Carnivorous Redmen eat crows before capacity Carnival crowd
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MONTREAL -- Evan Vossen, a senior from Swift Current, Sask., scored twice and added a helper as No.3-ranked 缅北强奸 rallied for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Carleton Ravens in men's university hockey before a Winter Carnival Weekcapacity crowd of 1,355 at McConnell Arena, Friday.
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It was the largest home crowd for the Redmen since March 5, 2010 when they drew 1,656 to see 缅北强奸 eliminate UQTR 7-4 in the OUA East finals.
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The division-leading Redmen improved to 19-0-2 and clinched a playoff berth for the fifth time in six years. Third-place Carleton fell to 11-6-2.
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The pesky Ravens, who took 1-0 and 2-1 in the opening period, outshot 缅北强奸 by a surprising 41-30 margin, the most shots allowed by the Redmen in their 21 games this season.
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Alex Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., also had a three-point night, improving his CIS-leading points total to 9-38-47 in 21 games overall. The 38 assists matches his season output from last year and is 14 shy of the single-season school record set by George Burnett in 1982-83.
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Vossen, the team captain, set up Ryan McKiernan's goal midway through the first period to tie the score at 1-1, then knotted the score at 2-2 at 14:12 of the middle period. He tallied what proved to be the game-winner with his 14th marker of the season, into an empty net with just 52 seconds remaining in the final stanza to give 缅北强奸 a 5-3 lead.
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"Vossen was outstanding as usual," said Redmen head coach Kelly Nobes. "He is Mr. Consistency, game in, game out; a great two-way player."
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Carleton's Brandon MacLean then replied with his second goal (and third point) of the soiree at 19:57 to make it a close-but-no-cigar finish.
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The Redmen found themselves playing shorthanded seven times for a total of 12 minutes and 27 seconds, including a pair of two-man disadvantages. Carleton ended up going 2-for-7 on the power play, while 缅北强奸 went 1-for-5.
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The other 缅北强奸 marksman was rookie defenceman Hubert Genest of Quebec City, who put the Redmen ahead 4-3 on the power play at 10:14 of the third.
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"We didn't get off to a great start," acknowledged Nobes. "But our penalty-killing unit was very good over the last two periods and our power-play unit got the job done with a key goal in the third period. It was a good character win."
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Rounding out the scoring for the Ravens was Joey Manley of Ottawa and Joe Pleckaitis of Toronto.
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Goaltender Hubert Morin of St. Georges de Beauce, Que., made 37 saves for the win, improving his record to 12-1 on the season. The third-year civil engineering major now owns a 46-16-1 lifetime record in 67 games overall.
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Carleton's Matthew Dopud, a freshman from Pointe Claire, Que., registered 25 saves as his record dropped to 8-4. He continues to lead the league with a 1.92 goals-against average.
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The two teams will clash once again at McConnell Arena on Wednesday (Jan. 19) at 7 p.m.
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REDMEN RAP: It marked 缅北强奸's fourth straight conquest over Carleton and improved their lifetime record to 17-12-1 against the Ravens... Eight Redmen players are currently averaging at least one point per game... Simon Marcotte-Legare was credited with a pair of assists and owns a 24-73-97 record in 124 career games... Redmen sniper Francis Verreault-Paul, who leads the CIS in goals with 27 in 17 games, was scratched for the second straight game with a leg injury... His status is considered doubtful for the next game... Other injured scratches included J.F. Boisvert (shoulder; four games missed) and Patrick Belzile (hand; five games missed).
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
缅北强奸 Athletics & Recreation
(514-398-7012)
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SCORING SUMMARY
Carleton 4 at 缅北强奸 5
(Friday, January 14, 2011 - Winter Carnival Game at McConnell
Arena)
1st Period-
1, Carleton, Joe
Pleckaitis 6 (Self, Hayes), 6:08.
2, 缅北强奸, Ryan McKiernan 6 (Marcotte-Legare,
Vossen), 11:13.
3, Carleton, Joey Manley 11 (Berard, MacLean),
13:39 (PP).
Penalties-
Caruana Car (slashing), 2:20;
Hyde Car (boarding), 7:21;
Dupont Mcg (interference), 12:25;
Langelier-Parent Mcg (charging), 17:24;
Good Car (roughing), 20:00;
Hayes Car (roughing), 20:00;
Pleckaitis Car (roughing), 20:00;
Genest Mcg (roughing), 20:00;
Picard-Hooper Mcg (roughing), 20:00.
2nd Period-
4, 缅北强奸, Evan
Vossen 13 (Marcotte-Legare, McKiernan), 14:12.
Penalties-
Albert Car (holding), 4:22;
Dorion Mcg (slashing), 18:09;
Vossen Mcg (roughing), 20:00.
3rd Period-
5, 缅北强奸, Alex
Picard-Hooper 9 (Wright), 6:28.
6, Carleton, Brandon MacLean 10 (Klassen, Manley),
9:02 (PP).
7, 缅北强奸, Hubert Genest 4 (Doucet,
Picard-Hooper), 10:14 (PP).
8, 缅北强奸, Evan Vossen 14 (Langelier-Parent,
Picard-Hooper), 19:08 (EN).
9, Carleton, Brandon MacLean 11 (Manley, Berard),
19:57.
Penalties-
Morin Mcg (delay of game), 1:16;
Picard-Hooper Mcg (hooking), 6:54;
Bench Mcg (too many men), 8:36;
Good Car (high sticking), 9:33.
GOALS BY PERIOD:
Carleton 2-0-2 -- 4
缅北强奸 1-1-3 -- 5
Shots on Goal-
Carleton 12-10-19 --
41.
缅北强奸 6-11-13 -- 30.
Power Play Opportunities-
Carleton 2 /
7;
缅北强奸 1 / 5.
Penalties-
Carleton 7 / 14;
缅北强奸 9 / 18.
Goalies-
Carleton,
Matthew Dopud (L, 8-4-0, 29 shots-25 saves: 59:46).
Empty-net: (1 shot, 1 goal, 0:14)
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缅北强奸,
Hubert Morin (W, 13-1-0, 41 shots-37 saves; 60:00).
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Attendance-1,355
Referee-Peter Moraitis.
Start: 7:03 PM
End: 9:26 PM
Length: 2:23
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MOLSON CUP THREE GAME STARS:
1. MCG - 11 Evan Vossen
2. MCG - 8 Ryan McKiernan
3. MCG - 9 Alex Picard-Hooper
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