Douce breaks loose as Redmen goose Pats, improve to 21-0-2
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(PHOTO OF GUILLAUME DOUCET BY DEREK DRUMMOND)
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MONTREAL - Guillaume Doucet of Anjou, Que., scored twice, including the game-winner as the No.2-ranked 缅北强奸 men's hockey team blanked the UQTR Patriotes 4-0 at McConnell Arena, Friday.
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缅北强奸 outshot UQTR 36-31 in a convincing victory that clinched first place, their first OUA East Division title since 2006 and only their third since 1946. The Redmen now sit atop the standings with 44 points (21-0-2), which ties the school record established last year when they finished the campaign at 22-6-0. The second-place Patriotes dropped to 14-7-1. It was 缅北强奸's fifth lifetime goose-egg over the Pats in 222 lifetime meetings and their first since Oct. 14, 2006, a span of 26 games.
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Doucet connected on the power-play at 5:36 of the opening period and made it 2-0 just 45 seconds into the middle frame.
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"He was all over the ice tonight and gave us good energy," said 缅北强奸 head coach Kelly Nobes of the senior centre who has nine goals this season after scoring 19 last year. "Douce has been moved around on a number of lines (because of injuries to three forwards) and it is difficult to get some consistency when that happens. It was great to see him score two key goals."
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Alex Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., drew assists on both of Doucet's goals, extending his point-scoring streak to nine games and improving his grip on the CIS scoring race to an eight-point margin with a 10-40-50 dossier in 23 contests. It marked a personal best in both assists and points for Picard-Hooper, a third-year centre who is chasing the school's regular-season record of 52 assists set by George Burnett in 1982-83.
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Francis Verreault-Paul, who was a surprise starter in the lineup after missing three games with a leg injury, assisted on the second goal and added one of his own, at the 31-second mark of the final period. The third-year left-winger from Mashteuiatsh, Que., now leads the nation with 28 goals in only 18 games. He needs eight more markers in his five remaining contests to break the 缅北强奸 and OUA single-season records for league play.
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Rounding out the scoring for 缅北强奸 was team captain Evan Vossen of Swift Current, Sask., whose power-play goal with just over three minutes remaining snuffed out any hopes of a last-ditch onslaught by the Patriotes.
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Sophomore goalkeeper Hubert Morin of St. Georges de Beauce, Que., kicked aside 18 shots for the win, improving his record to 14-1. Morin was not credited with a shutout, however, as he left the game after the second period, a few minutes after his head was sandwiched in a collision between Pats forward Pierre-Alexandre Joncas and the goalpost.
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Morin, who leads all CIS goaltenders in victories, lay motionless on the ice for about three minutes before recuperating sufficiently to finish the period. He was relieved in the final stanza by Antoine Tardif a 6-foot, 185-pound freshman from Daveluyville, Que., who played for the Quebec Remparts in the QMJHL last year. Tardif saved all 13 shots fired his way in the final stanza.
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缅北强奸 went 2-for-6 on the power-play, compared to UQTR, which failed to click on any of their four manpower advantages.
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The Pats play at Ottawa (10-8-3) on Saturday and 缅北强奸 will host Concordia (11-10-1) Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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REDMEN RAP: 缅北强奸 won their season series against UQTR with a 3-0-1 record...听 缅北强奸 is now 64-141-17 lifetime against the Pats, including an impressive 11-3 record in the last 14 confrontations and a 26-15-3 mark in the last 44 matchups... Among the fans in attendance was the parents and grandmother of head coach Kelly Nobes, who took the train in from Toronto. It was the first time they had been at McConnell Arena to see their son in action since his playing days between 1993 and 1997... In 262 career games as a head coach with three CIS institutions, Nobes now owns a 135-116-11 coaching record.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
缅北强奸 Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
m.athletics.mcgill.ca (mobile website)
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SCORING SUMMARY
UQTR 0 at 缅北强奸 4
(Friday, January 21, 2011 - McConnell Arena)
1st Period-
1, 缅北强奸, Guillaume
Doucet 8 (Alex Picard-Hooper, M.A. Dorion), 5:36 (PP).
Penalties-
Levesque UQTR (holding), 4:45;
Wright Mcg (hooking), 12:41;
Wright Mcg (roughing), 18:20.
2nd Period-
2, 缅北强奸, Guillaume
Doucet 9 (Francis Verreault-Paul, Alex Picard-Hooper),
0:45.
Penalties-
Breton UQTR (high sticking), 8:07;
Chicoine UQTR (hooking), 11:57;
Lessard UQTR (high sticking), 12:53;
Chabot-Maltais UQTR (hooking), 17:16.
3rd Period-
3, 缅北强奸, Francis
Verreault-Paul 28 (Hubert Genest), 0:31.
4, 缅北强奸, Evan Vossen 15 (Nicolas Biniek, Ryan
McKiernan), 16:51 (PP).
Penalties-
Biniek Mcg (diving), 3:01;
Wright Mcg (tripping), 9:22;
Chabot-Maltais UQTR (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct),
15:10.
GOALS BY PERIOD:
UQTR 0-0-0 -- 0
缅北强奸 1-1-2 -- 4
Shots on Goal-
UQTR 10-8-13 -- 31.
缅北强奸 12-13-11 -- 36.
Power Play Opportunities-
UQTR 0 / 4;
缅北强奸 2 / 6.
Penalties (No/Mins):
UQTR 7 / 22;
缅北强奸 4 / 8.
Goalies-
UQTR,
Jean-Christophe Blanchard (L, 12-7-0; 36 shots-32
saves; 60:00).
缅北强奸,
Hubert Morin (start, W, 14-1-0, 18 shots-18 saves;
40:00);
Antoine Tardif (13 shots-13 saves; 20:00).
Attendance-343
Referee-Dominic Franc.
Start: 7:02 PM
End: 9:09 PM
Length: 2:07
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MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1. MCG -
22 Guillaume Doucet
2. MCG - 18 Francis Verreault-Paul
3. MCG - 11 Evan Vossen