February 8, 2010
OUA M-HOCKEY ROUNDUP: FIRST PLACE ON THE LINE IN OUA EAST
MONTREAL - A much-anticipated men's university hockey showdown is slated for tonight with the sixth-ranked McGill Redmen set to host the No.5-UQTR Patriotes, in a game that could settle first-place in the OUA Eastern Conference. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. at McConnell Arena, located at 3883 University Street.
A large crowd is expected as the event has been labelled a "Code Red Varsity Night" and all varsity athletes have been invited to attend. It is recommended that fans arrive about 30 minutes early as parking is more difficult with major construction going on at nearby Molson Stadium. The best access route for all spectators is via the west gate atop University Street.
The Redmen are the highest scoring team in the nation with 139 goals in 25 games and also lead the country in both penalty-killing (.894) and shorthanded goals (11). They own a 20-5-0 record with three games left before playoffs and sit two points behind the Patriotes (20-3-2). A McGill victory would also tie the team's single-season record for most wins, established in 1999-00 when they went 21-5.
The McGill-UQTR match-up also features a head-to-head battle between the second and third-best scorers in the nation.
Francis Charland of the Patriotes has a 21-24-45 record in 24 contests. He sits one point ahead of McGill's Francis Verreault-Paul, who has compiled a 20-24-44 dossier in the same number of games. The only player with more points is UNB's Hunter Tremblay, who has 22-29-51. Verreault-Paul is bidding to become the first McGill player to capture the OUA scoring title since Mathieu Darche, currently with the Montreal Canadiens, led the league in 1999-00.
McGill and UQTR have split their two regular-season games, with the Redmen winning 2-1 at home on Jan. 15 and the Patriotes rebounding with an 8-2 victory in Trois-Rivières on Jan 20. McGill also won a pre-season road game 7-3 in Trois-Rivières on Oct. 7. The Redmen, however, will be without the services of team captain Yan Turcotte, a rugged high-scoring defenceman (25GP: 8-13-21, 118 PIMs), who will be serving an automatic one-game suspension for a penalty incurred last weekend.
The event has been labelled a "Code Red Varsity Night" as all varsity athletes have been invited to attend and special prices will be offered on concessions to all students wearing their McGill red & white colours. The "best seats in the house" loge will be raffled off to all varsity teams that have pre-registered to attend.
A McGill victory would create a tie atop the standings but the Redmen would own the tie-breaker with more victories. At stake is who both teams would face in the first round of the playoffs, a best-of-three quarterfinal series slated to begin on Feb.17. The division leader will face the eight-place finisher (currently Concordia), while the runner-up would face the seventh-place squad (currently the Nipissing University Lakers). Because of OUA travel guidelines the Lakers would host the first game in North Bay, Ont., and the remainder of the series would be played at the higher-placed team.
After tonight's affair, the Redmen will close out their schedule with the 23rd annual Corey Cup game at Concordia on Friday (7:30 p.m.) at home to Ottawa on Saturday (7 p.m.). The Pats will close out their schedule with a pair of home games against the Ottawa Gee-Gees, Feb. 12-13.
MCGILL 4, OTTAWA 1
At Ottawa, the No. 6 Redmen defeated the Gee-Gees 4-1 on Saturday.
Defencemen Ben Gazdic scored a pair of goals for McGill, with teammates Simon Marcotte-Legare and Evan Vossen adding single tallies.
Tavis Holden scored Ottawa's lone goal on the power play. Ottawa dropped to 6-18-1 on the season.
LAKEHEAD 8, UOIT 2
At Lakehead, the No. 7 Thunderwolves (18-6-2) trounced the UOIT Ridgebacks 8-2 on Saturday.
Kris Hogg had a four-point effort with a goal and three assists. Teammate Scott Dobben scored a pair and added a helper.
Also bulging twine for Lakehead were Mark Soares, Ryan McDonald, Dan Speer and Kalvin Sagert.
Josh Vatri and Scott Baker scored for the Ridgebacks (10-15-1).
WATERLOO 6, BROCK 4
At Waterloo, the No. 9 Warriors (19-6-1) scored two late goals to pull out a 6-4 win over the Brock Badgers (9-16-1) on Saturday.
