Final Results
Jan 18, 08 - 19:00
Redmen 10 - Queen's 1 (webcast live)
Game Report by Earl Zukerman
MONTREAL – Benoit Arsenault, a sophomore centre from Rimouski, Que., tallied
twice and set up three others as No.9-ranked McGill hammered Queen’s 10-1,
before a capacity crowd of 942 in men’s university hockey at McConnell
Arena, Friday.
It marked McGill’s 13th victory in their last 14 league games as they
improved to 14-4-1 (including a shootout loss), while the Golden Gaels evened
their record at 10-10-3.
It was also McGill’s ninth straight win over Queen’s and their 25th
in the last 27 confrontations in a series that dates back to 1895, the fourth-longest
rivalry hockey history. It marked the team’s highest goal total against
Queen’s since a 14-0 victory, Oct. 19, 1996.
McGill, which outshot the Gaels 38-16, including a 16-5 margin in the third
period, led 4-1 after the opening period and had a commanding 7-1 lead after
two.
Guillaume Doucet, a freshman from Montreal, had a four-point night, including
the game’s first two goals, scored just nine seconds apart. It marked the
seventh time in McGill history that a player had scored twice in less than 10
seconds. The school record for the fastest two goals by the same player is five
seconds by Tom Morse, who accomplished that feat against the Toronto Varsity
Blues, Feb. 15, 1936.
Other McGill marksmen included All-Canadian defenceman David Urquhart of Thorold,
Ont., senior Eric L’Italien of Ste. Foy, Que., Sam Bloom of Toronto, and
freshman Simon Courcelles of Rosemere, who netted his team-leading 14th goal
in 18 games.
Bloom, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound junior right winger, was taken off the ice on
a stretcher midway through the second period after being slew-footed by Queen’s
rookie rearguard Mike Bushby and knocked unconscious. Bushby received a rare
tripping major and game misconduct penalty on the play. Bloom, who has six goals
and 20 points in 19 games, recovered in the arena clinic but was unable to return
to the ice and is expected to miss the next two or three games.
Jeff Ovens from King City, Ont., scored the lone goal for Queen’s late
in the first stanza. Goaltender Brady Morrison started and took the loss. He
was beaten six times on 25 shots in 23:51 and was replaced by Ryan Gibb, who
saved just nine of 13 shots.
McGill netminder Jean-Michel Filiatrault, a junior from Laval, Que., registered
15 saves for the win and evened his record at 2-2-0.
Only 10 games remain before playoffs and the Redmen (14-4-1) sit second in
the OUA Far East, four points behind UQTR (16-4-1), with two games in hand.
McGill plays at Concordia (9-10-1) on Saturday afternoon (2 pm) and travels
to UQTR on Jan. 23.
REDMEN RAP: In a bizarre game that seemed to feature everything but the kitchen
sink, one of the linesmen was shaken up in an accidental collision and McGill
head coach Martin Raymond was clipped by an errant shot and had to leave the
bench late in the middle period to receive four stitches…The Redmen special
teams continued to shine, going 4-for-7 on the power play and killing off all
seven manpower disadvantages. McGill owns the second-best PP in the 18-team
OUA, scoring on 25.7 per cent of their chances (36 of 140). The Redmen have
scored 36 of their 81 goals on the power play, in addition to a pair of shorthanded
markers… McGill continues to have the best penalty-killing unit in the
league, snuffing out 112 of 124 situations for a 90.3 kill rate…The event
was webcast live for the second straight contest, and will be archived in the
near future through a link on the McGill Athletics website (www.athletics.mcgill.ca).
SCORING SUMMARY
Queen’s 1 at McGill 10
- Jan 18, 2008 -
FIRST PERIOD
Scoring -
1. McGill, G. Doucet (5) (E. Vossen, B. Arsenault) 7:29
2. McGill, G. Doucet (6) (B. Arsenault) 7:38
3. McGill, B. Arsenault (4) (G. Doucet) 10:53
4. McGill, D. Urquhart (2) (G. Demers, G. Doucet) 16:33 PP
5. Queen’s, J. Ovens (10) (J. Lawrence, R. Catallo) 17:42
Penalties -
QNS: C. McCullough (inter. on goaltender) 15:34,
QNS: B. Heersink (roughing) 19:56
SECOND PERIOD
Scoring -
6. McGill, S. Bloom (6) (S. Courcelles, S. Shewchuk) 1:59
7. McGill, M. Leclerc (2) (D. Urquhart, L. Verrilli) 13:17 PP
8. McGill, E. Vossen (2) (S. Pearce, B. Arsenault) 14:44
Penalties -
MCG: S. Courcelles (slashing) 5:35,
QNS: M. Bushby (holding) 6:11,
MCG: D. Urquhart (hooking) 7:23,
QNS: M. Bushby (tripping, game misconduct) 8:42,
QNS: B. Pronk (roughing) 8:42,
MCG: S. Shewchuk (roughing) 8:42,
QNS: M. Brisebois (roughing) 15:33,
MCG: L. Allaire (roughing) 15:38,
QNS: B. Burke (roughing) 15:56,
QNS: B. Heersink (roughing) 15:56,
MCG: B. Gazdic (roughing) 15:56,
MCG: L. Verrilli (roughing) 15:56,
MCG: L. Allaire (roughing) 17:46,
MCG: K. Morin (elbowing) 19:53
THIRD PERIOD
Scoring -
9. McGill, S. Courcelles (14) (S. Shewchuk) 2:16
10. McGill, E. L’Italien (6) (G. Demers, B. Gazdic) 11:15 PP
11. McGill, B. Arsenault (5) (Y. Turcotte) 12:05 PP
Penalties -
MCG: Y. Turcotte (roughing) 6:03,
QNS: J. Ovens (slashing) 10:04,
QNS: M. Halcro (tripping) 10:51,
MCG: Y. Turcotte (interference) 12:28
SHOTS BY PERIOD:
Queen’s: 6 5 5 -- 16
McGill: 10 12 16 -- 38
GOALS BY PERIOD:
Queen’s: 1 0 0 -- 1
McGill: 4 3 3 -- 10
POWER PLAYS (Goals / Chances):
Queen’s: 0-7.
