Final Results
Mar 21, 08 - 18:00
Redmen 3 - Alberta (at CIS Cavendish University Cup) 7
CIS Cavendish University Cup (@ Moncton) -- Non-conference Game
Game Report by Earl Zukerman & Michel Bélanger
(VERSION FRANCAIS CI-DESSOUS)
Game 4: 2008 CIS men’s hockey University Cup
McDonald nets hat as No.2-Bears maul Redmen
MONCTON (CIS) – Guillaume Demers of Baie Comeau, Que., tallied twice and
was named named as McGill’s player of the game, but that wasn’t enough
as the second-seeded Alberta Golden Bears mauled McGill 7-3 on Day 2 of the
CIS men’s hockey championships in Moncton, Friday.
Full details available at the Cavendish University Cup web site: cisport.ca/e/championships/m_hockey/2008
The result all but eliminated the third-ranked Redmen (0-1) from advancing
to Sunday night’s gold-medal game, slated for 8 p.m. Atlantic (live on
Rogers Sportsnet). The Bears (1-1), who dropped their Thursday opener 2-1 in
overtime to No.6-Moncton, will have to sit back and hope for McGill to defeat
the Aigles Bleus (by seven goals or less) on Saturday night. A win by the host
team would put them in the national final for the second straight year. They
lost the 2007 title match 3-2 in overtime to UNB.
Demers put Alberta on their heels when he scored only 37 seconds into the game
but the Bears clawed back when Ian McDonald, a sophomore centre, evened the
score at the nine-minute mark with his first of three goals. He gave Alberta
a 4-2 lead with what proved to be the game-winner at 16:00 of the middle stanza
and put the game out of reach at 6-2 with his third marker mid-way through the
final frame.
“We all know McGill will have to do us a favour (Saturday), said McDonald,
who earned game MVP honours for the Bears. “We talked about it in the room
after the game, we’re not sure if we want to come watch the game live,
watch it on TV or even watch it at all. It’s never good when you have to
cheer for a team to win one for you, you want to control your own destiny.”
Alberta dominated the contest from start to finish, outshooting the Redmen
50-24, including a 17-2 margin by the 14-minute mark of the first period.
“We played a very good team that played its best hockey tonight,”
said a disappointed Martin Raymond, in his 13th season as head coach at McGill.
“Give them credit, they came out hard, we expected that. Unfortunately,
we didn’t play our best defensive game and against a team like Alberta,
they’re gonna make you pay.”
Senior Ben Kilgour of Leduc, Alta., broke McGill’s back with his goal
that put Alberta ahead 5-2 at 17 :08 of the second period, only 68 seconds after
McDonald’s second marker.
The Redmen spent much of the night in the penalty box and Alberta took advantage,
going 3-for-12 on the power play. McGill went 2-for-9, including a third-period
goal by senior Shawn Shewchuk of Lloydminster, Alta., which brought the Redmen
to within 6-3 and just over eight minutes remaining.
Jesse Gimblett of Newtonville, Ont., added a goal and two assists, while defenceman
Harlan Anderson, the Canada West MVP from Vernon, B.C., also contributed three
assists. Rounding out the Alberta scoring was rookie Jason Fransoo of North
Battleford, Sask., and Dylan Stanley of Edmonton.
“I’m proud of our guys,” said Bears coach Eric Thurston. “McGill
scored early but it didn’t seem to bother us at all. We followed our game
plan. We did all we could do after a tough loss to a very good team last night,
and now all we can do is hope for the best.”
It was the first post-season loss for McGill goaltender Mathieu Poitras, a
senior from Gatineau, Que., who had compiled a school-record seven straight
playoff wins, allowing only eight goals along the way.
Aaron Sorochan, also from Edmonton, made 21 saves to earn the victory for Alberta.
“This tournament is not over,” said Raymond. “(Saturday), we’ll
play for pride, not only for us, but for our conference. The OUA has been outscored
17-5 in three games this week, we’re very upset about that.”
