缅北强奸

By Earl Zukerman

TROIS-RIVIERES 鈥� Freshman netminder Kevin D茅sfoss茅s of Beauport, Que., made 48 saves and rookie Andrew Wright of Toronto netted the game-winner as 缅北强奸 upset No.3-ranked UQTR 4-3 in men鈥檚 university hockey before 463 fans at Le Colis茅e in Trois-Rivi猫res, Friday.

It marked 缅北强奸鈥檚 sixth consecutive victory 鈥� their second in a row over the division-leading Patriotes 鈥� and was the third straight setback for UQTR.

The unranked Redmen have posted a stellar 16-3-1 record in their last 20 outings since an 0-4-1 start to their 133rd campaign. They ended up splitting their four-game season series with UQTR, which leads the OUA Far East with a 20-4-1 record.

鈥淲e didn鈥檛 play as well defensively as I had hoped but D茅sfoss茅s kept us in the game with a solid outing and we had some opportunistic goals,鈥� said Martin Raymond, in his 14th season as head coach of the Redmen, who were outshot 51-23. 鈥淥verall, our (normally strong) defensive play was average at best, but most of their shots came from the perimeter. A road win, especially in this building, is big and we鈥檙e pretty happy about that.鈥�

Desfoss茅s has posted a 5-1-0 record with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage since joining the Redmen in early January. The 21-year-old management freshman led the Quebec Remparts to the Memorial Cup in 2006 and was an all-star in the QMJHL last season.

缅北强奸, which never trailed in the game, led 2-1 after one period and 4-2 after two.

Guillaume Doucet, a sophomore from Montreal, opened the scoring with his 10th of the season at 8:12 of the first frame, with an unofficial assist from rookie Ben Morse, who was sitting in the stands.

Doucet, a 5-foot-9, 179-pound centre, had somehow forgotten to pack his size-6 skates for the road game. He borrowed a larger pair from Morse, a defenceman who brought his 7 and 陆 sized skates but wasn鈥檛 scheduled to play. Despite managing to score a first-period goal wearing second-hand skates, Doucet jumped at the first opportunity to change back into his own footgear during the first intermission. His skates had arrived during the first period after a frantic pre-game phone call from Coach Raymond to head athletic physiotherapist Pierre-Luc Gosselin, who left work early from the 缅北强奸 Sports Medicine Clinic in order to transport the forgotten footwear to Trois-Rivi猫res, located about 90-minutes east of Montreal.

Right-winger Sam Bloom, a senior from Toronto, connected on the power play to give 缅北强奸 a 2-0 lead at 17:42 of the opening stanza but Etienne Bellavance-Martin replied for the Pats just 69 seconds later.

Rookie Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., restored 缅北强奸鈥檚 two-goal cushion with his 10th of the season after converting a pass from Bloom at 8:55 of the middle period. However, UQTR responded again on a marker from Nicolas Caouette at 11:24.

Freshman Andrew Wright of Toronto tallied the eventual game-winner late in the middle stanza with his first career goal in CIS play.

Holding a 4-2 lead into the final period, 缅北强奸 went into a defensive shell and the Pats poured it on with an 18-5 margin in shots but D茅sfoss茅s was equal to the task, allowing only a late power play goal on a rebound.聽 It ended a string of 24 consecutive power plays without a goal for the Pats, who entered the game with the top power play (27.6%) in the 18-team league.

The contest was a relatively quiet affair until after the final whistle, when a melee occurred around the Redmen net, prompting referee Gavin White to issue nine penalties for 48 minutes, including fighting majors to 缅北强奸 rearguard Yan Turcotte and UQTR defenceman Andre Joanisse. Although neither player appeared to throw more than one punch, they will both receive automatic one-game suspensions. When cooler heads prevailed, the two teams skated toward each other for the standard post-game handshakes but the referee instructed the players to go their separate ways.

缅北强奸, which improved their second-place record to 16-7-2, will play at Concordia on Sunday afternoon (3 p.m.) in the 22nd annual Ronald Corey Cup game. The Redmen are 10-6-3 lifetime in Corey Cup play, including a 5-0-1 record in the last six matchups. Concordia, which shocked UQTR 4-1 on Wednesday and lost 4-1 to Carleton on Friday, hasn鈥檛 beaten 缅北强奸 in Cup play since a 3-1 win on Feb. 11, 2002. A victory by 缅北强奸 will clinch second-place in the division and give the Redmen home-ice advantage for the OUA best-of-three quarterfinals, tentatively slated to begin on Feb. 17.

