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Tigers pounce on PP to edge Redmen in showdown of champs

Published: 2 October 2011

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. - The Colorado College Tigers scored three first-period power-play goals and hung on to edge McGill 3-2 in men's preseason hockey before 3,352 at the World Arena, Sunday.

 

It was a highly-anticipated matchup as the game featured the defending Western Collegiate Hockey Association champion Tigers pitted against the defending OUA champion Redmen. Colorado College has been ranked from No. 4 to No. 7 in the NCAA national preseason polls, and has been picked by WCHA head coaches to finish third in the league standings.

 

Sophomore Alexander Krushelnyski, junior Scott Winkler and senior team captain Nick Dineen, all found the back of the net before the game was 20 minutes old, putting the Tigers in command early.

 

"We noticed the difference in playing at altitude more today and didn't have a lot of jump in our legs," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes, whose troops had battled the fast-skating University of Denver Pioneers to a 2-2 overtime draw the previous night. "We showed a lot of character in coming back to make a game of it. We hit a couple of crossbars and even had a chance to win it in the final minutes while they were serving a major penalty."

 

Down 2-0 before the game was barely eight minutes old, McGill got untracked when senior defenceman Ben Morse of Toronto, tallied at 9:57, with assists going to Alex Picard-Hooper and McGill captain Evan Vossen.

 

Dineen re-established a two-goal cushion when he struck for what proved to be the game winner with 28 seconds left in the opening frame, tapping in a centering pass from Gabe Guentzel on a quick rush up the ice with Rylan Schwartz. Junior defenceman Mike Boivin started the play by clearing the puck out of the Colorado College crease after netminder Joe Howe slowed down a shorthanded attempt by Vossen.

 

The score remained that way until 17:26 of the final period, when Montrealer Nicolas Biniek, a sophomore forward, converted a pass from Francis Verreault-Paul to score a power-play marker while Schwartz was serving a rare five-minute major for "roughing".

 

McGill freshman goalie Mark Segal survived the initial first-period onslaught and was a brick wall the rest of the way. A product of the Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants, Segal was saddled with the loss despite registering 35 saves in his university debut. He didn't dress in McGill's first three exhibition games due to a hand injury suffered in training camp.

 

Howe, a junior, and sophomore Josh Thorimbert split the netminding duties for the Tigers, with starter Howe turning aside 10 of 11 attempts by McGill and Thorimbert stopping nine of the 10 he faced.

 

The game featured 121 minutes in penalties, including 68 to McGill, as Colorado took advantage of seven power-play opportunities to outshoot the visiting Redmen 38-21. The Tigers registered 23 of their shots on the power-play as McGill ended up shorthanded for 15 minutes and 28 seconds. Two of the infractions were separate majors to the McGill brother act of Maxime and Guillaume Langelier-Parent.

 

"That's the trade-off we have to accept in order to play preseason games against quality NCAA teams," said Nobes. "We get a good game from them but usually have to learn to adapt to being penalized more often."

 

McGill will now have to await a league interpretation of the two majors as OUA league rules stipulate that at least one game of any suspension arising from an exhibition game must be served in regular season play. McGill begins defence of their league championship with two tough road games at Lakehead University, Oct. 7-8.

 

Before then, however, the Redmen will play their third road-game in as many days when they take on the U.S. Air Force Academy Monday night. The game, which is slated to begin at 8:05 Eastern, can be followed via live stats at:

www.goairforcefalcons.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mhockey.html?event=1027713&school=afa&sport=mhockey&camefrom=&startschool=&

 

REDMEN RAP: At about 6,000 feet above sea level, the World Arena facility is arguably the highest altitude ice rink in North America... McGill, which now owns a 113-114-8 lifetime record against NCAA opponents, defeated Colorado College in their only previous meeting on Nov. 24. 1990.

 

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

Athletics & Recreation

McGill University

514-398-7012 (Tel.)

