Redmen Ice Hockey at *UBC (Away)
Won * 6-4 at UBC
Father David Bauer Arena (@ Vancouver)
Doucet's hat and Redmen special teams sink T-Birds
Jan. 2, 2010
VANCOUVER - Senior Guillaume Doucet of Anjou, Que., scored a hat-trick and
the No. 5-ranked McGill Redmen's potent offensive attack was on full display
Saturday night as they dispatched the UBC Thunderbirds 6-4 in a non-conference
men's hockey game at Father Bauer Arena.
McGill, which leads the nation in scoring, tallied four of their six markers
on special teams with another goal coming just seconds after UBC had killed
off a power play.
Doucet, who leads the Redmen with 24 goals in 24 games, made it 2-0 at 14:18
of the first period and potted a pair in the first eight minutes of the final
period to give McGill a 5-3 lead. His third goal, a nifty bit of work in close
on a rebound, counted as the game-winner for the Redmen who are now 17-6-1 overall
and 1-2-0 on their Canada West holiday trip that saw them lose a pair of one-goal
games, both in the dying seconds, to the No.2-ranked Alberta Golden Bears last
weekend.
Clayton Bauer had a pair for the Thunderbirds with teammates Craig Lineker
and Jordan Inglis also finding the back of the net.
Lineker tied the game 3-3 at the 1:03 mark of the final period as his slapshot
deflected off McGill goalie Hunter Shaw's glove and into the net, bringing UBC
all the way back from a 3-0 deficit.
The Redmen responded just over two minutes later with Doucet tallying his second
of the game on the power play. He added another four minutes later and then
sophomore rearguard Marc-Andre Dorion of St. Hubert, Que., provided an insurance
marker at 12:08 to make it 6-3.
Bauer added his second of the game with 1:50 to play, banging home a rebound
after a scrum in front of the McGill net, but another three-goal comeback by
UBC was not on the docket, as the Redmen held the hosts off the scoresheet the
rest of the way.
UBC outshot McGill 43-30 but Shaw, a freshman from Penticton, B.C., earned
the victory and improved to 3-1 overall, after making 35 saves. UBC rookie Jordan
White made 24 saves and was saddled with the loss.
McGill had opened the scoring with a pair of power play markers just over 13
minutes into the first period. They took advantage of a pair of T-Bird penalties
on the same shift with defenceman Yan Turcotte scoring his ninth of the campaign
at 13:26, blasting a low point-shot through a forest of legs on a 5-on-3 advantage.
The offensively-gifted Redmen wasted little time adding a second power play
goal as Doucet finished off a nifty tic-tac-toe play just 52 seconds later.
Freshman Jean-Francois Boisvert of Mirabel, Que., made it 3-0 early in the
middle period with his second shorthanded marker of the season. He stole the
puck at the Redmen blueline on the penalty kill and went 120 feet untouched
before beating White at 3:33.
Inglis put the T-Birds on the scoreboard just over five minutes later, wristing
home a shot from the right face-off circle after some sustained pressure by
the T-Birds.
Bauer narrowed the gap to 3-2 with a great individual effort at 14:34 of the
middle period. The 6-foot-1 forward knocked down a McGill clearing attempt in
the neutral zone and carried the puck into the Redmen zone before firing a wrist-shot
from the left boards which beat Shaw high on the glove side.
McGill went 3-for-7 on the power play while UBC was 0-for-4 and coughed up
a shorthanded effort. The two teams combined for 19 penalties and 54 minutes
in a fast and physical game.
The two schools meet again Sunday afternoon at Father Bauer Arena. Puck drop
is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
REDMEN RAP: Alternate captain Evan Vossen had three assists in the game and
now has a career-best 12-20-32 record in 24 games... It was the first meeting
in 11 years between McGill and UBC and marked McGill's first-ever win over UBC
as the Redmen improved to 1-3 lifetime against the T-Birds... The Redmen are
now 4-15-2 lifetime against Canada West squads... McGill penalty-killing unit
has scored eight shorthanded goals in 24 contests overall, three shy of the
single-season school record...
SOURCE:
Ben Schach (UBC) and Earl Zukerman (McGill)
SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 6 at UBC 4
(Jan 2, 2010 - Father Bauer Arena)
1st Period-
1, McGill, Yan Turcotte 9 (Morse, Verreault-Paul), 13:26 (pp).
2, McGill, Guillaume Doucet 22 (Rioux, Vossen), 14:18 (pp).
Penalties-
Longpre-Poirier Mcg (holding), 9:53;
Inglis UBC (elbowing), 9:53;
Ruel UBC (hooking), 12:41;
Schneider UBC (tripping), 12:41.
2nd Period-
3, McGill, Jean-Francois Boisvert 7 (unassisted) 3:33 (sh).
4, UBC, Jordan Inglis 1 (Hamilton, Wasden), 8:54.
5, UBC, Clayton Bauer 1 (unassisted) 14:34.
Penalties-
Turcotte Mcg (holding, roughing), 0:48;
Rioux Mcg (hooking), 15:44;
Schneider UBC (high sticking), 16:40;
Flatters UBC (cross checking), 18:39.
3rd Period-
6, UBC, Craig Lineker 1 (Wasden, Kakoske), 1:04.
7, McGill, Guillaume Doucet 23 (Vossen), 3:29 (pp).
8, McGill, Guillaume Doucet 24 (Vossen, Marcotte-Legare), 7:31.
9, McGill, Marc-Andre Dorion 5 (Tindle, Langelier-Parent), 12:08.
10, UBC, Clayton Bauer 2 (Schneider), 18:10.
Penalties-
Hamilton UBC (elbowing), 1:37;
Ruel UBC (tripping), 10:01;
Turcotte Mcg (double roughing minors, 10-minute misconduct), 14:03;
Grassi UBC (roughing), 14:03;
Sonne UBC (roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 14:03;
Pepe UBC (kneeing), 14:37;
Gazdic Mcg (hooking), 15:30.
GOALS BY PERIOD
McGill 2-1-3 -- 6
UBC 0-2-2 -- 4
Shots on Goal-
McGill 8-9-13 -- 30.
UBC 11-18-14 -- 43.
Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 3 of 7;
UBC 0 of 4 (plus one SHG against).
Goalies-
McGill, Hunter Shaw (W, 3-1-0, 43 shots-39 saves; 20:00).
UBC, Jordan White (L, 30 shots-24 saves; 19:23);
UBC, Empty-net (0 goals; 1:37).
Attendance-125
Referee-Colby Smith.
Start: 7:37 PM
End: 9:42 PM
Length: 2:05
MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1. Guillaume Doucet, NcGill
2. Evan Vossen, McGill
3. Clayton Bauer, UBC
