缅北强奸

By Earl Zukerman

TORONTO 鈥� Co-captain Eric L鈥橧talien of Ste. Foy, Que., was credited with the game-winner and was one of six different 缅北强奸 players to score as the Redmen doubled Toronto 6-3 to sweep a best-of-three OUA East semifinal series in men鈥檚 hockey at Varsity Arena, Saturday.

The Redmen tied a school record for most goals scored in a playoff road game, which has stood since Feb. 26, 1975, when 缅北强奸 lost a wild sudden-death semifinal 9-6 at Loyola College.

The result avenged the Varsity Blues鈥� shocking sweep 鈥� by scores of 1-0 and 2-0 鈥� over a much more potent 缅北强奸 squad in the 2007 playoffs.

缅北强奸 went 2-for-3 on the power play and successfully killed off all five shorthanded situations.

鈥淭he referee (Jonathan Wallace) let both teams play a lot more than the earlier games we鈥檝e had in the playoffs,鈥� said Martin Raymond, in his 14th season as head coach of the Redmen. 鈥淭hey have dominated us on special teams this year but we felt confident that we could beat them in 5-on-5 situations. Our defence came up big tonight and we blocked a lot of shots (18, including nine in the final period).鈥�

Freshman Andrew Wright of Toronto and sophomore Guillaume Doucet of Anjou, Que., both tallied in the first period, at 3:41 and 12:43, respectively, to put 缅北强奸 ahead 2-0. But Byron Elliott, a high-scoring rookie from Burlington, Ont., replied for U of T in the 15th minute of play.

Alexander Picard-Hooper, a rookie from Boucherville, Que., made it 3-1 early in the second frame when he surprised Russ Brownell, the Varsity Blues starting netminder, with a nifty, unassisted effort off a faceoff at the 1:41 mark.

L鈥橧talien then connected on a power play five minutes later, to give 缅北强奸 a 4-1 stranglehold. They upped that to 5-1 when U of T right winger was penalized for 鈥渟lew-footing鈥� 鈥� a rarely-called infraction that is not even listed in the penalty codes 鈥� and Serbian senior Marko Kovacevic clicked on the man-advantage situation with just under three minutes remaining in the period.

The Blues came to life when the game was all but out of reach, getting goals from Sean Fontyn and Claudio Cowdrey but it was a case of too little, too late. They had a 14-9 margin in shots during the third period but rookie 鈥榢eeper Kevin Desfoss茅s of Beauport, Que., came up big, especially when he snuffed out a breakaway by sniper Joe Rand with 1:37 remaining.

Desfoss茅s ended up with 29 saves for the win as the Redmen had a 33-32 edge in shots.

Vincent Lambert, a junior from Ste. Therese, Que., completed the well-dispersed 缅北强奸 attack with an empty-netter.

缅北强奸 owns a 24-13-2 record overall, including a 4-1 dossier in post-season play, and is just two wins away from qualifying to compete at Nationals for the third time in four years. They are in the OUA East Conference finals and await the winner of Sunday night鈥檚 Carleton-UQTR semifinal rubber match in Trois-Rivi猫res. If UQTR prevails, then the Pats would host 缅北强奸 at Le Colis茅e on Wednesday. Should the Ravens win, they would tentatively open the OUA East final series at 缅北强奸 on Thursday. The Redmen are unable to open at home on Wednesday, as planned, since the top-ranked 缅北强奸 women鈥檚 team will be hosting their playoff opener against Concordia that night.

REDMEN RAP: The game was played before a relatively small crowd, which appeared to feature more 缅北强奸 fans than those of the home team鈥� Among the former Redmen players spotted in the crowd were current RMC coaches Adam Shell (1999-03) and Chad Blundy (2000-05), plus Shawn Shewchuk (2003-08), Stephane Angers (1993-97), Jean-Guy Daigneault (1994-96), Paul Barber (1981-86), Mike Bean (1984-86) and Steve Mendelssohn (1979-82)鈥� Daigneault, a licensed chiropractor in East Lansing, Mich., was pressed into service during the second intermission, to straighten out a back problem with a staff member in the 缅北强奸 entourage.


SCORING SUMMARY

缅北强奸 6 at Toronto 3

(Feb 28, 2009 - Varsity Arena)



FIRST PERIOD:
1, 缅北强奸, Andrew Wright 1 (Daneau), 3:41.
2, 缅北强奸, Guillaume Doucet 2 (Picard-Hooper, Kovacevic), 12:43.
3, Toronto, Byron Elliott 2 (Cowdrey, Kliewer), 14:32.

Penalties
(none)


SECOND PERIOD:
4, 缅北强奸, Alexandre Picard-Hooper 5 (unassisted) 1:41.
5, 缅北强奸, Eric L鈥橧talien 2 (Verreault-Paul, Turcotte), 6:50 (pp).
6, 缅北强奸, Marko Kovacevic 1 (Doucet, Turcotte), 17:01 (pp).
7, Toronto, Sean Fontyn 1 (Dupont, Rand), 19:38.

Penalties
Snetsinger Tor (roughing), 2:05;
Snetsinger Tor (slashing), 5:22;
Verreault-Paul Mcg (high sticking), 6:53;
Cowdrey Tor (high sticking), 6:53;
Dorion Mcg (boarding), 11:16;
Brewer Tor (slewfooting), 15:05;
Langelier-Parent Mcg (interference), 17:23;
Turcotte Mcg (roughing), 18:24;
Ventura Tor (roughing), 18:24.

THIRD PERIOD:
8, Toronto, Claudio Cowdrey 1 (Kliewer, Ventura), 2:22.
9, 缅北强奸, Vincent Lambert 1 (L鈥橧talien), 19:26 (en).

Penalties
Verrilli Mcg (interference), 4:39;
Turcotte Mcg (holding), 11:55;
Turcotte Mcg (high-sticking minor, 10-min. misconduct), 19:56;
Nagribianko, Tor (high-sticking ), 19:56;

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
缅北强奸 15-9-9 -- 33.
Toronto 9-9-14 -- 32.

GOALS BY PERIOD:
缅北强奸 2-3-1 -- 6
Toronto 1-1-1 -- 3

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES:
缅北强奸 2 of 3;
Toronto 0 of 4.

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
缅北强奸 8/24;
Toronto 6/12.

Goalies
缅北强奸,
Kevin Desfosses [W, 4-1, 32 shots, 29 saves; 60:00);

Toronto,
Russ Brownell [start; L, 0-2, 24 shots, 19 saves, 39:58);
Andrew Martin [ND, 8 shots, 8 saves, 18:24);
Empty-net [1 shot, 1 goal against; 0:38]

Attendance: 204

Time: 2:08

Referee: Jonathan Wallace.

MOLSON CUP THREE GAME STARS:
1. Alex Picard-Hooper, 缅北强奸
2. Kevin Desfosses, 缅北强奸
3. Vincent Lambert, 缅北强奸


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:
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: Ben Morse
D: Glenn Tindle
F: Benoit Arsenault (injd)
F: Sam Bloom (serving one-game suspension)
F: Tim Drager