 

 

McGill University vs Colorado College (Oct 02, 2011)



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McGill University vs Colorado College (Oct 02, 2011 at Colorado Springs, CO)

McGill University vs. Colorado College
Date: Oct 02, 2011 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Arena: World Arena
Attendance:3352 Start time:6:07 pm End time:8:32 pm Total time:2:25
Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total
McGill University 1 0 1 2
Colorado College 3 0 0 3

Scoring Summary

# Prd Time Team Type Scored by Assists Visitor on ice Home on ice
1. 1st 03:33 CC PP Alex. Krushelnyski Michael Boivin 26,27,11,24 16,28,8,6
Jaden Schwartz
2. 1st 08:17 CC PP Scott Winkler Gabe Guentzel 24,8,25,15 25,10,8,13,22
Jaden Schwartz
3. 1st 09:57 MCG EVEN Benjamin Morse Alex Picard-Hooper 7,11,24,9,18 25,6,14,15,23
Evan Vossen
4. 1st 19:22 CC PP Nick Dineen Gabe Guentzel 16,11,24,27 22,10,13,28,8
Rylan Schwartz
5. 3rd 17:26 MCG PP Nicolas Biniek Fran. Verreault-Paul 5,18,24,19,10 2,11,23,4

Team Summaries



Shots by Prd
McGill University G A 1 2 3 Tot +/- Pen
3 Hugo Laporte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
4 Vincent Bourgeois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
5 Nicolas Biniek 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0-0
7 Benjamin Morse 1 0 1 1 0 2 +1 0-0
8 Ryan McKiernan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
9 Alex Picard-Hooper 0 1 2 0 0 2 +1 4-16
* 10 Marc-Andre Dorion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-4
11 Evan Vossen 0 1 1 0 1 2 +1 0-0
12 Jean-Fran. Boisvert 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0-0
14 Daniel Conacher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
* 15 Marc-Andre Daneau 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1-2
* 16 M. Langelier-Parent 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2-15
17 Colin Archer 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2-12
18 Fran. Verreault-Paul 0 1 2 0 2 4 +1 0-0
19 Andrew Wright 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1-2
22 Justin Ducharme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
* 24 Nicholas Therrien 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 1-2
25 G. Langelier-Parent 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2-15
26 C. Longpre-Poirier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
* 27 Benoit Levesque 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0-0
Totals......... 2 3 10 3 8 21 +5 15-68

Saves by Prd
McGill University Dec Minutes GA EN 1st 2nd 3rd Total
30 Mark Segal L 58:53 3 0 8 18 9 35
TM TEAM 1:07 0 0 0 0 0 0


Shots by Prd
Colorado College G A 1 2 3 Tot +/- Pen
2 Arthur Bidwell 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0-0
* 4 Joe Marciano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2
5 Aaron Harstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
6 Peter Stoykewych 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0-0
* 8 Jaden Schwartz 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0-0
9 Dakota Eveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
* 10 Gabe Guentzel 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 2-12
11 David Civitarese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
12 Archie Skalbeck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2
* 13 Rylan Schwartz 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 2-15
14 Jordan Digiando 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0-0
15 Andrew Hamburg 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0-0
16 Alex. Krushelnyski 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1-2
19 Michael Morin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1-2
20 Ian Young 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0-0
21 Jeff Collett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-4
22 Nick Dineen 1 0 2 3 3 8 0 0-0
23 Tim Hall 0 0 0 4 0 4 -1 0-0
* 25 Scott Winkler 1 0 2 0 0 2 -1 0-0
28 Michael Boivin 0 1 5 2 2 9 0 3-14
TM TEAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Totals......... 3 6 11 18 9 38 -5 13-53

Saves by Prd
Colorado College Dec Minutes GA EN 1st 2nd 3rd Total
31 Joe Howe W 29:44 1 0 9 1 0 10
39 Josh Thorimbert 30:16 1 0 0 2 7 9

Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total
McGill University 10 3 8 21
Colorado College 11 18 9 38
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd MCG CC
1st 0-3 (5) 3-3 (6)
2nd 0-1 (0) 0-1 (9)
3rd 1-1 (4) 0-3 (8)
Total 1-5 (9) 3-7 (23)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd MCG CC
1st 4/19 3/6
2nd 2/4 2/4
3rd 9/45 8/43
Total 15/68 13/53

 


Three stars:
1. Jaden Schwartz
2. Mark Segal
3. Michael Boivin
Officials:
Referee:Walsh/Friesma
Linesman:Steve Stankovich
Linesman:Scott Staudte
Scorer:Greg Cook

Win-Joe Howe. Loss-Mark Segal.

