Hungarians feast on Redmen with last minute win Jan 03, 08 Ice Hockey (M)

By Earl Zukerman

DUNAUJVAROS, Hungary – Marek Klacansky scored with 2:02 remaining as Dunaujvaros, a professional Hungarian men’s hockey team, edged the McGill Redmen 2-1, Thursday.

The teams battled through a scoreless first period before Akos Kiss gave the Steel Bulls a 1-0 lead only 49 seconds into the middle stanza. McGill’s Eric L’Italien, a senior from Ste. Foy, Que., tied the score with a shorthanded effort at 11:39 of the final period.

The Redmen have a 2-1 record in the International Celebration of Hockey Tournament, including a pair of 7-3 and 3-1 victories over Serbian all-star teams. They will close out their four-game overseas tour against Ujpesti Torna Egylet, another pro club team better known as UTE, in Budapest on Friday.

GAME NOTES: Both coaches agreed to play a shootout after the game, regardless of the result… The Steel Bulls won the shootout 3-2 on goals by Akos Kiss, Imre Peterde and Laszlo Orso… McGill goals were tallied by Marko Kovacevic and defenceman Ben Gazdic… Other Redmen who participated in the shootout but failed to score included Simon Marcotte, Sam Bloom, Mathieu Leclerc and Simon Courcelles… Following the post-game handshakes, each Hungarian player mysteriously wiped their hands on the ice surface, then they were showered by chocolate candy bars thrown from the stands… In the pre-game warm-up, McGill wore their white jerseys with red trim, while Dunaujvaros wore their red jerseys with white trim… However, the game officials requested that the teams change, so McGill came out for the first period with their reds, while the home team wore their whites with black & red trim… The home team also had a formal set of numbers on their game socks.... The game was officiated by two referees and two linesmen, marking the first time that McGill had ever played in a game with the four-man system.

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 1 at Dunaujvaros (Hungary) 2
- Jan. 3, 2008 -

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
(none)

Penalties -
DUN: Attila Borsos, (boarding), 2:38
McG: Ken Morin (roughing), 3:59
McG: Shawn Shewchuk (roughing), 8:02
McG: Steven Pearce (holding), 13:10
McG: Shawn Shewchuk (holding), 18:36
DUN: Adam Hegyi (tripping), 18:43

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. DUN: Akos Kiss (Peter Foltin) 0:49

Penalties -
DUN: Tamas Lencses (tripping) 2:54
DUN: Bench minor (too many men, served by Laszlo Orso) 4:57
McGILL: Chris Churchill-Smith (interference), 8:23
McGILL: Simon Courcelles (illegal equipment), 11:31
McGILL: Sam Bloom (tripping), 18:23
McGILL: Steven Pearce (roughing), 18:23
DUN: Laszlo Jonkl (roughing), 18:23

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
2. McG: Eric L’Italien (Vincent Lambert) 11:39 (SH)
3. DUN: Marek Klacansky (Imre Peterdi), 17:58

Penalties -
DUN: Marek Klacansky (hooking) 0:25
McG: Guillaume Demers (charging), 11:26
McG: Ken Morin (tripping), 18:31
McG: Shawn Shewchuk (10-min. misconduct), 18:31

GOALTENDERS
McGill
Jean-Michel Filiatrault (start, ND, 15 SV, 1GA, 31:31)
Mathieu Poitras [L], (7 SV, 1GA, 27:51)
Empty-net (0:38; 0 GA)

Dunaujvaros
Tamas Kiss, [W], (9 SV, 2 GA; 60:00)

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 10 6 15 -- 31
DUN: 13 5 6 -- 24

GOALS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 0 0 1 -- 1
DUN: 0 1 1 -- 2

POWERPLAY CONVERSIONS:
MCG: 0-5 (+1 SHG for)
DUN: 0-9

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
MCG: 11-30.
DUN: 6-12.

Start : 7:00

End : 9:00

Attendance : 900

Referees: Peter Gebei & Vladimir Babic

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
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1. Tamas Kiss, Dunaujvaros
2. Eric L’Italien, McGill
3. Sam Bloom, McGill

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Jake Jarvis
D Erik Stilling (injd)
F Charles Gauthier (injd)

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