Bettez breaks barrier as Martlets ground Gee-Gees

By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Alessandra Lind-Kenny of Calgary tallied twice, while Ann-Sophie Bettez of Sept-Iles broke a Quebec university women’s hockey scoring record as McGill skated to a 5-0 whitewash over Ottawa at McConnell Arena, Saturday.

Bettez’s goal at 16:45 of the opening period proved to be the game-winner. It was her 23rd of the campaign, breaking the Quebec university single-season mark set by Concordia’s Corinne Swirsky in 1999-2000.

It was the 46th consecutive victory over CIS opponents for the Martlets and was also Ottawa’s 19th straight loss to McGill, which owns a 33-2-1 record in their last 36 meetings against the Gee-Gees.

McGill outshot Ottawa 44-17 as netminder Charline Labonté racked up her eighth shutout of the season and her 51st career whitewash in 108 games overall with the Martlets. Jessika Audet (6-8-0) made 39 saves in a losing cause for the second-place Gee-Gees, who dropped to 7-8-2.

Freshman Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger of Sherbrooke also added a goal and two helpers for McGill, which improved to 17-0 in the Quebec league and will host Syracuse University from the NCAA’s College Hockey America Conference on Tuesday at McConnell Arena (7 p.m.).

SCORING SUMMARY


Ottawa 0 at McGill 5

(Feb 21, 2009, McConnell Arena @ McGill)


FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. McGill, Ann-Sophie Bettez (23) (C. Ward, M.A. Leclerc-Auger) 16:45

Penalties -
A. Burrill Ott (tripping) 17:06


SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
2. McGill, Jordanna Peroff (7) (M.A. Leclerc-Auger, A.S. Bettez) 1:18
3. McGill, Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger (17) (J. Sheehan, J. Peroff) 3:23
4. McGill, Alessandra Lind-Kenny (6) (C. Ward, A. Soberano) 17:20

Penalties -
M.A. Leclerc-Auger Mcg (tripping) 3:28,
B. Jones Ott (cross checking) 7:30

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
5. McGill, A. Lind-Kenny (7) (C. Ward, R. Martindale) 9:11

Penalties -
F. Desforges Ott (bodychecking) 14:59


SHOTS BY PERIOD:
OTT: 6 - 5 - 6 -- 17
McG: 16 - 15 - 13 -- 44

GOALS BY PERIOD:
OTT: 0 - 0 - 0 -- 0
McG: 1 - 3 - 1 -- 5

POWERPLAY CONVERSION:
Ottawa 0-1.
McGill 0-3.

PENALTIES (No./Mins):
Ottawa 3-6.
McGill 1-2.

GOALTENDERS:
Ottawa
Jessika Audet [L, 6-8-0, 60:00, SV: 39, GA: 5]

McGill
Charline Labonte [W, 14-0-0, 60:00, SV: 17, GA: 0]

THREE GAME STARS:

1. MCG - 22 Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger
2. MCG - 7 Alessandra Lind-Kenny
3. MCG - 54 Charline Labonte


Start : 7:00 PM

End : 8:52 PM

Attendance : 268

Referee: Sergine Bouchard


McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Kalie Townsend
G Gabrielle Smith (dressed but DNP)
D Cathy Chartrand (at World University Games)
F Alyssa Cecere (at World University Games)
F Vanessa Davidson (at World University Games)
F Caroline Hill (at World University Games)


SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Dept. of Athletics & Recreation, Room 225 B
McGill University
475 Pine Avenue W.,
Montreal, QC H2W 1S4
CANADA
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
514-398-1956 (Fax)
www.athletics.mcgill.ca