Final Results
Nov 24, 07 - 19:00

Redmen 4 - Ryerson 2

Game Report by Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Freshman Simon Courcelles of Rosemere, Que., scored twice and set up another as McGill skated to their eighth consecutive win with a 4-2 home-ice decision over Ryerson in men’s university hockey at McConnell Arena, Saturday.

It was also McGill’s 12th straight conquest over Ryerson, who haven’t beaten the Redmen since a 5-2 decision on Nov. 9, 2001.

Shawn Shewchuk set up all four Redmen goals and extended his torrid point-scoring streak to eight games. The chemical engineering senior from Lloydminster, Alta., has four goals and 13 assists in that span and has now moved into fifth place among OUA scoring leaders with a 5-16-21 record in 13 contests.

All-Canadian netminder Mathieu Poitras of Gatineau, Que., made 26 saves in his ninth consecutive start and upped his record to 9-2-0 in OUA play this year.

Defencemen Louis-Simon Allaire and Ben Gazdic rounded out the scoring for McGill, which outshot the Rams 34-28 in a game that featured 108 minutes in penalties, including 61 to Ryerson. The Redmen went 2-for-8 on the power play, marking the team’s sixth consecutive game with multiple PPGs.

Gazdic netted the eventual game-winner with a seeing-eye shot, through a forest of legs, from the blueline to put McGill ahead 3-0 just over three minutes into the final period. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound sophomore from Toronto, who only had two assists in nine games last year, has already surpassed that total with a 3-2-5 record in 13 contests.

The Rams rallied with a pair of third period goals from Louis Santelli and Brent Small at 4:07 and 10:12, respectively. But Courcelles came to the rescue with an insurance marker three minutes later with his second of the night and ninth of the season. The 5-foot-8, 200-pound sparkplug then came to the aid of teammate Sam Bloom, who was attacked after a minor collision with Rams goaltender Paul Gibson behind the net. Courcelles, who leads the Redmen in goals and is second in points (15), got into an altercation with 6-foot-3, 210-pound Anthony Pototschnik. Both were ejected for fighting and will receive automatic one-game suspensions.

Ryerson, which dropped to 2-7-3, will play their third game in three days with an afternoon affair in Ottawa, Sunday.

McGill (9-3-1) maintained their tie with Concordia (9-4-1) for second-place in the OUA Far East. The bitter cross-town rivals will meet for the first time in league play when the Stingers visit McConnell Arena, Wednesday. The teams did clash in the Corey Cup contest, a non-conference encounter at the Bell Centre on Oct. 21, where the two teams racked up 110 penalty minutes and McGill came away with a 3-1 win before 5,406 fans.

REDMEN RAP: The eight-game win streak by McGill is the team’s longest in intercollegiate play since in 1936-37, when they went undefeated with a 10-0 record … The team’s overall record win streak, which includes non-varsity games, is 17 games from Dec. 9, 1936 to Feb. 6, 1937…Team captain and All-Canadian defenceman David Urquhart missed his fifth straight game with a broken knuckle and is expected to miss another couple of games before returning to the lineup.

SCORING SUMMARY:

Ryerson 2 at McGill 4
- Nov 24, 2007 -

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. McGill, L. Allaire (3) (S. Shewchuk, S. Bloom) 2:23 (PP)
2. McGill, S. Courcelles (8) (S. Shewchuk, S. Bloom) 4:47 (PP)

Penalties -
S. D’Eall Ryer (hooking) 2:14,
G. Buckley Ryer (roughing) 3:15,
C. Churchill-Smith Mcg (interference) 5:19,
B. Gazdic Mcg (hooking) 12:48,
J. McNair Ryer (hooking) 18:51

SECOND PERIOD:
(no Scoring)

Penalties -
K. Krasnowski Ryer (interference) 9:05,
L. Santelli Ryer (interference) 13:37,
B. Gazdic Mcg (hooking) 15:26

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
3. McGill, B. Gazdic (3) (S. Shewchuk, S. Courcelles) 3:07
4. Ryerson, L. Santelli (3) (K. Young, K. Krasnowski) 4:07
5. Ryerson, B. Small (4) (J. McNair, L. Noble) 10:12 (PP)
6. McGill, S. Courcelles (9) (S. Shewchuk, S. Bloom) 13:31

Penalties -
J. McNair Ryer (roughing) 3:43,
E. Vossen Mcg (roughing) 3:43,
S. Frenkel Ryer (elbowing) 3:59,
Y. Turcotte Mcg (roughing) 3:59,
D. Borges Ryer (slashing) 4:45,
A. Pototschnik Ryer (dble minor: roughing, check from behind, GM 50) 7:43,
Y. Turcotte Mcg (roughing) 7:43,
S. Courcelles Mcg (interference) 9:36,
M. Pain Ryer (holding) 10:32,
D. Borges Ryer (roughing, 10-min. misconduct) 17:45,
M. Pain Ryer (roughing) 17:45,
B. Small Ryer (fighting major, GM 30) 17:45,
S. Bloom Mcg (goaltender interference) 17:45,
S. Courcelles Mcg (fighting major, GM 30)17:45,
S. Shewchuk Mcg (roughing, 10-min. misconduct) 17:45,
Y. Turcotte Mcg (roughing) 17:45,
B. Gazdic Mcg (slashing) 18:59

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
Ryerson: 9 6 13 -- 28
McGill: 11 9 14 -- 34

GOALS BY PERIOD:
Ryerson: 0 0 2 -- 2
McGill: 2 0 2 -- 4

POWER PLAY CONVERSION:
Ryerson 1-6.
McGill 2-8.

PENALTIES (No/Mins):
Ryerson 16/61.
McGill 14/47.

GOALTENDERS:
Ryerson
Gibson [L], 2-6-2; 59:11, SV:30, GA:4
Empty-net: (0:49, 0GA)

McGill
Poitras [W], 9-2-0, 60:00, SV:26, GA:2

Start : 7:00 PM

End : 9:40 PM

Attendance : 512

Referee: Matthew Cote

MOLSON CIP THREE STARS:
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1. Simon Courcelles, McGill
2. Sam Bloom, McGill
3. Shawn Shewchuk, McGill

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Jake Jarvis (dressed but DNP)
G Jean-Michel Filiatrault (injd)
D Erik Stilling (injd)
D David Urquhart (injd)
F Charles Gauthier (injd)
F Mathieu Leclerc (injd)
F Simon Marcotte (injd)