Redmen wrap up European tour with 4-2 win over UTE Jan 04, 08 Ice Hockey (M)

By Earl Zukerman

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Defenceman Yan Turcotte of Laval, Que., and rookie Simon Marcotte of Longueuil, Que., each scored once and set up another as the McGill Redmen defeated Ujpesti Torna Egylet, a pro Hungarian hockey team more commonly known as UTE, 4-2 in Budapest, Friday.

Eric L’Italien of Ste. Foy and Toronto native Ben Gazdic also scored for the Redmen, who finished second of four teams with a 3-1 record at the Vojvodina International Celebration of Hockey Tournament, co-hosted by Serbia and Hungary.

McGill spent much of the game in the penalty box but snuffed out nine of 10 shorthanded situations. Jan Zlocha and Akos Berta each scored for UTE, which held a 30-25 advantage in shots.

Jean-Michel Filiatrault, making his first start since suffering a knee injury on Oct. 19, made 28 saves for the win.

GAME NOTES: For the second straight day, both head coaches agreed to have a shootout after the game, regardless of the result… It took eight shots before UTE finally won the shootout 1-0 on a goal by Daniel Mracka… McGill players who participated in the shootout but failed to score included Guillaume Doucet, Vincent Lambert, Ken Morin and Chris Churchill-Smith.

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 4 at UTE (Hungary) 2
- Jan. 4, 2008 -

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. McG: Eric L’Italien (Vincent Lambert) 5:10
2. McG: Yan Turcotte (Simon Marcotte, Jeremy Burgess) 7:34

Penalties -
McG: Jeremy Burgess (delay of game), 7:43
McG: Steven Pearce (delay of game), 8:51
McG: Vincent Lambert (hook), 10:07
McG: David Urquhart (board), 17:19
McG: Yan Turcotte (slash), 19:39
McG: Simon Courcelles (10-min. misconduct), 19:39

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
3. McG: Ben Gazdic (Mathieu Leclerc, Len Verrilli) 2:29
4. UTE: Jan Zlocha (unassisted) 15:04 (PP)
5. McG: Simon Marcotte (Yan Turcotte, Mathieu Leclerc) 16:06

Penalties -
UTE: Attila Rafaj (roughing dble minor), 7:50
UTE: Daniel Rencz (roughing dble minor), 7:50
McG: Guillaume Doucet (roughing dble minor), 7:50
McG: Steven Pearce (kneeing major, misconduct), 7:50
McG: Ken Morin (closing hand on puck), 8:58
UTE: Akos Berta (elbow), 10:55
McG: Dave Urquhart (rough), 13:36
UTE: Uri Mocek (rough), 16:54
McG: Shawn Shewchuk (slashing major, 10-min. misconduct), 17:55

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
6. UTE: Akos Berta (Dal Rencz), 14:28

Penalties -
McG: Guillaume Doucet (trip), 5:56
UTE: Juraj Senko (hold), 9:42
UTE: Akos Berta (trip), 10:49
McG: Guillaume Doucet (trip), 11:27
UTE: Akos Berta (elbow), 17:37

GOALTENDERS
McGill
Jean-Michel Filiatrault (W, 28 SV, 2GA, 60:00)

UTE
Kamil Gonda (L, 21 SV, 4 GA; 60:00)

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 6 11 8 -- 25
UTE : 10 7 13 -- 30

GOALS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 2 2 0 -- 4
UTE: 0 1 1 -- 2

POWERPLAY CONVERSIONS:
MCG: 0-5
UTE: 1-10

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
MCG: 16-62.
UTE: 9-18.

Start : 6:40

End : 8:54

Attendance : 450

Referees: Gergely Kincse & Gyorgy Halassy

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
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1. Yan Turcotte, McGill
2. Mathieu Leclerc, McGill
3. Simon Marcotte, McGill

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Mathieu Poitras
G: Jake Jarvis (dressed but DNP)
D Erik Stilling (injd)
F Charles Gauthier (injd)

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