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MONTREAL – Vincent Lambert, a junior left winger from Ste. Therese, Que., set up three goals and four different Redmen players scored as McGill doubled Royal Military College 4-2 to kickoff their men’s hockey Homecoming Weekend at McConnell Arena, Friday.

The victory snapped a five-game losing streak in league play for the Redmen (1-4-1), including an overtime loss in Trois-Rivières two days earlier.

Senior Sam Bloom of Toronto opened the scoring at 5:55 for McGill but RMC evened the count when Michael Soros of Ottawa connected on a powerplay at 11:23 of the first period.

Lambert, who now has five assists in six games, then set up Eric L’Italien of Ste. Foy, Que., for a shorthanded effort at 8:10 of the middle period and also assisted on defenceman Yan Turcotte’s powerplay goal at 14:17, which proved to be the game-winner.

L’Italien, who has scored in successive games after being kept off the scoresheet through the first four contests, was shaken up in a collision late in the middle period and did not return for the final stanza.

Paul Bradley, a senior from Calgary, replied on a late second-period powerplay for RMC to narrow McGill’s lead to 3-2.

Lambert then set up sophomore centre Guillaume Doucet of Montreal at 1:02 of the last period to complete the scoring.

Rookie netminder Danny Mireault of Notre Dames des Prairies, Que., made 23 saves to earn his first official victory (1-3-0) for the Redmen. Adam Briggs, a senior from Wallace, N.S., made 35 saves but was saddled with the loss and fell to 2-4-0.

McGill, which improved to 44-8-3 lifetime against RMC, outshot the Paladins 39-25 and had a decided 45-18-2 record in faceoffs. Rookie Maxime Langelier-Parent of Levy, Que., led the way, posting a 14-3-1 mark on his draws.

The contest featured 74 minutes in penalties, including 46 to the Redmen. Two McGill players, freshman Francis Verrault-Paul and veteran Sam Bloom, were ejected in the first and second periods, respectively, for checking-from-behind minors. Since it was the first such infraction of the season for both, players, they will not have to worry about incurring an automatic suspension.
REDMEN RAP: Including RMC Paladins head coach Adam Shell (‘03) and assistant coach Chad Blundy (’05), more than a dozen ex-Redmen were spotted in attendance to kick-start the hockey team’s alumni weekend, which begins in earnest with an old-timer’s game on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 pm, followed by the annual Queen’s-McGill affair (), which is slated for 7 p.m. Fans are encouraged to show up at least a half hour before game time or purchase tickets in advance at the Redbird Sports Shop, located inside the Currie Gym at 475 Pine Avenue West.
Other faces in the crowd included former captains Pierre-Antoine Paquet (‘06) and Dan McLean (’01), who flew in from Chicago, plus Kyle Hickey (’03) who made the trek from New York City and Shawn Shewchuk (’08), last year’s team scoring leader, who drove in from Hamilton, Ont. Also on hand was honorary captain Charlie Lafontaine (‘52), Joel Bergeron (‘04), David Boucher (‘89), Sebastien Langlois (’05), plus Redmen assistant coach Stephane Fortin (‘89) and head coach Martin Raymond (’92).


SCORING SUMMARY

RMC 2 at McGill 4

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. McGill, Sam Bloom (3) (A. Picard-Hooper, M.A. Dorion) 5:55 
2. RMC, Michael Soros (6) (R. Thompson, S. Cox) 11:23 PP

Penalties -
R. Lim RMC (hooking) 2:57,
R. Thompson RMC (roughing) 8:00,
F. Verrault-Paul McG (checking from behind minor, GM 50) 10:20,
M. Daneau McG (high sticking) 12:54,
M. Soros RMC (roughing) 15:59,
S. Bloom McG (cross checking) 17:10

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
3. McGill, Eric Litalien (2) (V. Lambert) 8:10 SH
4. McGill, Yan Turcotte (1) (V. Lambert, E. Litalien) 14:17 PP
5. RMC, Paul Bradley (2) (J. Lacey, J. Oke) 19:34 PP

Penalties -
L. Oversby RMC (tripping) 4:24,
S. Marcotte-Legare McG (high sticking) 6:40,
R. Thompson RMC (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 9:04,
V. Lambert McG (interference) 11:30,
K. Matthewson RMC (tripping) 12:28,
Y. Turcotte McG (interference) 16:01,
S. Bloom McG (checking from behind minor, GM50) 19:17

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
6. McGill, Guillaume Doucet (1) (V. Lambert) 1:02 

Penalties -
G. Doucet McG (slashing) 4:22,
L. Oversby RMC (hooking) 14:34,
K. Matthewson RMC (roughing) 15:51,
M. Monette RMC (roughing double minor) 15:51,
M. Pinder RMC (roughing) 15:51,
M. Dorion McG (roughing) 15:51,
G. Doucet McG (roughing) 15:51,
A. Picard-Hooper McG (roughing) 15:51,
R. Thompson RMC (double minor: roughing, slashing) 19:41,
M. Daneau McG (roughing) 19:41,
K. Sullivan RMC (roughing) 19:56,
V. Lambert McG (roughing) 19:56

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
RMC: 7 10 8 -- 25
MCG: 12 13 14 -- 39

GOALS BY PERIOD:
RMC: 1 1 0 -- 2
MCG: 1 2 1 -- 4

POWER PLAY CONVERSION (Goals/Chances):
RMC 2-8 (plus 1 SHG against).
McGill 1-9.

PENALTIES (No/Mins):
RMC 14-28.
McGill 15-46.


Goaltenders
RMC
Adam Briggs [L, 3-3-0, 60:00 SV: 35, GA: 4]


McGill
Danny Mireault [W 1-2-1, 60:00, SV: 23, GA: 2]



Start : 7:02 PM

End : 9:22 PM

Attendance : 471

Referee: Dominic Bedard

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1 Vincent Lambert, McGill
2. Eric L Italien, McGill
3. Guillaume Doucet, 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: *Andrew Wright

*freshman