault (start, ND; 29:46, 2GA, 13 saves)
Mathieu Poitras (W, 1-0-0; 32:46, 0GA, 14 saves)

POWER PLAY (Goals / Chances):
UQTR: 2/11
McGill: 1/10

PENALTIES (No. / Minutes):
UQTR: 13/34
McGill: 13/26

Referee: Gavin White

Attendance: 412

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Benoit Arsenault (McGill)
2. Guillaume Demers (McGill)
3. Yan Turcotte (McGill)

DID NOT PLAY:
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G Jake Jarvis
D *Simon Marcotte-Legaré
D Ken Morin
D Steven Pearce
F Chris Churchill-Smith
F Charles Gauthier
F Ben Gazdic
F Eric L’Italien
F Marko Kovacevic

*freshman

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics
514-398-7012