 

Penalty shots - None.


Penalty Summary
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
1st Alex. Krushelnyski CC 2 TRIPPING 00:57 PP
1st Alex Picard-Hooper MCG 2 HOOKING 02:07 PP
1st Michael Morin CC 2 CROSS-CHECKING 05:09 PP
1st Alex Picard-Hooper MCG 2 INTERFERENCE 06:42 PP
1st Archie Skalbeck CC 2 HIGH STICKING 12:05 PP
1st G. Langelier-Parent MCG 5 CONTACT TO THE HEAD 19:05 PP
1st G. Langelier-Parent MCG 10 GAME MISCONDUCT 19:05
2nd Andrew Wright MCG 2 HIGH STICKING 10:12
2nd Joe Marciano CC 2 CROSS-CHECKING 10:12
2nd Michael Boivin CC 2 HOLDING 11:48 PP
2nd Nicholas Therrien MCG 2 CROSS-CHECKING 18:24 PP
3rd M. Langelier-Parent MCG 5 CHECKING FROM BEHIND 08:33 PP
3rd M. Langelier-Parent MCG 10 GAME MISCONDUCT 08:33
3rd Marc-Andre Dorion MCG 2 ROUGHING 08:33
3rd Jeff Collett CC 2 ROUGHING 08:33
3rd Marc-Andre Dorion MCG 2 ROUGHING 08:33
3rd Jeff Collett CC 2 ROUGHING 08:33
3rd Marc-Andre Daneau MCG 2 SLASHING 15:14 PP
3rd Colin Archer MCG 2 ROUGHING 16:01
3rd Michael Boivin CC 2 ROUGHING 16:01
3rd Alex Picard-Hooper MCG 2 ROUGHING 16:01
3rd Gabe Guentzel CC 2 ROUGHING 16:01
3rd Colin Archer MCG 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 16:01
3rd Michael Boivin CC 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 16:01
3rd Alex Picard-Hooper MCG 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 16:01
3rd Gabe Guentzel CC 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 16:01
3rd Rylan Schwartz CC 5 FIGHTING 16:01 PP
3rd Rylan Schwartz CC 10 GAME DISQUALIFICATION 16:01

McGill University - Faceoffs
## Player W L
9 Alex Picard-Hooper 5 4
16 M. Langelier-Parent 4 11
25 G. Langelier-Parent 2 0
18 Fran. Verreault-Paul 2 1
15 Marc-Andre Daneau 1 4
26 C. Longpre-Poirier 1 8
27 Benoit Levesque 0 1
22 Justin Ducharme 0 1
4 Vincent Bourgeois 0 1
11 Evan Vossen 0 2
Totals......... 15 33
Colorado College - Faceoffs
## Player W L
22 Nick Dineen 11 2
13 Rylan Schwartz 10 6
12 Archie Skalbeck 4 3
11 David Civitarese 3 1
23 Tim Hall 2 1
14 Jordan Digiando 2 2
21 Jeff Collett 1 0
Totals......... 33 15

McGill University - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
1st 00:57 02:07 01:10 0 0
1st 05:09 06:42 01:33 0 0
1st 12:05 14:05 02:00 5 0
2nd 11:48 13:48 02:00 0 1
3rd 17:14 20:00 02:46 4 0 PPG
SUMMARY: 5 opps, 9 shots, 1 goal, time 09:29
Colorado College - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
1st 02:57 03:33 00:36 3 0 PPG
1st 07:09 08:17 01:08 2 1 PPG
1st 19:05 19:22 00:17 1 1 PPG
1st 19:22 03:49 04:27 6 0
2nd 18:24 00:24 02:00 3 0
3rd 08:33 13:33 05:00 5 0
3rd 15:14 17:14 02:00 3 0
SUMMARY: 7 opps, 23 shots, 3 goals, time 15:28

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