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McGill's Verreault-Paul notches seven points as Redmen rout Gee-Gees 15-4
OTTAWA - Sophomore Francis Verreault-Paul scored four goals and
added three assists as No.5-ranked McGill trounced the Ottawa
Gee-Gees 15-4 in OUA men's university hockey at the uOttawa Sports
Complex, Tuesday.
Two scoresheets were needed to register all the scoring plays in a
performance that equaled the eighth-highest offensive output in
McGill hockey history and the team's most goals scored since Feb.
3, 1989, when they skated to a 15-0 home-ice win over Royal
Military College. The Redmen team record was established on Dec.
28, 1945 after a 20-4 victory against the Lachute Hockey Club.
McGill, which improved to 9-1 in league play, outshot the Gee-Gees
60-19, including a 23-6 edge in the final period. The Redmen led
4-1 after the opening stanza and 9-3 after two. They went 6-for-15
on the power-play and added a shorthanded goal against Ottawa's
power-play unit, which connected on one of four opportunities.
Verreault-Paul, a 5-foot-10,178-pound right winger from the Innu
community of Mashteuiatsh, in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of
Quebec, tallied a natural hat-trick in the first period alone, at
6:01, 10:45 and 14:56 to put McGill ahead 4-1. His seven-point
night was three short of the team record established in 1939 by
Russ McConnell, who accomplished it twice, a feat also matched by
Reggie Sinclair in 1949. Verreault-Paul now sits sixth in the OUA
scoring race with 11-10-21 in 11 games.
Gee-Gees forward Sean Smyth of Clarence Creek, Ont., opened the
scoring with his first of two goals at only 2:16 of the game but
McGill roared back with six straight goals, beginning with
Alexandre Picard-Hooper's effort only 25 seconds later.
Picard-Hooper, a finance sophomore from Boucherville, Que., also
contributed five assists to finish with a six-point
performance.
In the middle frame, freshman Patrick Belzile of St. Eloi, Que.,
and Jean-Francois Boisvert from Anjou, Que., made it 6-1 for McGill
before Smyth netted his second of the contest for the Gee-Gees at
6:01.
McGill blueliner Marc-Andre Dorion of St. Hubert, Que., and forward
Maxime Langelier-Parent (shorthanded) of Levy, Que., upped the lead
to 8-2, followed by Gee-Gees left-winger Matthieu Methot at 18:26
of the second period.
The Redmen then responded with five in a row, beginning with rookie
rearguard Sebastien Rioux of Chicoutimi, Que., and followed by
Verreault-Paul's team-leading 11th of the season to make it 10-3,
plus Guillaume Doucet of Anjou, Que., rookie Christophe
Longpré-Poirier and Simon Marcotte-Légaré,
both natives of Longueuil, Que.
Defenceman Bryan Nadeau of Granby, Que., replied for the Gee-Gees
to narrow the gap to 13-4 but Swiss native Tim Drager and Doucet
finally capped the high-scoring affair with just over six minutes
remaining.
For Doucet, it was his ninth of the campaign. The 23-year-old
physical education junior has 18 points in 10 games.
Both teams used two goaltenders in the wild affair. Hubert Morin,
an engineering sophomore from St. Georges de Beauce, Que., started
and was credited with the win, improving his record to 6-0. He
kicked aside 10 of 13 shots, before being replaced after two
periods by freshman Hunter Shaw of Penticton, B.C.
Riley Whitlock of Calgary started for the Gee-Gees and was credited
with an assist before being saddled with the loss. His record fell
to 4-10 as he was beaten six times on 20 shots before being
replaced by under-study Jordan Martin at 5:22 of the middle period.
Martin, a rookie from Ottawa, conceded nine goals on 40 shots.
The ninth-place Gee-Gees (4-9-1) travel to Kingston on Friday for a
game at Queen's (5-6-1).
McGill (9-1) plays their second of nine consecutive road games at
Nipissing (6-7-1) in Oshawa on Friday (7 pm) and then take on the
Toronto Varsity Blues (5-7-2) at Varsity Arena, Saturday (7:30
pm).
