Final Results
Feb 15, 08 - 19:00

Redmen 5 - Carleton (OUA East quarterfinal) 3
OUA East Best-of-three Quarterfinals -- Non-conference Game

Game Report by Earl Zukerman

Lambert locks and loads as Redmen sweep Ravens

OTTAWA – Vincent Lambert, a sophomore from Ste. Therese, Que., scored the game-winner, shorthanded, at 4:40 of the third period as McGill rallied for a 5-3 win over Carleton Friday.

The No.10-ranked Redmen swept the OUA East men’s hockey best-of-three quarterfinal in two straight games.

For the second straight game, the Redmen opened the scoring as defenceman Ken Morin of St. Prosper, Que., scored a power play goal at 3:50 with his second of the playoffs (after not scoring during the regular season).

However, the pesky Ravens, pecked away and took the lead on goals by Tony Manitta of Manotick, Ont., at 12:44 of the first period and Bobby McBride of Claremont, Ont., at 7:22 of the second.

Shawn Shewchuk of Lloydminster, Alta., tied the game at 2-2 four minutes later but the Ravens re-established their lead on Mike Testa’s marker at 14:48.

Toronto native Sam Bloom evened the count at 3-3 for McGill with a deflection on the power play at 17:54 of the middle stanza, which set the stage for Lambert’s heroics early in the third.

The Ottawa-born Testa just missed scoring the tying goal with 2:40 remaining when he rung a howitzer off the far left goalpost from the high slot.

Benoit Arsenault, a sophomore from Rimouski, Que., scored into an empty net with five seconds remaining after taking an unselfish drop pass from rookie Simon Courcelles of Rosemere, Que., who chose to pass the puck from five in front of a yawning cage for his third assist of the game. Courcelles, who captained the Quebec Remparts to the Memorial Cup in 2006, led the Redmen with 16 goals during the regular season.

McGill outshot the Ravens 28-24 as netminder Mathieu Poitras, a senior from Gatineau, Que., made 21 saves for the win.

Doug Jewer of St. John’s, Nfld., started between the pipes for Carleton but was replaced at 17:27 of the opening period after suffering an apparent ankle sprain. He had kicked aside 12 of 13 shots faced before being relieved by understudy Jordan Wakefield, a senior from Spruce Grove, Alta., who was beaten three times on 15 shots and was saddled with the loss.

The Ravens had three players ejected in the game, including Justin Caruana, one of their top snipers, who was chased midway through the second period for checking from behind. After the empty-netter, two more Ravens – Jared Cipparone and Andrew Gibbons -- were ejected by referee Dave Ross and face an automatic suspension that must be served next season.

McGill will open a best-of-three semifinal series against Queen’s in Kingston, Wednesday, at 8:30 p.m. It will mark only the second-ever playoff meeting in a long-standing rivalry that dates back to 1895, the fourth-longest rivalry hockey history. The last time they met in post-season play was 98 years ago and Queen’s skated to an 8-2 victory in a sudden-death affair, held in Ottawa, for the Queen’s Cup championship on March 7, 1910.

McGill swept their two-game series versus the Golden Gaels this year, winning 6-2 in Kingston (Nov. 17) and 10-1 at McConnell Arena (Jan. 18). It marked the team’s highest goal total against Queen’s since a 14-0 victory, Oct. 19, 1996. McGill has won nine straight games over Queen’s and 25 of the last 27 confrontations.

Game 2 of the upcoming series is slated for McConnell Arena on Friday at 7 p.m. If a rubber match is needed, it will be played in Kingston at a date yet to be determined.

REDMEN RAP: McGill won five of six meetings with Carleton this season, outscoring the Ravens 26-12, including an impressive 12-1 margin in the third period… The team bus made an unscheduled pit stop on the way to Ottawa to have one of its windshield wipers repaired. The mechanic on duty needed all of three minutes to make the repair, prompting head coach Martin Raymond to quip “You’re faster than our bus driver!”… The return trip, which normally takes about two hours, was prolonged by almost an hour when the bus got snarled in a traffic jam in the wake of a major accident on Highway 20.

OUA EAST QUARTERFINAL (Game 2)
(McGill wins series 2-0)

McGill 5 at Carleton 3
- Feb 15, 2008 -

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. McGill, Ken Morin (2) (S. Courcelles, S. Bloom) 3:50 (PP)
2. Carleton, Tony Manitta (1) (B. McBride, M. Testa) 12:44

Penalties -
CAR: B. Good (elbowing) 1:51,
McG: Y. Turcotte (roughing) 4:32

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
3. Carleton, Bobby McBride (1) (A. Gibbons, M. Testa) 7:22 PP
4. McGill, Shawn Shewchuk (1) (K. Morin, S. Pearce) 11:46
5. Carleton, Mike Testa (1) (J. Cipparone, B. Beard) 14:48
6. McGill, Sam Bloom (2) (L.S. Allaire, S. Courcelles) 17:54 (PP)

Penalties -
CAR: B. Beard (hooking) 4:10,
McG: G. Doucet (tripping) 6:29,
CAR: J. Caruana (checking from behind minor, game misconduct) 12:11,
McG: Y. Turcotte (roughing dble minor) 15:36,
CAR: F. Walker (roughing) 15:36,
CAR: C. Loikets (hooking) 17:21

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
7. McGill, Vincent Lambert (1) (B. Arsenault) 4:40 (SH)
8. McGill, Benoit Arsenault (1) (L.S. Allaire, S. Courcelles) 19:55 (EN)

Penalties -
McG: Y. Turcotte (high sticking) 3:29,
CAR: J. Cipparone (game misconduct; GM50) 19:55,
CAR: A. Gibbons (game misconduct; GM50) 19:55

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 12 6 9 -- 28
CAR: 9 11 4 -- 24

GOALS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 1 2 2 -- 5
CAR: 1 2 0 – 3

POWER PLAY (Goals / Chances):
McGill 2-4 (+1 SHGF)
Carleton 1-4.

PENALTIES (No./Mins
McGill 4-8 (+1SHG for).
Carleton 7-38.

GOALTENDERS:
McGill
Mathieu Poitras [W] 2-0-0, 60:00, SV: 21, GA: 3

Carleton
Doug Jewer [ND] Start, Mins. Played: 17:27 (injd), SV: 12, GA: 1
Wakefield [L] 0-1-0, on at 17:27 (1st) Mins. Played: 41:41, SV: 11, GA: 3
Empty-net: 0:52, GA: 1

Start : 7:03 PM

End : 9:20 PM

Attendance : 189

Referee: Dave Ross

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Ken Morin, McGill
2. Mike Testa, Carleton
3. Simon Courcelles, McGill

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: Jean-Michel Filiatrault (dressed but DNP)
G: Jake Jarvis
D: Erik Stilling (shoulder)
D: Ben Gazdic
F: Leonard Verilli
F: Charles Gauthier (concussion)
F: Jeremy Burgess

SOURCE
Earl Zukerman
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Dept. of Athletics
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