Steve Whitely scored a pair of goals for the Warriors. Also scoring for Waterloo were Chris Ray, Shane Hart, Jarrett Schnurr and Cory Fraser.
Dan Dooley scored a pair of goals for the Badgers. Ryan Stephenson and Joe Tolles also scored for Brock.
TORONTO 6, NIPISSING 4
At Toronto, the Varsity Blues (14-8-4) outlasted the Nipissing Lakers 6-4 on Saturday.
Six different skaters scored for the Varsity Blues, including Byron Elliott, Ed Snetsinger, Paul Dupont, David Mooney, Robert Kay and Joe Rand.
Andrew Marcoux scored a pair for the Lakers (10-15-1), his 22nd and 23rd of the season. Matt Lahey and Ryan Maunu also scored for Nipissing.
LAURIER 7, WINDSOR 1
At Windsor, Nathan Peacock earned a hat trick to lead the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (16-7-3) to a 7-1 rout of the Lancers (10-13-4) on Saturday.
Ryan Bellows added a pair of goals for the Golden Hawks, with teammates Paul Bradley and Clinton Pettapiece adding single goals.
Christian Steingraber scored Windsor's lone goal early in the third period. Laurier goaltender Jeff MacDougald stopped 38 of the 39 shots he faced.
GUELPH 7, YORK 5
At Guelph, the host Gryphons (13-10-4) thwarted a York Lions (11-12-3) comeback, winning 7-5 on Saturday.
Seven different Gryphons scored against the Lions, including Edward Gale, Jake Lalonde, Alex Magera, Michael Nelson, Kris Belan, Michael Kusy and Timothy Priamo.
Tyler Harrison earned a hat trick for the Lions in a losing effort. Matthew Martello and Jaskirat Gill also contributed goals for York.
The Lions scored four straight goals in the third period to cut the Guelph lead to 6-5, but Priamo scored in the game's final minute to give Guelph the win.
CARLETON 6, CONCORDIA 1
At Concordia, three Carleton Ravens (14-9-3) scored a pair of goals each in a 6-1 win over the Stingers (8-16-3) on Saturday.
Joey Manley, Mike Byrd and Chris Downey scored two goals each for Carleton.
Marc-André Rizk scored a shorthanded goal for Concordia's lone marker.
Source: McGill Redmen with files from OUA Communications
A large crowd is expected as the event has been labelled a "Code Red Varsity Night" and all varsity athletes have been invited to attend. It is recommended that fans arrive about 30 minutes early as parking is more difficult with major construction going on at nearby Molson Stadium. The best access route for all spectators is via the west gate atop University Street.
The Redmen are the highest scoring team in the nation with 139 goals in 25 games and also lead the country in both penalty-killing (.894) and shorthanded goals (11). They own a 20-5-0 record with three games left before playoffs and sit two points behind the Patriotes (20-3-2). A McGill victory would also tie the team's single-season record for most wins, established in 1999-00 when they went 21-5.
The McGill-UQTR match-up also features a head-to-head battle between the second and third-best scorers in the nation.
Francis Charland of the Patriotes has a 21-24-45 record in 24 contests. He sits one point ahead of McGill's Francis Verreault-Paul, who has compiled a 20-24-44 dossier in the same number of games. The only player with more points is UNB's Hunter Tremblay, who has 22-29-51. Verreault-Paul is bidding to become the first McGill player to capture the OUA scoring title since Mathieu Darche, currently with the Montreal Canadiens, led the league in 1999-00.
McGill and UQTR have split their two regular-season games, with the Redmen winning 2-1 at home on Jan. 15 and the Patriotes rebounding with an 8-2 victory in Trois-Rivières on Jan 20. McGill also won a pre-season road game 7-3 in Trois-Rivières on Oct. 7. The Redmen, however, will be without the services of team captain Yan Turcotte, a rugged high-scoring defenceman (25GP: 8-13-21, 118 PIMs), who will be serving an automatic one-game suspension for a penalty incurred last weekend.
The event has been labelled a "Code Red Varsity Night" as all varsity athletes have been invited to attend and special prices will be offered on concessions to all students wearing their McGill red & white colours. The "best seats in the house" loge will be raffled off to all varsity teams that have pre-registered to attend.
