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Bettez notches seven, Martlets carve up Concordia
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MONTREAL – Sophomore Ann-Sophie Bettez scored a team record seven points and freshman Marie-Andrée Leclerc-Auger netted another school mark with five goals as No. 1-ranked McGill crushed Concordia 16-1 in women’s university hockey at McConnell Arena, Saturday.

It equaled the fourth highest single-game total for most goals scored by a CIS team in a regular season game and matched McGill’s previous high, accomplished in a 16-1 exhibition win over Bishop’s on Nov. 11, 2001.

The CIS single-game record is held by St.FX, which registered a 21-0 win over UPEI, Oct. 23, 2005.

The victory also extended McGill’s win streak to 29 games over Canadian university opponents and marked their 23rd straight victory over Concordia, dating back to a 2-1 road loss on Feb. 5, 2006.

Bettez, a speedy forward from Sept-Iles, Que., tallied two markers and set up five others, to establish another school record for most assists in a game. The management sophomore who was voted CIS rookie of the year last season, now leads the nation in scoring with 22 points, including eight goals, in just six games.

Leclerc-Auger, a 20-year-old freshman from Sherbrooke, had five goals and one assist. She topped the previous McGill single-game mark of four goals held by a number of players. Leclerc-Auger, who now has eight markers and 16 points in six contests, is the top-scoring rookie in the CIS, is tied for third in the nation in goals and fifth in points.

McGill, which outshot the Stingers by a resounding 52-21 margin in shots on goal, led 2-0 after the opening period, then exploded for seven goals in each of the final two stanzas. They tallied a team record nine consecutive goals before the shell-shocked Stingers could respond. Kelly Feehan scored the lone marker for Concordia, which was the first goal allowed by netminder Charline Labonté (3-0) this season. It also snapped her personal shutout streak at five straight league and post-season games, totalling 347 minutes and 57 seconds since she was last beaten, dating back to the third period of the Quebec conference final against Carleton, Feb. 28, 2008.

The aforementioned scoring exploits overshadowed a five-point game by captain Vanessa Davidson of Kirkland, Que., who had one goal and four helpers.

Eleven different players registered goals or the Martlets, including four of the six rearguards who dressed -- Cathy Chartrand (power play) of Lac Nominingue, Catherine Ward (shorthanded) from Town of Mt. Royal, Que., and Jasmine Sheehan, a junior from Mississauga, had four points apiece, plus freshman defender Stacie Tardif, who notched her first career CIS marker after missing four league games with a concussion.

A dozen members of the Martlets earned assists and only four of 18 skaters in the lineup were kept off the scoresheet.

Rounding out the onslaught for the Martlets were forwards Caroline Hill, Alessandra Lind-Kenny, Julie Casavecchia and Jordanna Peroff. 

Beleaguered Stingers starter Stephanie Peck, a sophomore from Kirkland, took the loss in goal. She was beaten nine times and registered 35 saves before being replaced at the 15:54 mark of the middle stanza by Audrey Doyon-Lessard of Charny, Que.

McGill, which improved to 6-0 on the season, will now prepare for a three-game homestand featuring non-conference games against Atlantic-based teams Saint Mary’s, No.6-ranked St. Francis Xavier and Dalhousie, Nov. 20-22, respectfully. The last-place Stingers fell to 1-7 and will host the same three AUS-based squads, beginning Nov. 21.

MARTLET MURMURS: Previous Martlets to score four goals in a game were: Veronique Lapierre (twice: N-4-01 & F-15-02), Paula Mailloux (N-10-01), Sarah Lomas (J-4-03) and Vanessa Davidson (N-20-05).