SCORING SUMMARY
Alberta 7, McGill 3
FIRST PERIOD
SCORING:
1. McG Guillaume Demers (1) (Éric L’Italien), 0:37
2. ALB Ian McDonald (1) (Jason Fransoo, Harlan Anderson), 8:58
PENALTIES:
Éric L’Italien (McG) boarding, 3:13;
Yan Turcotte (McG) roughing after whistle, 12:17;
Ryan Stempfle (ALB) tripping, 16:11;
Shawn Shewchuk (McG) hooking, 16:54;
David Urquhart (McG) high-sticking, 19:11.
SECOND PERIOD
SCORING:
3. ALB Jesse Gimblett (1) (Derek Ryan, Harlan Anderson), 0:27 PP
4. ALB Jason Fransoo (1) (Harlan Anderson), 1:27 PP
5. McG Guillaume Demers (2) (Ken Morin, David Urquhart), 5:14 PP
6. ALB Ian McDonald (2) (Kyle Fecho, Jesse Gimblett), 16:00
7. ALB Ben Kilgour (1) (Derek Ryan, Jesse Gimblett), 17:08
PENALTIES:
Sam Bloom (McG) roughing, 1:05;
Brian Woolger (ALB) goaltender interference, 2:59;
Kyle Fecho (ALB) cross-checking, 4:11;
Simon Courcelles (McG) high-sticking double minor, 7:07;
Ryan Stempfle (ALB) tripping, 10:13;
Bench (McG) too many men, 11:05;
Derek Ryan (ALB) goaltender interference, 11:20;
Dylan Stanley (ALB) holding, 17:41.
THIRD PERIOD
SCORING:
8. ALB Ian McDonald (3) (Tim Krymusa, Chad Klassen), 10:42 PP
9. McG Shawn Shewchuk (1) (Sam Bloom), 11:37 2PP
10. ALB Dylan Stanley (1) (Chad Klassen, Brian Woolger), 15:17
PENALTIES:
Marko Kovacevic (McG) checking from behind minor, game misconduct, 2:06;
Bench (McG) too many men, 5:58;
Yan Turcotte (McG) slashing, 8:05;
Tyler Metcalfe (ALB) hooking, 9:44;
Ryan Stempfle (ALB) slashing, 11:20;
David Urquhart (McG) tripping, 17:20;
Tim Krymusa (ALB) slashing, 19:38.
GOALS (by period)
ALB: 1-4-2:3
McG: 1-1-1:3
SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
ALB: 17-16-17:50
McG: 9-8-7:24
POWER PLAY:
ALB: 3-12
McG: 2-9
GOALTENDERS
ALB – Aaron Sorochan (L, 1-1, 24 shots, 21 saves, 60:00)
McG – Mathieu Poitras (W, 0-1, 50 shots, 43 saves, 60:00)
PLAYERS OF THE GAME:
ALB: Ian McDonald
McG: Guillaume Demers
REFEREE: Devin Kline
LINESMEN: Mac MacPherson, Ben Dupuis
ATTENDANCE: 3,832
SCHEDULE & RESULTS (All times LOCAL: Atlantic Time)
All games video webcast: www.cisport.ca/e/championships/m_hockey/2008
Thursday, March 20
Pool A #1: UNB 6, Brock 1
Pool B #1: Moncton 2, Alberta 1 (OT)
Friday, March 21
Pool A #2: Saskatchewan 4, Brock 1
Pool B #2: Alberta 7, McGill 3
Saturday, March 22
14:00 Pool A #3: No. 4 Saskatchewan vs. No. 1 UNB (Rogers Sportsnet)
20:00 Pool B #3: No. 3 McGill vs. No. 6 Moncton (Rogers Sportsnet)
Sunday, March 23
20:00 Final (Rogers Sportsnet)
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POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE
Match #4: Hockey masculin de SIC Coupe Université 2008
McDonald se charge des Redmen
21 mars 2008
MONCTON (SIC) – Ian McDonald a inscrit un tour du chapeau pour permettre
aux Golden Bears de l’Alberta de demeurer dans la course au titre au championnat
masculin de hockey de Sport interuniversitaire canadien grâce à
un gain de 7-3 aux dépens des Redmen de McGill, vendredi soir, lors du
quatrième match de la Coupe Université Cavendish disputée
au Colisée de Moncton.
