缅北强奸

LONDON, Ont. 鈥� Freshman Keaton Turkiewicz netted the game-winner and added a helper as the University of Western Ontario dethroned 缅北强奸 2-1 to capture the Queen鈥檚 Cup as OUA men鈥檚 hockey champions at Thompson Arena in London, Saturday.

The victory was just Western鈥檚 third OUA title and their first Queen鈥檚 Cup triumph since 2004-05. 鈥淚t was very exciting, and a great effort by our guys,鈥� said UWO head coach Clarke Singer.

Sophomore Ryan Martinelli had opened the scoring for the Mustangs on a first-period power play 52 seconds after 缅北强奸 was nailed for a too-many-men penalty. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound rearguard wired a high shot through traffic past the blocker of Redmen netminder Kevin 顿别蝉蹿辞蝉蝉茅蝉.

缅北强奸 had a 31-27 edge in shots but went 0-for-5 on the power play as Game MVP Brad Topping made 30 saves, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound senior from Strathroy, Ont, came up with numerous timely saves, especially in the final period when the Redmen registered 30 attempted shots (12 on net) compared to only 13 by Western (eight on net).

鈥淲e did a great job of keeping them to the outside,鈥� said Topping. 鈥淚t made my job easier. Guys were out there blocking shots, taking hits, taking punches. Anyone could have won MVP.鈥�

With less than 30 seconds left in the first period, Topping made several big saves to preserve the lead. He robbed Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., on the doorstep. The freshman centre, who was held pointless for the first time in post-season play, ended up winning the OUA playoff scoring title with five goals and 11 points in eight contests.

After stoning Picard-Hooper, Topping then turned aside Serbian native Marko Kovacevic鈥檚 shot from the slot.

鈥淏rad stood tall,鈥� said Singer. 鈥淗e earned the MVP.鈥�

Turkiewicz put the Mustangs ahead 2-0 just before the midway point of the second period. He jumped on a loose puck in the 缅北强奸 zone, wheeled around, and snapped a quick shot through 顿别蝉蹿辞蝉蝉茅蝉鈥檚 legs.

But three minutes later, the Redmen cut into the lead. Junior Ben Gazdic, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound blueliner from Toronto, drifted into the slot, and beat Topping with a hard shot to the glove side.

顿别蝉蹿辞蝉蝉茅蝉, whose post-season record dropped to 6-2, made 25 saves for the Redmen, including two in the opening stanza on Mustangs鈥� defenceman Jason Swit of Mississauga, who found himself on back-to-back breakaways within seconds of each other.

With seven minutes remaining in the game and Western clinging to a precarious 2-1 lead, 缅北强奸 co-captain Eric L鈥橧talien, from St. Foy, Que., streaked down the right side, and cut in on goal, but couldn鈥檛 beat Topping. Western鈥檚 netminder then stopped two separate tips by freshman Francis Verreault-Paul of Mashteviatsh, Que.

鈥淚鈥檓 disappointed with the result,鈥� said 缅北强奸 head coach Martin Raymond. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 play our best game and struggled on the power play. Western was a tough team and they played well and it might be easier to accept if we had played our game and lost to a better team. But we had puck control problems that resulted in way too many turnovers.鈥�

Both the Mustangs and Redmen have already qualified for the CIS championship in Thunder Bay, Ont., March 26-29.

鈥淚t will be a sad, long bus ride home but at least we get a second chance,鈥� added Raymond. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not often you get a second chance like this, so we have to learn from this experience and move on.鈥�

REDMEN RAP:聽 The Redmen had to make do without the services of forward Sam Bloom, the senior from Toronto who was their top sniper with 14 goals during the regular season. Bloom, a key man on the power play, was serving a league-imposed one-game suspension for a high-sticking major called the previous week in the UQTR series. He ended up leading the OUA post-season in penalty minutes with 42 in just five games, matching his regular season total of 42 PIMs in 26 contests鈥� Dan Durack, the events coordinator and public address announcer at UWO鈥檚 Thompson Arena went beyond the call of duty.聽 Originally from Pierrefonds, Que., he announced all goal and penalty announcements bilingually鈥� Gazing into the crystal ball, 缅北强奸 is likely to be grouped at the Nationals in Pool A with the Atlantic conference champion (UNB or St. Mary鈥檚) and Lakehead, the host team. An alternate but less likely option would have the Redmen grouped in Pool B with Western and the Canada West champion. However, the official tourney draw will not be known before the evening of March 22.


SCORING SUMMARY

缅北强奸 1 at Western 2

(Mar 14, 2009 - Queen鈥檚 Cup Final @ Thompson Arena)

FIRST PERIOD:
1, Western, Ryan Martinelli 2 (Turkiewicz, Baker), 15:24 (pp).

Penalties-
Picard-Hooper MCG (tripping), 4:44;
Peralta UWO (slashing), 5:37;
Morin MCG (slashing), 6:34;
BENCH MCG (too many men, served by Doucet), 14:32.


SECOND PERIOD:
2, Western, Keaton Turkiewicz 2 (Snow), 9:25.
3, 缅北强奸, Ben Gazdic 2 (Verreault-Paul, Lambert), 12:29.

Penalties-
Turcotte MCG (hooking), 1:58;
Courtney UWO (cross checking), 13:53;
Lamb UWO (holding), 18:14;
Kovacevic MCG (slashing), 18:34;
Farmanara UWO (roughing), 18:34.


THIRD PERIOD:
(No Scoring).

Penalties-
Farmanara UWO (boarding), 5:30;
Martinelli UWO (cross checking), 9:50.

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
缅北强奸 10 - 9 - 12 -- 31.
Western 11 - 8 - 8 -- 27.

GOALS BY PERIOD:
缅北强奸 0 - 1 - 0 -- 1
Western 1 - 1 -0 -- 2

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES:
缅北强奸 0 of 5;
Western 1 of 4.

PENALTIES (No/Mins):
缅北强奸 5/10;
Western 6/12.

GOALTENDERS:

缅北强奸,
Kevin 顿别蝉蹿辞蝉蝉茅蝉 [L, 6-2, 27 shots, 25 saves, 58:57]
Empty-net (1:03, 0 goals).

Western,
Brad Topping [W, 7-1, 31 shots, 30 saves, 60:00].

A-689

Referee: Sean Reid.

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Brad Topping, Western
2. Kevin 顿别蝉蹿辞蝉蝉茅蝉, 缅北强奸
3. Keaton Turkiewicz, Western


McGILL LINEUP:
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FORWARD:
Lambert, Verreault-Paul, L鈥橧talien
Kovacevic, Picard-Hooper, Doucet
Wright, Marcotte, Daneau
Vossen, Langelier-Parent, Verrilli

DEFENCE:
Morin, Stilling
Turcotte, Dorion
Valente, Gazdic

GOAL:
顿别蝉蹿辞蝉蝉茅蝉


McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: Danny Mireault (dressed but DNP)
G: Hubert Morin
G: Jake Jarvis
D: Spencer Brennan (injd)
D: Ben Morse
D: Glenn Tindle
F: Benoit Arsenault (injd)
F: Sam Bloom (serving one-game suspension)
F: Tim Drager


SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
Communications & Publications Officer
Dept. of Athletics & Recreation
缅北强奸
475 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, QC H2W 1S4
CANADA
514-398-7012 (tel.)
514-398-1956 (fax)