Final Results
Sep 26, 08 - 19:00

Redmen 4 - Laurier 5
Non-conference Game

Game Report by Luke Dotto, Laurier & Earl Zukerman, McGill

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Hawks swoop, Redmen swoon in dying seconds
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WATERLOO -- Mark Voakes of St. Thomas, Ont., netted a hat-trick and Jean-Michel Rizk of Dunham, Que., scored the game-winner with just 28.7 seconds left, as Laurier rallied with three unanswered goals in the final period to defeat the visiting Redmen 5-4 in CIS men’s preseason hockey, Friday.

Rizk streaked down the left wing, cut into the crease and jammed the puck past the McGill keeper.

The game was a showcase for the high-level of skill in CIS hockey and the pace was expedient right from the drop of the puck, with McGill playing fast and precise, Laurier big and strong. The two teams put on a scoring clinic for the 200+ fans, exchanging goal after goal.

McGill fired the opening salvo as the puck was accidentally shoveled in front of the crease and Maxime Langelier-Parent, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound freshman from Levy, Que., made no mistake as he backhanded the puck past Jeff MacDougald of Shallow Lake, Ont., who had no time to react.

Laurier answered soon after, however, as a failed clearing attempt by McGill -- which left both their defencemen caught in the neutral zone -- allowed Rizk to pull the puck down and quickly relay it across the ice to Voakes who fired it in the top-shelf.

McGill defenceman Ben Gadzic, a junior from Toronto, wired a one-timer from the top of the face-off circle into the top corner to give the Redmen a 2-1 lead after the opening period.

Early in the middle stanza, sniper Sam Bloom, also from Toronto, was sprung loose on a breakaway and scored on a nifty forehand-backhand deke on MacDougald.

Voakes scored his second of the game to narrow the gap to 3-2 after two.

In the final period, Redmen rookie Ben Morse, another Toronto native, sniped one in from the slot that dinged off the crossbar to cap the Redmen scoring blitz and make it 4-2 in favour of McGill.

Laurier roared back, answering with a beautiful tip-in as Voakes, alone in the slot, redirected Rizk’s fluttering wrist shot to complete the hat-trick.

Shortly after, Jordan Bonneville of St. Agatha, Ont., snuck a shot through the five-hole from the point, to even the score at 4-4.

McGill, which fell to 1-2-0 in preseason play, will take on the Waterloo Warriors Saturday.

GAME NOTES: Since this game was a preseason tilt, the fans were treated to a pre-arranged shootout after the final whistle had blown. McGill’s Ben Morse netted the only marker as he went blocker side on MacDougald.

SCORING SUMMARY
(preseason game @ Waterloo)

McGill 4 at Laurier 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. McG: Maxime Langelier-Paren (unassisted),
2. WLU: Chad Kennedy (J.M. Rizk),
3. McG: Ben Gadzic (M.A. Dorion),

PENALTIES:
(currently not available)

SECOND PERIOD:
4. McG: Sam Bloom (A. Picard-Hooper),
5. WLU: Mark Voakes (Luke Girard, J.M. Rizk),

PENALTIES:
(currently not available)

THIRD PERIOD
6. McG: Ben Morse (unassisted),
7. WLU: Mark Voakes (C. Williams, J.M. Rizk),
8. WLU: Jordan Bonneville (Luke Girard),
9. WLU: Jean-Michel Rizk (Chad Kennedy, Ryan Bernardi), 19:32

PENALTIES:
(currently not available)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McG: 2-0-1 -- 5
WLU: 1-1-0 -- 3

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
McG: (not available)
WLU: (not available)

POWER PLAY:
McG: (not available)
WLU: (not available)

PENALTIES (No./Mins):
McG: (not available)
WLU: (not available)

GOALTENDERS

WLU:
Jeff MacDougald [W] (4GA, saves unavailable, 60:00)

McG:
Jake Jarvis (start, ND, 2GA, saves unavailable, 29:48)
Replaced by: unknown (L, 3GA, saves unavailable, 30:12)

REFEREE: (not available)

ATTENDANCE: (not available)

TIME: (not available)

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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(currently not available)

*freshman