Site web du championnat: www.cisport.ca/e/championships/m_hockey/2008
Grâce à cette victoire, les Bears, établis deuxièmes
favoris du tournoi, peuvent toujours espérer remporter les grands honneurs,
malgré un revers de 2-1 en prolongation subi aux mains des Aigles Bleus
de Moncton (No. 6) jeudi.
Alberta doit maintenant espérer que McGill (No. 3) batte Moncton samedi
soir lors du dernier duel préliminaire au sein du Groupe B, et ce par
sept buts ou moins.
Advenant une victoire des Aigles Bleus, ceux-ci passeraient directement à
la finale qui sera disputée dimanche à 20h (heure de l’Atlantique),
eux qui s’étaient inclinés par 3-2 en surtemps face à
UNB lors du match ultime le printemps dernier.
Champions de la conférence Canada-Ouest, les Bears ont dominé
l’affrontement de bout en bout mais ne menaient toujours que par 3-2 tard
en deuxième période lorsque McDonald, un attaquant de deuxième
année originaire d’Edmonton, a inscrit le but victorieux, son deuxième
de la soirée, avec quatre minutes à écouler avant l’entracte.
Ben Kilgour a brisé les reins des Redmen en procurant une priorité
de trois buts aux siens 68 secondes plus tard.
Alberta a dominé par 50-24 au chapitre des tirs au but, bombardant le
cerbère Mathieu Poitras (Gatineau, Qué.) de 17 lancers lors du
premier engagement, 16 en deuxième période et 17 en troisième.
À un certain point au premier vingt, les Bears détenaient une
priorité de 17 tirs contre deux.
Poitras, recrue de l’année de SIC en 2004-2005 et membre de la
première équipe d’étoiles canadiennes il y a deux
ans, n’avait accordé six buts dans une rencontre qu’à
une seule reprise cette saison, soit lors d’un revers de 6-3 aux mains
des Patriotes de l’UQTR le 17 octobre. Le gardien de quatrième année
avait mené les Redmen à un record d’équipe de sept
victoires consécutives lors des séries de l’Ontario (SUO),
n’allouant au passage que huit buts.
« Nous savons que nous devons espérer obtenir une faveur de McGill
samedi. Nous en avons discuté dans le vestiaire après le match,
nous ne sommes pas certains si nous voulons venir voir la partie en personne,
la regarder à la télévision ou même la regarder tout
court, » a commenté McDonald, choisi joueur de la rencontre du
côté des vainqueurs. « Ce n’est jamais une situation
idéale lorsque vous devez espérer qu’une équipe gagne
pour vous, vous préféreriez de loin contrôler votre propre
destinée. »
« Nous avons fait tout ce que nous pouvions dans les circonstances. Nous
ne pouvions en demandez plus à nos joueurs. Maintenant, tout ce que nous
pouvons faire, c’est espérer, » a ajouté l’entraîneur-chef
des Bears, Eric Thurston.
L’attaquant Jesse Gimblett (Newtonville, Ont.), avec un but et deux passes,
et le défenseur Harlan Anderson (Vernon, C.-B.), avec trois mentions
d’aide, ont également récolté trois points dans la
victoire.
La recrue Jason Fransoo (North Battleford, Sask.) et les vétérans
Ben Kilgour (Leduc, Alb.) et Dylan Stanley (Edmonton) ont complété
la marque pour les Bears.
Les ailiers gauches Guillaume Demers (Baie-Comeau, Qué.), avec un doublé,
et Shawn Shewchuk (Lloydminster, Alb.) ont répliqué pour les champions
de la conférence ontarienne.