REDMEN RAP: Turcotte, who ended up with 17 penalty minutes in the game, became the all-time penalty king in 缅北强奸 history. With still a year of school remaining before he graduates, the rugged rearguard now has racked up 546 career PIMs, breaking the school record of 530 set by blueliner Dan Jacob in 2005鈥� Among the 463 fans in attendance at le Colis茅e was Heather Munroe-Blum, principal and vice-chancellor of 缅北强奸. Dressed in a 缅北强奸 jersey, she performed the ceremonial faceoff with UQTR rector Ghislain Bourque, who was outfitted in Patriotes colours. After the faceoff, the two 鈥渉eads of state鈥� exchanged and donned the opposing team鈥檚 jerseys.


SCORING SUMMARY

缅北强奸 4 at聽 UQTR 3

(Feb 6, 2009 @ Le Colisee)

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. 缅北强奸, Guillaume Doucet (10) (V. Lambert, F. Verrault-Paul) 8:12聽
2. 缅北强奸, Sam Bloom (14) (F. Verrault-Paul, A. Picard-Hooper) 17:42聽 (PP)
3. UQTR, Etienne Bellavance-Martin (12) (A. Demers, J. Boutin) 18:51聽

Penalties -
M.A. Dorion McG (tripping) 1:25,
C. Bergeron UQTR (hooking) 9:20,
S. Bloom McG (tripping) 13:30,
TEAM UQTR (too many men) 15:39,
M. Simoneau UQTR (cross checking) 16:38

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
4. 缅北强奸, Alexandre Picard-Hooper (10) (S. Bloom) 8:55聽
5. UQTR, Nicolas Caouette (8) (S. Beland, T. Lafontaine) 11:24聽
6. 缅北强奸, Andrew Wright (1) (M.A. Daneau, M. Langelier-Parent) 17:48聽

Penalties -
F. Verrault-Paul McG (inter. on goaltender) 1:56,
E. Vossen McG (holding) 12:00,
G. Doucet McG (slashing) 18:54

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
7. UQTR, Jonathan Boutin (19) (A. Demers, T. Lafontaine) 17:44聽 (PP)

Penalties -
A. Demers UQTR (tripping) 3:12,
M. Kovacevic McG (hooking) 9:36,
M. Langelier-Parent McG (hooking) 10:34,
Y. Turcotte McG (roughing) 13:00,
S. Bellefleur UQTR (roughing) 13:00,
F. Verrault-Paul McG (inter. on goaltender) 17:27,
T. Lafontaine UQTR (high sticking) 17:57,
M.A. Dorion McG (roughing) 18:34,
S. Beland UQTR (roughing) 18:34,
K. Morin McG (roughing) 20:00,
Y. Turcotte McG (fighting, GM30) 20:00,
F. Verrault-Paul McG (roughing) 20:00,
A. Demers UQTR (roughing, 10-minute misconduct) 20:00,
N. Desilets UQTR (roughing) 20:00,
A. Joanisse UQTR (fighting, GM30) 20:00

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 8 10 5 -- 23
UQTR: 16 17 18 -- 51

GOALS BY PERIOD:
MCG:聽 2 2 0 -- 4
UQTR: 1 1 1 -- 3

POWER PLAY CONVERSION:
缅北强奸 1-5.
UQTR 1-8.

PENALTIES聽 (No./Mins.):
缅北强奸 14-39.
UQTR 12-43.

GOALTENDERS:
缅北强奸
Kevin Desfosses [W, 5-1-0, 60:00, SV: 48, GA: 3]


UQTR
Jean-Christophe Blanchard [L, 12-5-0, 59:12, SV: 19, GA: 4]
Empty-net: [0:48, 0GA]


Start : 7:39 PM
End : 9:55 PM
Attendance : 463
Referee : Gavin White


McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES
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01 Morin, Hubert (G)
04 Brennan, Spencer (D)
08 Morse, Ben (D)
12 Arsenault, Benoit (F; eye)
15 L Italien, Eric (F; knee)
21 Tindle, Glenn (D)
24 Drager, Timothy (F)
29 Mireault, Danny (G; dressed but DNP)
30 Jarvis, Jake (G)

McGILL LINES
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FORWARDS:
Doucet -- Verreault-Paul -- Lambert
Kovacevic -- Picard-Hooper -- Bloom
Vossen -- Simon-Marcotte -- Verrilli
Daneau -- Langelier-Parent -- Wright

DEFENCEMEN:
K. Morin -- Stilling
Turcotte -- Dorion
Valente -- Gazdic

GOALTENDERS:
Desfosses
Mireault

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Kevin Desfosses, 缅北强奸
2. Sam Bloom, 缅北强奸
3. Jonathan Boutin, UQTR