Panthers pounce in shootout, snap McGill's 22-game win streak at home

MONTREAL - Matt Carter scored the only goal of a post-overtime shootout as UPEI pounced on a rare McGill home-ice loss and came away with a 5-4 decision in men's preseason hockey opener, Friday.

It snapped a 22-game win streak at McConnell Arena for the Redmen, who hadn't lost since a 5-2 OUA East semifinal setback to Carleton on Feb. 24, 2010.

McGill had opened the scoring at 6:36 of the first period on freshman Guillaume Langelier-Parent's first marker of his university career. The Panthers roared back to take a 2-1 lead into the intermission on goals by Matthew Maione and Dana Fraser.

McGill rallied to go ahead 3-2 on markers from Jean-Francois Boisvert and Maxime Langelier-Parent at 11:09 and 18:51 of the second stanza but UPEI's Jared Gomes tallied with 29 seconds remaining in the period to knot the score at 3-3.

The Redmen took the lead for the third time when rookie Justin Ducharme potted his first career marker at 13:04 of the final frame but UPEI rallied again as Brandon Biggers netted the equalizer with just 1:53 remaining in regulation.

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Earl Zukerman

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(EXHIBITION) SCORING SUMMARY

UPEI 5 (SO) at McGill 4 (OTS)

Friday, September 23, 2011
at McConnell Arena

GOALS BY PERIOD:
UPEI 2-1-1-0-1 -- 5
McGill 1-2-1-0-0 -- 4

1st Period-
1, McGill, Guillaume Langelier-Parent 1 (J.F. Boisvert, Keven Dupont), 6:36.
2, UPEI, Matthew Maione 1 (Dana Fraser, Jordan Knox), 8:49 (PP).
3, UPEI, Dana Fraser 1 (Jordan Knox, Matt Carter), 17:22.

Penalties-
Vachon McG (boarding), 7:01;
McCullough UPEI (cross checking), 9:26.

2nd Period-
4, McGill, Jean-Francois Boisvert 1 (Benoit Levesque, Guillaume Langelier-Parent), 11:09.
5, McGill, Maxime Langelier-Parent 1 (Andrew Wright, Evan Vossen), 18:51 (PP).
6, UPEI, Jared Gomes 1 (Dylan Quaile), 19:31 (PP).

Penalties-
Verreault-Paul McG (faceoff interference), 1:36;
Biggers UPEI (roughing), 4:38;
Therrien McG (roughing), 4:38;
McKiernan McG (tripping), 5:41;
Traccitto UPEI (cross checking), 7:42;
Boyle UPEI (slashing), 7:56;
Archer McG (interference), 11:33;
Sniderman UPEI (roughing), 11:41;
McIver UPEI (holding), 15:49;
Sniderman UPEI (delay of game), 16:55;
G. Langelier-Parent McG (interference), 19:16;
Boyle UPEI (hooking), 19:59.

3rd Period-
7, McGill, Justin Ducharme 1 (Benoit Levesque, Maxime Langelier-Parent), 13:04.
8, UPEI, Brandon Biggers 1 (Dylan Quaile, Harrison McIver), 18:07.

Penalties-
M. Langelier-Parent McG (cross checking), 4:44.

OT Period-
(No Scoring).

Penalties-
Picard-Hooper McG (hooking), 2:05.

Shootout -
UPEI 1 (Matt Carter G, Chris Desousa NG),
McGill 0 (Marc-Olivier Vachon NG, Francis Verreault-Paul NG, Alex Picard-Hooper NG).

Shots on Goal-
UPEI 5-5-13-5-1 -- 29.
McGill 6-16-12-1-0 -- 35.

Power Play Opportunities-
UPEI 2 / 6;
McGill 1 / 7.

Goalies-
UPEI, Jhase Sniderman (W, 1-0-0, 35 shots-31 saves; 65:00).
McGill, Hubert Morin (L, 0-1-0, 28 shots-24 saves; 65:00).

Att-312

Referee-Mathieu Bergeron.