« Nous avons affronté une excellente équipe qui a joué
son meilleur hockey, a dit le pilote de McGill, Martin Raymond. Malheureusement,
nous n’avons pas disputé notre meilleure partie en défensive
et lorsque cela survient face à une aussi puissante formation, elle va
vous en faire payer le prix. »
Les choses avaient pourtant bien débuté pour McGill, qui a ouvert
la marque dès la 37e seconde de jeu quand Demers, choisi joueur du match
pour les Redmen, a poussé un retour de lancer d’Éric L’Italien
(Ste-Foy, Qué.) derrière le gardien Aaron Sorochan (Edmonton).
Le vent devait cependant tourner rapidement par la suite et Alberta a bourdonné
autour de Poitras sans arrêt jusqu’à ce que McDonald ne nivelle
la marque à 8:58 grâce à un tir du côté du
bloqueur.
Au deuxième engagement, ce fut au tour des Bears de frapper à
la vitesse de l’éclair, Gimblett marquant dès la 27e seconde
à la faveur d’un jeu de puissance, puis Fransoo portant la marque
à 3-1 exactement une minute plus tard.
Demers a réduit l’écart à 3-2 après 5:24 de
jeu lorsque son tir a frappé le patin d’un défenseur albertain
avant de se retrouver au fond du filet, mais les Redmen n’allaient pas
s’approcher davantage.
Alberta a profité de trois de ses 12 supériorités numériques,
alors que McGill marquait deux fois en neuf occasions.
SOMMAIRE
Alberta 7, McGill 3
PREMIÈRE PÉRIODE
BUTS:
1. McG Guillaume Demers (1) (Éric L’Italien), 0:37
2. ALB Ian McDonald (1) (Jason Fransoo, Harlan Anderson), 8:58
PUNITIONS:
Éric L’Italien (McG) chargé, 3:13; Yan Turcotte (McG) rudesse
après sifflet, 12:17; Ryan Stempfle (ALB) trébuché, 16:11;
Shawn Shewchuk (McG) accroché, 16:54; David Urquhart (McG) baton élevé,
19:11.
DEUXIÈME PÉRIODE
BUTS:
3. ALB Jesse Gimblett (1) (Derek Ryan, Harlan Anderson), 0:27 AN
4. ALB Jason Fransoo (1) (Harlan Anderson), 1:27 AN
5. McG Guillaume Demers (2) (Ken Morin, David Urquhart), 5:14 AN
6. ALB Ian McDonald (2) (Kyle Fecho, Jesse Gimblett), 16:00
7. ALB Ben Kilgour (1) (Derek Ryan, Jesse Gimblett), 17:08
PUNITIONS:
Sam Bloom (McG) rudesse, 1:05; Brian Woolger (ALB) interférence contre
gardien, 2:59; Kyle Fecho (ALB) double-échec, 4:11; Simon Courcelles
(McG) double mineure bâton élevé, 7:07; Ryan Stempfle (ALB)
trébuché, 10:13; Banc (McG) trop de joueurs, 11:05; Derek Ryan
(ALB) interférence contre gardien, 11:20; Dylan Stanley (ALB) retenu,
17:41.
TROISIÈME PÉRIODE
BUTS:
8. ALB Ian McDonald (3) (Tim Krymusa, Chad Klassen), 10:42 AN
9. McG Shawn Shewchuk (1) (Sam Bloom), 11:37 2AN
10. ALB Dylan Stanley (1) (Chad Klassen, Brian Woolger), 15:17
PUNITIONS:
Marko Kovacevic (McG) mineure plaqué par derrière, inconduite
de partie, 2:06; Banc (McG) trop de joueurs, 5:58; Yan Turcotte (McG) cinglé,
8:05; Tyler Metcalfe (ALB) accroché, 9:44; Ryan Stempfle (ALB) cinglé,
11:20; David Urquhart (McG) trébuché, 17:20; Tim Krymusa (ALB)
cinglé, 19:38.