A McGill victory would create a tie atop the standings but the Redmen would own the tie-breaker with more victories. At stake is who both teams would face in the first round of the playoffs, a best-of-three quarterfinal series slated to begin on Feb.17. The division leader will face the eight-place finisher (currently Concordia), while the runner-up would face the seventh-place squad (currently the Nipissing University Lakers). Because of OUA travel guidelines the Lakers would host the first game in North Bay, Ont., and the remainder of the series would be played at the higher-placed team.
After tonight's affair, the Redmen will close out their schedule with the 23rd annual Corey Cup game at Concordia on Friday (7:30 p.m.) at home to Ottawa on Saturday (7 p.m.). The Pats will close out their schedule with a pair of home games against the Ottawa Gee-Gees, Feb. 12-13.
MCGILL 4, OTTAWA 1
At Ottawa, the No. 6 Redmen defeated the Gee-Gees 4-1 on Saturday.
Defencemen Ben Gazdic scored a pair of goals for McGill, with teammates Simon Marcotte-Legare and Evan Vossen adding single tallies.
Tavis Holden scored Ottawa's lone goal on the power play. Ottawa dropped to 6-18-1 on the season.
LAKEHEAD 8, UOIT 2
At Lakehead, the No. 7 Thunderwolves (18-6-2) trounced the UOIT Ridgebacks 8-2 on Saturday.
Kris Hogg had a four-point effort with a goal and three assists. Teammate Scott Dobben scored a pair and added a helper.
Also bulging twine for Lakehead were Mark Soares, Ryan McDonald, Dan Speer and Kalvin Sagert.
Josh Vatri and Scott Baker scored for the Ridgebacks (10-15-1).
WATERLOO 6, BROCK 4
At Waterloo, the No. 9 Warriors (19-6-1) scored two late goals to pull out a 6-4 win over the Brock Badgers (9-16-1) on Saturday.
Steve Whitely scored a pair of goals for the Warriors. Also scoring for Waterloo were Chris Ray, Shane Hart, Jarrett Schnurr and Cory Fraser.
Dan Dooley scored a pair of goals for the Badgers. Ryan Stephenson and Joe Tolles also scored for Brock.
TORONTO 6, NIPISSING 4
At Toronto, the Varsity Blues (14-8-4) outlasted the Nipissing Lakers 6-4 on Saturday.
Six different skaters scored for the Varsity Blues, including Byron Elliott, Ed Snetsinger, Paul Dupont, David Mooney, Robert Kay and Joe Rand.
Andrew Marcoux scored a pair for the Lakers (10-15-1), his 22nd and 23rd of the season. Matt Lahey and Ryan Maunu also scored for Nipissing.
LAURIER 7, WINDSOR 1
At Windsor, Nathan Peacock earned a hat trick to lead the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (16-7-3) to a 7-1 rout of the Lancers (10-13-4) on Saturday.
Ryan Bellows added a pair of goals for the Golden Hawks, with teammates Paul Bradley and Clinton Pettapiece adding single goals.
Christian Steingraber scored Windsor's lone goal early in the third period. Laurier goaltender Jeff MacDougald stopped 38 of the 39 shots he faced.
GUELPH 7, YORK 5
At Guelph, the host Gryphons (13-10-4) thwarted a York Lions (11-12-3) comeback, winning 7-5 on Saturday.
Seven different Gryphons scored against the Lions, including Edward Gale, Jake Lalonde, Alex Magera, Michael Nelson, Kris Belan, Michael Kusy and Timothy Priamo.
Tyler Harrison earned a hat trick for the Lions in a losing effort. Matthew Martello and Jaskirat Gill also contributed goals for York.
The Lions scored four straight goals in the third period to cut the Guelph lead to 6-5, but Priamo scored in the game's final minute to give Guelph the win.
CARLETON 6, CONCORDIA 1
At Concordia, three Carleton Ravens (14-9-3) scored a pair of goals each in a 6-1 win over the Stingers (8-16-3) on Saturday.
Joey Manley, Mike Byrd and Chris Downey scored two goals each for Carleton.
Marc-André Rizk scored a shorthanded goal for Concordia's lone marker.
Source: McGill Redmen with files from OUA Communications
