Final Results
Feb 01, 08 - 19:00
Redmen 3 - RMC 2
Game Report by Earl Zukerman
MONTREAL – Centre Mathieu Leclerc, a fifth-year senior from Quebec City,
tallied his second power play goal of the game, at 15:44 of the final period
as No.10-ranked McGill rallied for a 3-2 victory over Royal Military College
at McConnell Arena, Friday.
The win avenged a 2-1 loss in Kingston the previous week and evened rookie
RMC coach Adam Shell’s record at 1-1 against the team he previously played
for and served with as an assistant coach.
Trailing 2-1 midway through the final period, rookie centre Simon Courcelles
of Rosemere, Que., tied the game on a power play at 10:14 with his team-leading
16th goal, setting the stage for Leclerc’s heroics.
Leclerc, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound centre who sat out the entire first semester
with a broken hand suffered in training camp, has five goals and one assist
in nine games.
After Leclerc had given McGill a 1-0 lead midway through the opening period,
Tyler Spice (17:51) and Paul Bradley replied to give the Paladins a 2-1 lead
by the 6:02 mark of the third stanza.
Third-year netminder Jean-Michel Filiatrault of Laval, Que., made 27 saves
for the win as McGill outshot RMC 39-29. He evened his record at 3-3-0 this
year and is 15-5-3 lifetime in OUA play.
Adam Briggs had a strong game for RMC but took the loss and saw his record
fall to 6-9-0.
The Redmen (17-7-1) will host Ottawa (12-11-2), at McConnell Arena, Saturday
(7 p.m.), while RMC, which dropped to 10-14-2, will host Toronto.
Elsewhere in the OUA, Friday, Ottawa defeated Concordia 3-1, UQTR bombed visiting
Carleton 7-1, Brock blanked UOIT 5-0 and Lakehead edged Laurier 3-2.
REDMEN RAP: The McGill power play went 3-for-9, while their penalty-killing
unit snuffed out all 10 RMC man-advantage situations…The Redmen lead the
18-team league with a 90.2 success rate on the PK (147 of 163)… They also
have the third-best power play in the league at 22.5 per cent (40 for 178)…
Of McGill’s 96 goals scored, 46.9 per cent of them have come on special
teams (40 PPG, 5 SHG).
SCORING SUMMARY
RMC 2 at McGill 3
- Feb 1, 2008 -
FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. McGill, Mathieu Leclerc (4) (L. Allaire, E. L’Italien) 10:31 (PP)
2. RMC, Tyler Spice (1) (R. Lim, L. Pierce) 17:51
Penalties -
MCG: V. Lambert (high sticking) 3:40,
MCG: S. Courcelles (interference) 8:03,
RMC: M. Soros (interference) 9:55,
RMC: L. Pierce (kneeing) 11:44
SECOND PERIOD:
(no scoring)
Penalties -
RMC: M. Fetzner (holding) 2:44,
MCG: Y. Turcotte (cross checking) 4:06,
MCG: D. Urquhart (roughing) 8:34,
RMC: P. Bradley (holding) 10:13,
RMC: M. Fetzner (high sticking) 10:34
THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
3. RMC, Paul Bradley (17) (I. Miller) 6:02
4. McGill, Simon Courcelles (16) (L.S. Allaire, S. Shewchuk) 10:14 (PP)
5. McGill, Mathieu Leclerc (5) (D. Urquhart, L. Allaire) 15:44 (PP)
Penalties -
MCG: M. Leclerc (high sticking) 2:38,
MCG: C. Churchill-Smith (high sticking dble. minor) 4:28,
RMC: J. Oke (interference) 5:07,
RMC: D. Fetzner (slashing) 6:31,
RMC: I. Miller (hooking) 9:49,
RMC: R. Srutek (cross checking) 15:34,
MCG: D. Urquhart (interference) 15:56,
RMC: P. Bradley (10-min. misconduct) 17:24,
RMC: M. Soros (checking from behind minor, game misconduct) 17:24,
RMC: R. Srutek (roughing) 19:10,
RMC: R. Lim (10-min. misconduct) 19:59,
MCG: S. Bloom (roughing) 19:59
SHOTS BY PERIOD:
RMC: 10 5 14 -- 29
MCG: 13 13 13 -- 39
GOALS BY PERIOD:
RMC: 1 0 1 -- 2
MCG: 1 0 2 -- 3
POWER PLAY (Goals-Chances):
RMC 0-9.
McGill 3-10.
PENALTIES (No.-Mins):
RMC: 14-52
MCG: 9-18
GOALTENDERS:
RMC
Adam Briggs [L] 6-9-0 Min: 60:00, SV: 36, GA: 3
McGill
Jean-Michel Filiatrault [W] 3-3-0, 60:00, SV: 27, GA: 2
Start : 7:00 PM
End : 9:32 PM
Attendance : 473
Referee:
MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Mathieu Leclerc, McGill
2. Adam Briggs, RMC
3. Jean-Michel Filiatrault, McGill
McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: Mathieu Poitras (dressed but DNP)
G: Jake Jarvis
D: Erik Stilling (shoulder)
F: Lenoard Verrilli (suspended)
F: Charles Gauthier (concussion)
F: Simon Marcotte