BUTS (par période)
ALB: 1-4-2:3
McG: 1-1-1:3
TIRS AU BUT (par période)
ALB: 17-16-17:50
McG: 9-8-7:24
AVANTAGE NUMÉRIQUE:
ALB: 3-12
McG: 2-9
GARDIENS
ALB – Aaron Sorochan (V, 1-1, 24 lancers, 21 arrêts, 60:00)
McG – Mathieu Poitras (D, 0-1, 50 lancers, 43 arrêts, 60:00)
JOUEURS DU MATCH:
ALB: Ian McDonald
McG: Guillaume Demers
ARBITRE: Devin Kline
JUGES DE LIGNE: Mac MacPherson, Ben Dupuis
FOULE: 3,832
HORAIRE & RÉSULTATS (heure de l’Atlantique)
Webdiffusion de tous les matchs: www.cisport.ca/f/championnat/m_hockey/2008
Jeudi 20 mars
Groupe A #1: UNB 6, Brock 1
Groupe B #1: Moncton 2, Alberta 1 (prol.)
Vendredi 21 mars
Groupe A #2: Saskatchewan 4, Brock 1
Groupe B #2: Alberta 7, McGill 3
Samedi 22 mars
14:00 Groupe A #3: No. 4 Saskatchewan vs. No. 1 UNB (Rogers Sportsnet)
20:00 Groupe B #3: No. 3 McGill vs. No. 6 Moncton (Rogers Sportsnet)
Dimanche 23 mars
20:00 Finale (Rogers Sportsnet)
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Bears blast through Redmen Mar 22, 08 Ice Hockey (M)
By The Edmonton Journal
Bears blast through Redmen
Offensive outburst keeps Alberta's CIS final hopes alive
By Chris O'Leary
Special to The Journal
(reprinted from The Edmonton Journal)
MONCTON -- Stuck in a gambling situation, the Golden Bears hockey team rolled
the dice and came up with a seven. Now they've got to hope luck is a lady to
them today.
Ian McDonald led the Bears offensively, scoring a hat trick as Alberta delivered
a sound 7-3 thumping to the McGill Redmen on Friday in Moncton at the Canadian
Interuniversity Sport championships.
If McGill can turn around and beat Moncton today, the Bears should hold the
advantage in goals for and against, which would let them squeak into Sunday's
championship game. If Moncton beats McGill, the Bears' season is over.
Alberta coach Eric Thurston is ready to go as far as to don a McGill jersey
for today's game.
"We're going to be McGill spectators and we're going to go out as coaches
and buy four red jerseys, and ... no, no," he joked. "We're just going
to watch the game."
Thurston said he thinks McGill will rebound from their lopsided loss to the
Bears and pick up a win over the Moncton team that topped the Bears 2-1 in overtime
on Thursday.
"(McGill coach) Martin Raymond is a great coach and he takes a lot of
pride in their program and in their institution," Thurston said.
"They're going to come out and play with no pressure and they're going
to work hard and let the chips fall where they may."
The Bears found themselves trailing early as McGill left-winger Guillaume Demers
snuck a shot past Alberta goaltender Aaron Sorochan just 38 seconds into the
game for his first of two goals on the night. McDonald evened the score at 8:58
of the first period, on a snap shot from the right faceoff circle that flew
past McGill goalie Mathieu Poitras.
"I thought with McGill scoring early, we didn't waver," Thurston
said. "We played a very confident game. Skill is a great thing, but if
it's not brought along with work ethic and determination it doesn't mean anything,
and we did that (Friday)."
Alberta used a four-goal second period outburst to blow what was a 1-1 tie
wide open. Jesse Gimblet, Jason Fransoo, McDonald and Ben Kilgour all scored
to help the Bears take command of the game.
The special teams that were absent on Thursday came roaring back to life in
Friday's game, as the Bears' power-play unit lit the Redmen up for three goals
on 25 tries with the man advantage.
