Rookie delivers one-two punch to military men
By Earl Zukerman
KINGSTON, Ont. – Freshman Francis Verrault-Paul, a 5-foot-9,
169-pound right-winger from Mashteviatsh, Que., tallied twice as
McGill defeated Royal Military College 5-2 in men’s hockey at
Constantine Arena in Kingston, Sunday.
The Redmen, who outshot RMC 47-31, led 3-0 after two periods on
goals from rookie Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que.,
Verrault-Paul and Simon Marcotte-Légaré, a sophomore from
Longueuil, Que., who netted what proved to be the game-winner, on
the power-play, at 11:04 of the middle stanza.
The Paladins ruined Danny Mireault’s bid for his first CIS shutout,
striking twice in 66 seconds at the midway mark of the third on
power play markers by Jeff Oke and Luke Pierce.
Verrault-Paul snuffed out the RMC rally with his second of the game
and team-leading 11th of the season at the 16:58 mark and veteran
Guillaume Doucet of Montreal put the contest out of reach with an
empty-netter.
The surging Redmen, who started their 133rd season with an 0-4-1
record and dwelled in the OUA Far East cellar from opening day
until last week, have won eight of their last 10 games and improved
to 12-7-2. With seven games remaining before playoffs, McGill now
finds themselves third in the division, two points behind Concordia
(12-6-4) with a game in hand.
The Redmen travel across town to play the Stingers on Wednesday
(Jan. 28) at 8 p.m. and a McGill win will clinch a playoff berth
for the 23rd time in the past 26 ears. The bitter rivals split
their first two meetings, both at McConnell Arena, with Concordia
winning the first encounter 2-1 (Oct. 10) and McGill rebounding to
prevail 4-3 in a post-overtime shootout (Jan. 14).
Five of McGill’s eight remaining games are in Montreal, including
two at Concordia
REDMEN RAP: … Picard-Hooper, who leads the Redmen in points with an
8-18-26 record in 21 games, has finally cracked the OUA Top 20
scoring leaders. He now sits tied for 14th place and is the
fourth-highest-scoring rookie in the league… McGill now has 580
lifetime wins against OUA opponents against 582 losses and 89 ties…
Included in that record is a 45-8-4 lifetime mark against
RMC…McGill swept the season series versus the Paladins, who feature
two former Redmen behind the bench in head coach Adam Shell and
assistant coach Chad Blundy…Defenceman Ken Morin, who shares the
McGill captaincy with Eric L’Italien and wears the “C” on his
jersey for road games in the second semester, left the game early
in the third period with an unspecified leg injury… Sam Bloom’s
recent 15-game point-scoring streak which ended at Guelph on Jan.
18 was the longest in the OUA this season.
SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 5 at RMC 2
(Jan 25, 2009 @ Constantine Arena)
FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. McGill, Alexandre Picard-Hooper (8) (M.A. Daneau, M.A. Dorion)
2:34
Penalties -
B. Morse Mcg (tripping) 3:55,
L. Pierce Rmc (interference) 6:15,
S. Bloom Mcg (interference) 6:50,
L. Pierce Rmc (hooking) 12:24,
S. Bloom Mcg (interference) 12:42,
A. Picard-Hooper Mcg (slashing) 19:32
SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
2. McGill, Francis Verrault-Paul (10) (E. Vossen, V. Lambert)
3:27
3. McGill, S. Marcotte-Legare (3) (A. Picard-Hooper, S. Bloom)
11:04 (PP)
Penalties -
B. Gazdic Mcg (roughing) 4:45,
J. Oke Rmc (interference) 5:05,
F. Verrault-Paul Mcg (roughing) 9:59,
L. Pierce Rmc (roughing, roughing) 9:59,
A. Picard-Hooper Mcg (interference) 16:14,
L. Lavictoire Rmc (hooking) 18:16
THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
4. RMC, Jeff Oke (9) (P. Bradley, L. Lavictoire) 10:32 (PP)
5. RMC, Luke Pierce (2) (L. Oversby, M. Soros) 11:38 (PP)
6. McGill, Francis Verrault-Paul (11) (G. Doucet, Y. Turcotte)
16:58
7. McGill, Guillaume Doucet (7) (B. Gazdic, M. Langelier-Parent)
19:05 (ENG)
Penalties -
Y. Turcotte Mcg (interference) 1:00,
R. Lim Rmc (roughing, 10-min. misconduct) 4:25,
L. Pierce Rmc (interference) 5:13,
L. Verrilli Mcg (interference) 8:52,
E. Vossen Mcg (holding) 10:27,
S. Bloom Mcg (cross checking) 14:16,
E. Robb Rmc (roughing) 19:24
SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 13 - 20 - 14 -- 47
RMC: 10 - 10 - 11 -- 31
GOALS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 1 - 2 - 2 -- 5
RMC: 0 - 0 - 2 -- 2
POWER PLAY CONVERSION:
McGill 1-8.
RMC 2-10.
PENALTIES (No./Mins):
McGill 11-22.
RMC 10-28.
GOALTENDERS:
McGill
Danny Mireault [W. 8-6-0, 60:00, SV: 29, GA: 2]
RMC
Adam Briggs [L, 5-11-0; 59:20, SV: 42, GA: 4]
Empty-net [0:40, GA: 1]
Start : 7:35 pm
End : 9:45 pm
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dave Regan
MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Francis Verrault-Paul, McGill
2. Yan Turcotte, McGill
3. Guillaume Doucet, McGill
McGILL LINES:
F: Doucet - Marcotte-Legare - L Italien
F: Daneau - Picard-Hooper - Bloom
F: Lambert - Verrault-Paul - Langelier-Parent
F: Vossen - Verrilli - Kovacevic
D: Morin - Stilling
D: Turcotte - Dorion
D: Morse - Gazdic
G: Mireault / Desfosses
McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
G Hubert Morin
G Jake Jarvis
G Kevin Desfosses (dressed but DNP)
D Spencer Brennan
D Stephen Valente
D Glenn Tindle
F Benoit Arsenault (eye injury)
F Tim Drager
F Andrew Wright
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Dept. of Athletics & Recreation, Room 225 B
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