缅北强奸

MONTREAL -- Rookie Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., scored once and set up the game-winner as 缅北强奸 dumped Ottawa 5-1 to open their OUA Eastern Conference best-of-three quarterfinal series in men鈥檚 hockey at McConnell Arena, Wednesday.

It was 缅北强奸鈥檚 fifth playoff win in six games against the Gee-Gees, dating back the 2005 post-season.

缅北强奸 outshot Ottawa 37-23, including a lopsided 15-2 margin in the opening period.
The Redmen jumped into a 3-0 lead in the first on goals by Picard-Hooper at 5:08, senior Sam Bloom of Toronto at 14:02 and defenceman Yan Turcotte of Laval, Que., at 19:06.

鈥淲e wanted to have a good start after a slow start in our last game in Ottawa,鈥� said head coach Martin Raymond. 鈥淚t allowed us to take control of the game. We just need to fine tune that so we are a little more consistent throughout the whole game. We know Ottawa well enough to expect a much tougher game on Friday.鈥�

Dan McDonald of New Liskeard, Ont., replied for the Gee-Gees in the middle period but 缅北强奸 bounced back with a pair of unanswered third period markers from Marc-Andre Dorion, a rookie rearguard from St. Hubert, Que., and co-captain Eric L鈥橧talien of Ste. Foy, Que., who was playing for the first time since suffering a lower body injury on Jan. 31 and missed five games.

Freshman netminder Kevin Desfoss茅s of Beauport, Que., earned his first CIS playoff victory and improved to 7-2-0 overall since joining the club early last month. Gee-Gees goalie Riley Whitlock, a native of Calgary, was credited with 32 saves in a losing cause.

缅北强奸鈥檚 power play connected on 3-of-8 chances, ending an 0-for-9 slump, including 0-for-7 against Ottawa last Saturday.

The Redmen could wrap up the series in Ottawa on Friday at 7 p.m. If necessary, Game 3 is slated for Sunday at McConnell Arena (3 p.m.). The winner of this series will advance to play Toronto in a best-of-three conference semifinal. Should 缅北强奸 knock off the Gee-Gees, they would host U of T at McConnell in the opener on Feb. 25, with Games 2 and 3 tentatively slated to be held at Varsity Arena, Feb. 27 and 29.

REDMEN RAP: 缅北强奸 is 9-1 in their last 10 playoff contests, dating back to last year鈥� The Redmen are 13-1 when leading after one period this season and 15-1 when ahead after two鈥� Former Redmen Mike Farmer and Brent Bannerman were among the faces in the crowd for the playoff encounter. Bannerman, a teammate of Coach Raymond in the late 1980s who now works in the Boston area, had been in Toronto on business and stopped in to see the game before heading up to join his family for a ski vacation in the Eastern Townships鈥� Rugged rearguard Yan Turcotte, who has scored in consecutive post-season games including 缅北强奸鈥檚 3-0 win over Moncton at the CIS championships last spring, was whistled for another debatable check-from-behind penalty and will have to serve at least an automatic one-game suspension. He has taken over the team鈥檚 seasonal lead in penalties with 166 minutes in 31 games overall鈥� He surpassed Francis Verrault-Paul, a 5-foot-9, 169-pound spark-plug who has accumulated 129 PIMs in 26 contests鈥� The team鈥檚 single-season record is 194 by Dave Grenier in 24 games during the 1999-00 season鈥� Turcotte, a senior who is expected back for a fifth campaign, upped his all-time school record career total to 558, leaving the old mark of 530 by Dan Jacob in the dust.



SCORING SUMMARY

(Game 1, OUA East Quarterfinal)

Ottawa 1 at 缅北强奸 5
(Feb 18, 2009 - McConnell Arena)

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. 缅北强奸, Alex Picard-Hooper (1) (E. Stilling, M. Kovacevic) 5:08 聽
2. 缅北强奸, Sam Bloom (1) (A. Picard-Hooper, M.A. Dorion) 14:02聽 (PP)
3. 缅北强奸, Yan Turcotte (1) (G. Doucet, F. Verrault-Paul) 19:06聽 (PP)

Penalties -
W. Shariff Ott (interference) 13:42,
G. Houde Ott (tripping) 18:38

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
4. Ottawa, Dan McDonald (1) (Y. Charron, G. Houde) 8:35 聽

Penalties -
K. Morin Mcg (holding) 5:28,
Bench Ott (too many men; Served by D. Jarrett) 12:10,
A. Scott Ott (high sticking) 12:24,
Y. Turcotte Mcg (checking from behind, GM-50) 14:17,
R. Gove Ott (interference) 17:32

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
5. 缅北强奸, Marc-Andre Dorion (1) (F. Verrault-Paul, G. Doucet) 1:14 聽
6. 缅北强奸, Eric聽 L Italien (1) (S. Marcotte-Legare, V. Lambert) 19:49 PP

Penalties -
F. Verrault-Paul Mcg (interference) 7:35,
R. Gove Ott (roughing) 9:04,
G. Doucet Mcg (hooking) 11:37,
A. Picard-Hooper Mcg (hooking) 14:44,
D. Dhillon Ott (roughing) 18:40,
D. Jarrett Ott (roughing) 18:40,
D. McDonald Ott (10-minute misconduct) 18:40,
G. Houde Ott (slashing) 19:08

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
OTT: 2 14 7 -- 23
MCG: 15 13 9 -- 37

GOALS BY PERIOD:
OTT:聽 0 - 1 - 0 -- 1
MCG: 3 - 0 - 2-- 5

POWER PLAY CONVERSION:
Ottawa 0-5.
缅北强奸 3-8.

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
Ottawa 10-28.
缅北强奸 6-20.

GOALTENDERS:
Ottawa
Riley Whitlock [L, 0-1-0, 60:00, SV: 32, GA: 5]


缅北强奸
Kevin Desfosses [W, 1-0-0, 60:00, SV: 22, GA: 1]

Start : 7:03 PM

End : 9:15 PM

Attendance : 373

Referee: Jonathan Trudel

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Alex Picard-Hooper, 缅北强奸
2. Marc-Andre Dorion, 缅北强奸
3. Ben Gazdic, 缅北强奸

McGILL LINEUP
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Doucet - Verreault-Paul - Lambert
Kovacevic - Picard-Hooper - Bloom
Wright - Marcotte - L Italien
Vossen - Langelier-Parent - Daneau

Morin - Stilling
Turcotte - Dorion
Valente - Gazdic

Kevin Desfosses


McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: Danny Mireault (dressed but DNP)
G: Hubert Morin
G: Jake Jarvis
D: Spencer Brennan (injd)
D: Glenn Tindle
D: Ben Morse
F: Benoit Arsenault (injd)
F: Leonard Verrilli
F: Tim Drager



SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
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Dept. of Athletics & Recreation
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