"The key often in these playoffs and Russian roulette tournaments are
your specialty teams," Thurston said.
Dylan Stanley rounded out the Bears scoring, while Shawn Shewchuk scored McGill's
third goal.
In the opposite pool, the Saskatchewan Huskies advanced to play the University
of New Brunswick in today's semifinal, after both teams beat up on the Brock
Badgers in the round robin.
© The Edmonton Journal 2008
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Bears rebound after thrashing McGill Mar 22, 08 Ice Hockey (M)
By JASON HILLS, The Edmonton Sun
PHOTO CREDIT: University of Alberta Golden Bears player Ian McDonald celebrates
his hat-trick goal against McGill Redmen goalie Mathieu Poitras with teammate
Tim Krymusa. (Viktor Pivovarov, Sun Media)
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Bears rebound
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U of A still has shot at title game after thrashing McGill
By JASON HILLS
The Edmonton Sun
SUN MEDIA
MONCTON -- The Alberta Golden Bears beat up on the McGill Redmen 7-3 yesterday.
Now they will sit back and cheer for them.
McGill plays the Moncton Aigles Bleus today and if they beat them, Alberta
could still play for the national title.
Alberta's Ian McDonald scored a hat-trick and captain Harlan Anderson earned
three assists as the Bears kept their national championship chances alive with
the thumping of McGill.
"I have an uncle that went to McGill and I think I am going to have to
call him up and ask him for his McGill Redmen jersey, because I'll be pulling
for them (today)," joked Bears head coach Eric Thurston.
Alberta's potent power play was stymied in their tournament opener against
Moncton, but it was the big difference in their victory over McGill. Alberta
scored three times with the man advantage. Alberta's win puts McGill's tournament
chances of advancing in serious jeopardy. They will need to beat Moncton by
at least seven goals to earn their spot in the championship final set for tomorrow.
If they beat Moncton by less than seven goals, the Bears will be the first ever
team to make it to the championship final after losing their opening game of
the tournament.
"We are wishing and hoping that they can pull off the victory," said
Thurston.
"By losing that first game it took all the control out of our hands and
if we don't advance to (tomorrow's) final it's our own fault.
"There is a lot of pride in that dressing room and I know that McGill
will man up and with a sense of pride tomorrow do what they can to try and get
themselves into the final."
Despite the big Bears' victory, it was McGill who struck for the game's first
goal just 37 seconds in. Guillaume Demers scored his first of two goals. It
was McGill's only lead of the game.
McDonald, who was the victim in the face-off circle that led to the Moncton
overtime winner Thursday, tied it up at the nine-minute mark. That started a
big night for the Bears big centre.
"Ian has a lot of pride as player and a person and he is one of our offensive
leaders," said Thurston.
"He got things going for us in the first period and we played a very good
opening period and that gave us a lot of confidence as we moved forward."
The Bears outshot McGill 17-9 in the first period, but much like their opening
game of the tournament they took control in the second period.
Alberta exploded for four goals. Jesse Gimblett, defenceman Jason Fransoo,
Ben Kilgour and McDonald all scored for the Bears.
Gimblett's goal was just 27 seconds into the period. The Bears have had a knack
for scoring goals early in periods throughout the tournament.
Thurston stressed after the Bears' tournament opening loss to Moncton that
they needed to get more shots on net and his team certainly answered the bell.
They fired 50 shots at goaltender Mathieu Poitras. Any chance they got to make
life miserable on Poitras they did.
"We won a lot of one-on-one battles and we went to the ugly areas to score
goals," said Thurston. "I thought (Jesse) Gimblett's goal and Fransoo's
goal were prime examples on that. Jesse fights off a check and drives straight
to the net and banged in a laser pass from Derek Ryan and Fransoo makes a great
play off the rush and fires the puck on net and it found the back of the net.
It wasn't a hard shot, but it was on net and we didn't have enough of that in
the first game."
McDonald and Dylan Stanley rounded out the scoring for the Bears in the third
period.