McGill: 4-7.
GOALTENDERS:
Queen’s
Morrison [L] 2-8-0 Start, 36:09 SV: 19 GA: 6
Gibb; entered game at 10:53 of first period, left game at 14:44 of the second
period; Mins: 23:51, SV: 9, GA: 4
McGill
Filiatrault [W] 2-2-0; 60:00, SV: 15, GA: 1
Start : 7:00 PM
End : 9:45 PM
Attendance : 942
Referee: Gavin White
MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Guillaume Doucet, McGill
2. David Urquhart, McGill
3. Benoit Arsenault, McGill
McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: Mathieu Poitras (dressed but DNP)
G: Jake Jarvis
D: Erik Stilling (shoulder injury)
F: Charles Gauthier
F: Jeremy Burgess
F: Simon Marcotte
F: Vincent Lambert (serving 1-game suspension)
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Redmen put wood to Golden Gaels Jan 19, 08 Ice Hockey (M)
By RANDY PHILLIPS, The Gazette
Redmen put wood to Golden Gaels
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Lopsided rivalry Doucet, Arsenault each score twice
By RANDY PHILLIPS
(reprinted from The Gazette)
The Queen's Golden Gaels rolled into McConnell Arena last night to face the
McGill Redmen in another installment of the fourth-longest rivalry in hockey
history, one dating to 1895.
Could a new rivalry involving U.S.-based teams like Clarkson, Yale and Vermont,
be in the cards for McGill with Canadian universities now allowed to join the
NCAA? McGill head coach Martin Raymond said it's an unlikely scenario, but he
stopped short of saying it would never happen.
"There would be certain disadvantages, maybe more than advantages,"
Raymond said of the possibility of joining the NCAA before the ninth-ranked
Redmen skated to a resounding 10-1 victory over Queen's to win for the 12th
time in 13 games.
"We no longer could give an opportunity to a major-junior kid who's a
good student. You'd have a situation where a kid can go to your school, but
can't compete for your school." NCAA Division II approved by a vote of
258-9 Monday a 10-year pilot program to accept membership from Canadian Interuniversity
Sport schools, which could compete as early as next season.
Under the program, CIS schools applying to Division II could have teams playing
hockey in Division I because of the absence of hockey in Division II.
McGill, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières and
Concordia would be among at least a dozen CIS hockey-playing schools that would
be competitive in Division I. All three have played against teams in the East
Coast Athletic Conference and Hockey East - two of seven conferences in the
U.S. in which 59 teams play - as part of their non-conference schedules each
season.
McGill has played Yale and Harvard - Ivy League schools in the ECAC - in each
of the last three years, and is 3-3 overall, including a pair of wins over Yale.
"Competitively, it would be fantastic to play Division I teams,"
said Raymond, in his 14th season at McGill. "It's always fun playing against
them. There are a lot of Canadian kids playing down there and with some of their
players being a bit younger, it's always fast-paced and exciting hockey.
I think all three Quebec teams have competed rather well against them."
CIS chief executive officer Marg McGregor said "the NCAA membership decision
has changed the landscape and given CIS cause to reflect." For a team like
McGill, it also would change its dynamic because of the presence of players
in the lineup who previously played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
or other major-junior leagues. Unlike CIS, the NCAA considers major-junior leagues
professional, therefore players would not be eligible to play under NCAA rules.
McGill has 11 former major- junior players on its roster, including rookie
centre Guillaume Doucet of Montreal, whose two goals in a nine-second span early
in the first period and two assists, propelled the Redmen to their 14th win
in 19 games this season.
Benoît Arsenault, who also scored twice, and team captain David Urquhart
had first-period goals to give McGill a 4-0 lead entering the second. McGill's
first three goals on six shots chased Queen's starting goalie Brady Morrison,
who returned after Ryan Gibb came in and gave up three goals on nine shots in
the second period.
McGill centre Sam Bloom, who scored at 1:59 of the second for a 5-1 lead, was
taken from the ice on a stretcher after falling heavily when he was checked
by Mike Bushby, who was ejected. Bloom wasn't seriously injured.
Mathieu Leclerc, Evan Vossen, Simon Courcelles, and éric L'Italien also
scored for McGill. Jeff Ovens had the Queen's goal.
rphillips@ thegazette.canwest.com
© The Gazette (Montreal) 2008
