Jan. 20, 2012 - 7:00 PM
Redmen Hockey vs Carleton (Winter Carnival Game; Home)
Won 1-0 (OTS) vs Carleton
McConnell Arena .
Picard-Hooper scores shootout winner as Redmen roll Ravens before capacity crowd
in Carnival contest
MONTREAL - Alex Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., scored the only goal in
a post-overtime shootout to give No.2-ranked McGill a hard-fought 1-0 victory
over the visiting Carleton Ravens before a raucous capacity crowd of 1,039 in
men's university hockey at McConnell Arena, Friday.
It marked the 10th consecutive year that the Redmen prevailed in their annual
faculty of management Winter Carnival game. As such, it was fitting that Picard-Hooper,
a management senior, would tally the game-winner, although it doesn't officially
count, as it occurred in the shootout.
"I wasn't thinking about anything specific on the play other than to look
for a small hole to shoot at," said Picard-Hooper, who was voted CIS player
of the year last season. "I found a spot to aim for, took my shot and it
went well. The crowd was great for us and it was fun to win it for them."
Netminder Hubert Morin of St. Georges de Beauce, Que., celebrated his 100th
career game with the Redmen by registering a 32-save shutout, improving to 9-3
on the season. It was the league-leading third whitewash of the season for Morin,
who bounced back in fine fashion after a sub-par performance in a 4-3 loss at
Toronto last week. He now tops all OUA goalies with a stingy 1.97 goals-against
average, to go along with a stellar .923 save percentage. The civil engineering
senior owns a lifetime 68-25-2 overall record with eight shutouts since he joined
the Redmen in 2008.
Carleton, which had a 32-25 edge in shots, kept the potent Redmen offence at
bay, largely with the help of 21 blocked shots buttressed by a solid performance
between the pipes from goaltender Matthew Dopud. The 5-foot-9, 200-pound native
of Pte. Claire, Que., stopped all 24 shots faced but was finally beaten during
the shootout as his record dropped to 7-9.
"It was a big team effort in front of an outstanding crowd," said
McGill head coach Kelly Nobes. "It was a solid 65-minute effort and obviously
Morin was a big part of it. We created a lot of offensive opportunities with
good cycles and our D-men did a good job of keeping pucks alive in the offensive
zone. But we needed to do a better job of getting pucks to the net and I think
that was reflected by our low shot total and by how many shots Carleton blocked."
The Redmen were 0-for-3 with the man-advantage and killed off the lone Ravens
power-play opportunity. The McGill penalty-killing unit has now successfully
snuffed out 20 consecutive shorthanded situations since they were last beaten
on Jan. 7 (by Ryerson). McGill is now ranked third in the league with an 86.8
PK success rate (killing of 92 of 106 PP chances).
Carleton, which sits fourth in the OUA East with an 11-7-3 record, plays at
Concordia (11-9-2) on Saturday at 2 p.m.
McGill, which leads the OUA East with a 17-2-2 mark, needs one more victory
to clinch a playoff berth for the eighth consecutive year. They will have to
wait a week until their next game, however, when they host the Ottawa Gee-Gees
on Jan. 27.
REDMEN RAP: It was the lowest offensive output in a McGill game since a 1-0
overtime victory over UQTR on Oct. 14, 2006... The victory came a year and a
day after McGill's last win over Carleton (a 4-3 win on home ice, Jan. 19, 2011),
snapping a two-game losing streak to the Ravens. It also improved McGill's all-time
series record between the rivals to 19-14-1.
SCORING SUMMARY
Carleton 0 at McGill 1 (OTS)
(Friday, January 20, 2012 - McConnell Arena)
GOALS BY PERIOD:
Carleton 0-0-0-0-0 -- 0
McGill 0-0-0-0 -1 -- 1
1st Period-
(no scoring)
Penalties-
Barrett Carl (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 2:58;
Daneau Mcg (charging), 8:45;
Taylor Carl (hooking), 17:32.
2nd Period-
(no scoring)
Penalties-
Stanisz Carl (slashing), 2:44;
Boudeau-Mifflen Carl (slashing), 14:47;
Verreault-Paul Mcg (slashing), 14:47;
Taylor Carl (roughing), 16:49;
Biniek Mcg (cross checking), 16:49.
3rd Period-
(no scoring)
Penalties-
Dopud Carl (roughing), 4:26;
Verreault-Paul Mcg (interference), 4:26.
OT Period (5 mins., sudden-death, 4-on-4)
(no scoring)
Penalties-
(none)
Shootout -
Carleton 0 (Brandon MacLean NG, Andrew Glass NG, Joey Manley NG),
McGill 1 (Francis Verreault-Paul NG, Keven Dupont NG, Alex Picard-Hooper GOAL).
Shots on Goal-
Carleton 8-11-12-1-0 -- 32.
McGill 6-9-7-2-1 -- 25.
Power Play Opportunities-
Carleton 0 / 1;
McGill 0 / 3.
Penalties-
Carleton 7 / 22;
McGill 4 / 8.
Goalies-
Carleton, Mathew Dopud (L, 7-9, 24 shots-24 saves, SHO, 65:00).
McGill, Hubert Morin (W, 9-3-0, 32 shots-32 saves; SHO; 65:00).
Attendance: 1,039
Start: 7:01 PM
End: 9:30 PM
Length: 2:29
Referee-Dominic Franc.
Linesmen-Jeremy Noreau, Alexandre Dubuc.
MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
1. MCG - 9 Alex Picard-Hooper
2. MCG - 1 Hubert Morin
3. CARL - 1 Matthew Dopud
