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MONTREAL – Freshman right-winger Francis Verrault-Paul scored twice and assisted on another as McGill dumped ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s 4-1 in men’s university hockey at McConnell Arena, Saturday.

The Gaels, who recently dropped the moniker "Golden" from their nickname, had to contend with a near-sellout, raucous crowd of 834, on hand to help celebrate the Friends of McGill Hockey Homecoming. They thoroughly enjoyed a spirited contest, which featured 102 penalty minutes.

Verrault-Paul, a 5-foot-9, 169-pound sparkplug from Mashteuiatsh, in the Saguenay-Lac Saint-Jean region of Quebec, opened the scoring at 14:53 of the first period and gave the Redmen a 2-1 lead with what proved to be the game-winner at 16:52 of the middle stanza.

The kinesiology major then set up Guillaume Doucet’s third-period marker to put McGill ahead 4-1 with 13 minutes remaining.

Late in the game, Verrault-Paul received an automatic ejection for a hit-from-behind minor penalty. It was the second time in as many games that he had incurred such a penalty, which means that the Redmen scoring leader (7GP: 4-3-7) miss Saturday’s McGill-²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s rematch in Kingston due to an automatic one-game suspension.

The other Redmen marker was scored by senior Marko Kovacevic, a native of Serbia, who had given McGill a 3-1 lead on a power play early in the third period.

Matthew Hill, a rookie from Creighton, Sask.,  tallied the lone goal for the Gaels, tying the score at 1-1 early in the middle period.

Freshman netminder Danny Mireault of Notre Dame des Prairies, Que., earned his second win in as many nights and improved his record to 2-3-0 as McGill outshot the Gaels 41-27. Brady Morrison of Thamesville, Ont., kept the game close with 37 saves in a losing cause and fell to 3-6-0.

It was McGill’s 12th consecutive victory over the Gaels and 52nd of the last 57 meetings. The Redmen lead their all-time series versus ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s with a 105-50-2 record, dating back more than a century to 1895.

McGill, which improved to 2-4-1, will head to Kingston for a rematch with the Gaels on Nov. 15, then play at Carleton on Sunday afternoon.

REDMEN RAP: One of the Gaels, upset with the way events unfolded, smashed a glass window in the dressing room after the game... A post-game reception at the McConnell Arena Alumni Lounge featured the presentation of commemorative rings to members of last-year’s ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s Cup championship team, McGill’s first league title in 62 years.  In what was arguably the most successful turnout ever for the Friends of McGill Hockey Homecoming, some three dozen former players were on hand for the festivities.

Among those that participated were former captains Martin Raymond, Mike Nelson, Dave Gourde, Stephane Ducharme, Ken Covo, Dan McLean, Pierre-Antoine Paquet and Luc Fournier… Other ex-Redmen spotted in the crowd included Charlie Lafontaine, Mathieu Poitras, Shawn Shewchuk, Louis-Simon Allaire, Charles Gauthier, Jocelyn Perrault, Pierre Gendron, Dave Gourde, Kyle Hickey, Jay McMullan, Mike Farmer, Richard Walker, George Jamieson, Dan Gubiani, Ben Rajotte, David Lizotte, Paul Theriault, Pierre-Luc Gosselin, Sebastien Langlois, Joel Bergeron, Dave Boucher,  David Guenette, Ben Lessard, Stephane Beaudoin, Dave Bahl and Stephane Fortin… Apologies to anyone who may have been missed.


SCORING SUMMARY:

²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s 1 at McGill 4

FIRST PERIOD:

Scoring -
1. McGill, Francis Verrault-Paul (3) (Y. Turcotte, M. Dorion) 14:53 

Penalties -
M. Halcro Que (cross checking) 1:04,
B. Heersink Que (tripping) 3:14,
Y. Turcotte Mcg (holding) 5:05,
S. Bloom Mcg (tripping) 16:10

SECOND PERIOD:

Scoring -
2. ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s, Matthew Hill (1) (S. Kenway, M. Bushby) 3:45 
3. McGill, Francis Verrault-Paul (4) (V. Lambert, B. Morse) 16:52 

Penalties -
A. Picard-Hooper Mcg (tripping) 0:44,
B. Bureau Que (roughing, 10-minute misconduct) 5:28,
J. Thomson Que (10-minute misconduct) 5:28,
M. Daneau Mcg (roughing, 10-minute misconduct) 5:28,
L. Verrilli Mcg (10-minute misconduct) 5:28,
P. Doyle Que (slashing) 7:11,
K. Morin Mcg (holding) 11:47,
G. Horvath Que (tripping) 13:13,
B. Burke Que (cross checking, boarding) 17:29,
B. Gazdic Mcg (roughing) 17:29

THIRD PERIOD:

Scoring -
4. McGill, Marko Kovacevic (2) (S. Bloom, M. Dorion) 2:55 PP
5. McGill, Guillaume Doucet (2) (V. Lambert, F. Verrault-Paul) 7:13

Penalties -
P. Doyle Que (checking from behind, game misconduct) 2:44,
S. Marcotte-Legare Mcg (slashing) 3:59,
M. Bushby Que (roughing) 10:40,
S. Valente Mcg (roughing) 10:40,
Y. Turcotte Mcg (interference) 13:45,
F. Verrault-Paul Mcg (checking from behind, game misconduct) 16:19,
Y. Turcotte Mcg (kneeing) 17:59,
M. Hill Que (high sticking) 19:46

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s: 11-7-9 -- 27
McGill: 12-15-14 -- 41

GOALS BY PERIOD:
²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s: 1-1-2 -- 4
McGill:     0-1-0 -- 1

POWER PLAY CONVERSIONS:
²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s 0-8.
McGill 1-7.

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s 13-50.
McGill 14-52.


Goaltenders

²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s
Brady Morrison [L, 3-6-0, 60:00, SV: 37, GA: 4]

McGill
Danny Mireault (W, 2-2-1, 60:00, SV: 26, GA: 1]


Start : 7:02 PM

End : 9:22 PM

Attendance : 834

Referee: Christian Gohier


MOSLON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Francis Verrault-Paul, McGill
2. Vincent Lambert, McGill
3. Yan Turcotte, McGill

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McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: *Hubert Morin (dressed but DNP)
G: Jake Jarvis
D: *Spencer Brennan
D: *Glenn Tindle
D:  Erik Stilling (shoulder)
F:   Benoit Arsenault (eye injury)
F: *Tim Drager
F:   Eric L’Italien (arm)

*freshman