MOST GOALS, ONE TEAM (CIS reg. season):

St.FX (21-0 vs. UPEI, Oct. 23/05),
Concordia (20-1 vs. Carleton, Nov. 15/02),
St.FX (18-0 vs. St. Thomas, Nov. 29/02),
St.FX (18-3 vs. Mount Allison, Feb. 1/03),
St.FX (17-0 vs. Acadia, Jan. 20/02),  
Alberta (17-0 vs. UBC, Nov. 24/02),
Toronto (16-1 vs. Windsor, Nov. 12/94),
Saint Mary’s  (16-1 vs. St. Thomas, Nov. 3/02),
St.FX (16-0 vs. Mount Allison, Feb. 18/04) and
Saint Mary’s  (16-1 vs. UPEI, Jan. 14/06).

OTHER GAMES OF NOTE:

EXHIB: Toronto (17-1 vs McMaster, Feb. 3/96),
PLAYOFF: Saint Mary’s (16-0 vs. St. Thomas, Feb. 15/02),
EXHIB: McGill (16-1 vs. Bishop’s, Nov. 11/01).



SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 16, Concordia 1
@ McConnell Arena

FIRST PERIOD
Scoring -
1. McGill, Cathy Chartrand (3) (M.A. Leclerc-Auger, A.S. Bettez) 7:48  (PP)
2. McGill, Caroline Hill (3) (R. Martindale, C. Ward) 19:42  (PP)

Penalties –
C. Rancourt Con (tripping) 7:03
E. Luck Con (slashing) 19:21

SECOND PERIOD
Scoring -
3. McGill, Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger (4) (V. Davidson) 1:21 
4. McGill, Jasmine Sheehan (2) (C. Hill) 1:54 
5. McGill, Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger (5) (A.S. Bettez, V. Davidson) 4:19 
6. McGill, Jordanna Peroff (2) (L. Zane, C. Ward) 10:56 
7. McGill, Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger (6) (C. Ward, A.S. Bettez) 11:19 
8. McGill, Ann-Sophie Bettez (7) (J. Sheehan) 12:02 
9. McGill, Ann-Sophie Bettez (8) (C. Chartrand) 15:54 

Penalties –
C. Rancourt Con (hooking) 4:31,
A. Doiron Con (holding) 6:56,
S. Tardif Mcg (hooking) 13:11,
C. Chartrand Mcg (bodychecking) 18:17

THIRD PERIOD
Scoring -
10. Concordia, Kelly Feehan (1) (M. MacNeil) 1:08 
11. McGill, Vanessa Davidson (8) (C. Chartrand, A.S. Bettez) 1:45 
12. McGill, Alessandra Lind-Kenny (2) (R. Martindale, J. Peroff) 5:16 
13. McGill, Julie Casavecchia (1) (A. Soberano, J. Sheehan) 6:54 
14. McGill, Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger (7) (A.S. Bettez, V. Davidson) 9:49 
15. McGill, Catherine Ward (1)   11:51 (SHG)
16. McGill, Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger (8) (A. Lind-Kenny, V. Davidson) 13:27 
17. McGill, Stacie Tardif (1) (J. Sheehan) 17:15 

Penalties -
V. Wells Mcg (hooking) 10:44
M. OShea Con (slashing) 18:44

SHOTS BY PERIOD
CON: 9 - 5 - 7 -- 21
McG: 21 - 19 - 12 -- 52

GOALS BY PERIOD
CON: 0 - 0 - 1 -- 1
McG: 2 - 7 - 7 -- 16

POWER PLAY CONVERSIONS:
Concordia 0-3 (+1SHGA).
McGill 2-5.

PENALTIES (No. / Chances):
Concordia 5-10.
McGill 3-6.

GOALTENDERS

McGill
Charline Labonte [W, 3-0-0, 60:00, SV: 20, GA: 1]

Concordia
Stephanie Peck [start, L, 0-3-0, 35:54, SV: 26 GA: 9]
Doyon-Lessard [ND, 24:06, SV: 10, GA: 7]


Start : 2:40 PM

End : 4:41 PM

Attendance : 176

Referee: na

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McGill LINEUP SCRATCHES
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G: Kalie Townsend
G: Gabrielle Smith (dressed but DNP)
F: Alexandra Wells
D: Shaunn Rabinovich

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