Final Results
Dec 01, 07 - 19:30

Redmen 2 - Toronto 5

Game Report by Earl Zukerman

U of T gives Redmen the Blues, end magical streak

TORONTO – Rookie Anthony Pallotta scored power play and shorthanded goals, his 12th and 13th markers of the season and veteran Joe Rand added a pair of empty-net goals in the final minute as the U of T Varsity Blues upset ninth-ranked McGill 5-2 in men’s hockey, Saturday.

The loss ended McGill’s magical win streak at 10 consecutive games in intercollegiate league play, matching the school record set in 1936-37.

Brendan Sherrard also hit paydirt for the Blues, who sit third in the OUA Mid East at 7-8-1.

The Redmen had a 44-22 edge in shots, including a 21-7 margin in the middle stanza, but were stoned time and time again by Russ Brownell, a 5-foot-11, 167-pound rookie netminder from Oakville.

Despite entering the game with one of the league’s most potent power play units, McGill was unable to connect on any of their six man-advantage opportunities, a carbon copy of their playoff series loss to Toronto last spring. In fact, they even gave up a shorthanded goal late in the second period, which gave the Blues a 2-1 lead.

Sophomore forward Vincent Lambert of Ste. Therese, Que., and Yan Turcotte, a defenceman from Laval, Que., scored for McGill, who will enter the December exam break second in the OUA East Division with an 11-4-1 record, two points behind UQTR (12-3-1) and four ahead of Concordia (9-7-1). The Redmen are 15-6-0 overall and scheduled to depart after Christmas for a tournament in Belgrade, Serbia before resuming league play on Jan.12 with a road game against University of Ontario Institute of Technology, a new OUA team based in Oshawa.

REDMEN RAP: Five members of the Redmen are averaging at least a point per game... Senior Shawn Shewchuk leads the team in points and is ranked seventh in the OUA with a 6-18-24 record in 18 games... Rookie Simon Courcelles, who has 18 points including a team--leading 10 goals (5 PPGs), was kept off the scoresheet and his point-scoring streak ended at six games... Junior Guillaume Demers, who leads the team with a pair of shorthanded goals, picked up one assist and is now third in the team points race with 9-7-16 in 16 contests...Junior Sam Bloom has 4-12-16 while senior Eric L’Italien has 4-11-15 in 10 contests after missing the first few weeks with an injured groin.

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 2 at Toronto 5
- Dec 1, 2007 -

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. Toronto, Anthony Pallotta (12) (B. Sherrard, E. Snetsinger) 6:58 (PP)

Penalties -
S. Shewchuk McG (high sticking) 5:10,
M. Kovacevic McG (hooking) 8:12,
D. Brewer TOR (hooking) 11:35,
K. Martiniuk TOR (cross checking) 18:17

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
2. McGill, Vincent Lambert (5) (G. Demers) 11:25
3. Toronto, Anthony Pallotta (13) (M. Heatley) 18:44 (SH)

Penalties -
S. Duffy TOR (unsportsmanlike cond.) 2:00,
BENCH TOR (too many men; served by C. McDonald) 11:56,
E. Snetsinger TOR (slashing) 17:35

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
4. Toronto, Brendan Sherrard (3) (D. Simich, S. Duffy) 14:08
5. McGill, Yan Turcotte (2) (S. Shewchuk) 18:19
6. Toronto, Joe Rand (2) 18:47 (EN)
7. Toronto, Joe Rand (3) (E. Snetsinger) 19:28 (EN)

Penalties -
J. Rand TOR (hooking) 14:18,
Y. Turcotte McG (unsportsmanlike cond.) 19:36,
J. Zulauf TOR (unsportsmanlike cond.) 19:36

GOALTENDERS
McGill
Mathieu Poitras [L] 10-3-0, 59:22 17 SV, 3GA
Empty-net: (0:38, 2GA)

Toronto
Russ Brownell [W] (1-2-0), 60:00, 42 SV, 2 GA

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 7 21 16 -- 44
TOR: 11 7 4 -- 22

GOALS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 0 1 1 -- 2
TOR: 1 1 3 -- 5

POWERPLAY CONVERSIONS:
MCG: 0-6 (+ one SHG against)
TOR: 1-2.

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
MCG: 3-6.
TOR: 7-14.

Start : 7:35

End : 10:00

Attendance : n/a

Referee: John Wallace

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
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1. Anthony Pallotta, Toronto
2. Russ Brownell, Toronto
3. Yan Turcotte, McGill

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Jake Jarvis (dressed but DNP)
G Jean-Michel Filiatrault (injd)
D Erik Stilling (injd)
F Charles Gauthier (injd)
F Mathieu Leclerc (injd)
F Evan Vossen (healthy scratch)
F Jeremy Burgess (healthy scratch)

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Dept. of Athletics
McGill University
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