Final Results
Oct 04, 08 - 19:00

Redmen 2 - Merrimack College 1
Non-conference Game

Box Scores

Game Report by Earl Zukerman

(NOTE: for a PDF version of the complete stats, please click on "BOX SCORES" link above)

NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. – A second-period power play goal by defenceman Ken Morin eventually proved to be the game-winner as McGill skated to a 2-1 victory over Merrimack College in men’s university preseason hockey at North Andover, Mass., Saturday

The Warriors outshot McGill 33-17 but Redmen rookie netminder Hubert Morin of St. Georges de Beauce, Que., made 32 saves for the victory.

Morin, a senior from St. Prosper, Que., converted a pair of crisp passes from Sam Bloom and Simon Marcotte-Legare only 4:49 into the middle stanza to give the Redmen a 2-0 lead over Merrimack, an NCAA Division 1 squad which plays in the 10-team Hockey East conference.

Francis Verreault-Paul, a freshman from Masheteviatsh, Que., had given the Redmen a 1-0 lead in the opening period with his first career goal in his debut as a member of the Redmen. Verreault-Paul, a 5-foot-9, 169-pound centre who had been scratched from the lineup in each of McGill’s first four preseason contests, did not appear to think he would be suiting up for the game. He forgot to pack his No.9 game jersey for the two-day road trip and ended-up wearing No. 30, which belonged to non-dressing netminder Jake Jarvis.

Merrimack, which fell to 0-1-0, tied the score at 1-1 when sophomore Chris Barton of Calgary, connected on a power play midway through the second period. The Warriors are now 1-1-0 lifetime against McGill, having won 3-1 in their only previous meeting, on Oct. 13, 1995.

The Redmen, 2-3-0 overall, will play their final non-conference contest before an expected sell-out crowd at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Sunday at 4 p.m. It will mark McGill’s second lifetime meeting against the Catamounts, who finished third in the Hockey East standings last year. The first matchup was a 3-2 Redmen victory back on Dec. 30, 1978.

McGill opens defence of their Queen’s Cup league title on Oct. 10, when they host the Concordia Stingers at McConnell Arena.

REDMEN RAP: Among the faces in the crowd to see McGill defeat Merrimack were Marc Lajeunesse, Brent Bannerman, Joel Sitak and Chris Hobson, all former teammates of head coach Martin Raymond, when he played for the Red & White from 1986 to 1991.

PRESEASON GAME AT MERRIMACK COLLEGE
(Lawler Arena, North Andover, Mass)

SCORING SUMMARY

FIRST PERIOD
1. McGILL: Francis Verreault-Paul (Alex Picard-Hooper, Ken Morin), 18:04

Penalties:
McG:BENCH (TMM), 0:39
MER: Joe Loprieno (CONTACT TO HEAD), 4:27
MER: Brandon Sadlowski (HOLD), 6:41
McG: Ben Gazdic (X-CHECK), 9:13
MER: Joe Loprieno (INTERFERE), 11:46
McG: Francis Verreault-Paul (ROUGH), 11:46
MER: Joe Cucci (ROUGH), 11:46
McG: M. Langelier-Parent (ROUGH), 11:46
McG: Sam Bloom ()HOOK), 3:11

SECOND PERIOD
2. McGILL: Ken Morin (Sam Bloom, Simon Marcotte), 4:49 (PP)
3. MERRIMACK: Chris Barton (J.C. Robitaille, Justin Bonitatibus), 11:14 (PP)

Penalties:
MER: J.C. Robitaille (HOOK), 3:11
McG: M. Langelier-Parent (HOOK), 5:53
MER: Carter Madison (HOOK), 8:59
McG: BENCH (TMM), 9:46
MER: Joe Cannata (ROUGH), 14:53
McG: Francis Verreault-Paul (ROUGH), 14:53
McG: Len Verrilli (HOOK), 19:57

THIRD PERIOD
(no scoring)

Penalties:
MER: Chris Barton (HOOK), 4:39
McG: Alex Picard-Hooper (HOK), 9:15
McG: Alex Picard-Hooper (TRIP), 14:38

POWER PLAYS:
McG: 1/5
MER: 1/8

PENALTIES:
McG: 11/22
MER: 8/16

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
McG: 7 -- 3 -- 7 --- 17
MER: 9 -- 12-- 12-- 33

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McG: 1 -- 1 -- 0 --- 2
MER: 0 -- 1-- 0 --- 1

GOALTENDERS
McG:
Hubert Morin (W, 1GA, 32 saves, 60:00)

MER:
Andrew Braithwaite (start, L; 2GA, 6 saves, 28:59)
Joe Cannata (ND, 0GA, 9 saves, 29:37)
Empty-net (0GA, 1:24)

Molson Cup THREE STARS

1. Hubert Morin, McGill
2. Marc-Andre Dorion, McGill
3. Francis-Paul Verreault, McGill

ATTENDANCE: 240

TIME OF GAME: 2:10

REFEREES (2-man system):
J. BUNYON
C. FEDERICO

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McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: *Danny Mireault
G: Jake Jarvis (dressed but DNP)
D: *Spencer Brennan
D: Erik Stilling (shoulder)
F: Mark-Andre Daneau
F: Benoit Arsenault (eye injury)
F: Marko Kovacevic

*freshman