REDMEN RAP: Verreault-Paul is the second Redmen player this season
to register a four-goal game... Evan Vossen also managed to achieve
that plateau in a 10-1 conquest over Queen's on Oct. 30... McGill,
which entered the game with the league's 15th best power play (14.1
per cent), finished the affair with the ninth-best PP (19.0)...
Aside from the aforementioned 20 goals against Lachute, the only
other higher offensive explosions by McGill in single game are as
follows: 17-2 vs Ottawa College (Mar. 2, 1912), 17-4 vs. Montreal
Nationals (Feb. 5, 1920), 17-1 vs. RMC (Jan. 7, 1989), 16-0 at New
York St. Nichols (Jan. 4, 1937), 16-4 vs. Montreal Carabins (Feb.
25, 1949), 16-7 vs. Lake Placid Roamers (Jan. 28, 1956), 16-4 vs.
Sir George Williams (Jan. 18, 1961).
SCORING
SUMMARY
McGill 15 at Ottawa 4
1st Period-
1, Ottawa, Sean Smyth 2 (R. Gove, R. Whitlock), 2:16.
2, McGill, Alex Picard-Hooper 3 (A. Wright, F. Verreault-Paul),
2:41 (pp).
3, McGill, Francis Verreault-Paul 8 (Y. Turcotte, J.F. Boisvert),
6:01.
4, McGill, Francis Verreault-Paul 9 (A. Picard-Hooper, MA Dorion),
10:45.
5, McGill, Francis Verreault-Paul 10 (A. Picard-Hooper, B Gazdic),
14:56.
Penalties-
Morin Ott (hooking), 2:31;
Ashton Ott (interference), 11:54;
Miller Ott (cross checking), 12:52;
Valente Mcg (interference), 15:24;
Smyth Ott (holding), 16:38.
2nd Period-
6, McGill, Patrick Belzile 2 (M. Langelier-Parent, M.A. Dorion),
4:36.
7, McGill, Jean-Francois Boisvert 5 (T. Drager, M.
Longpre-Poirier), 5:22.
8, Ottawa, Sean Smyth 3 (R. Gove, P. Millette), 6:01.
9, McGill, Marc-Andre Dorion 3 (F. Verreault-Paul, A.
Picard-Hooper), 14:54 (pp).
10, McGill, Maxime Langelier-Parent 3 (unassisted) 15:14 (sh).
11, Ottawa, Matthieu Methot 4 (C. Thibaudeau, P. Burns), 18:26
(pp).
12, McGill, Sebastien Rioux 2 (A. Picard-Hooper, F.
Verreault-Paul), 19:44 (pp).
Penalties-
Bini Ott (tripping), 2:36;
Vossen Mcg (inter. on goaltender), 4:24;
Houde Ott (holding), 4:24; Morin Ott (slashing), 6:55;
Methot Ott (interference), 9:39;
Forster Ott (cross checking), 13:39;
Doucet Mcg (slashing), 13:47;
Houde Ott (high sticking), 14:08;
Daneau Mcg (tripping), 14:57;
Picard-Hooper Mcg (high sticking), 18:07;
Methot Ott (hooking), 19:06.
3rd Period-
13, McGill, Francis Verreault-Paul 11 (A. Picard-Hooper,
Y.Turcotte), 3:53.
14, McGill, Guillaume Doucet 8 (E. Vossen, M.A. Dorion), 6:37.
15, McGill, Christophe Longpre-Poirier 1 (MA Dorion, P.Belzile),
8:43 (pp).
16, McGill, Simon Marcotte-Legare 3 (E. Vossen, G. Doucet),
9:52.
17, Ottawa, Bryan Nadeau 1 (G. Houde, M. Morin), 11:39.
18, McGill, Tim Drager 2 (J.F. Boisvert, Y. Turcotte), 13:30
(pp).
19, McGill, Guillaume Doucet 9 (S. Rioux, S. Marcotte-Legare),
13:47 (pp).
Penalties-
Bini Ott (holding), 6:54;
Bench Minor Ott (served by Miller), 12:05;
Houde Ott (slashing), 12:05;
Martin Ott (roughing), 13:47;
White Ott (roughing), 14:23.
GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 4-5-6 -- 15
Ottawa 1-2-1 -- 4
Shots on Goal-
McGill 17-20-23 -- 60.
Ottawa 7-6-6 -- 19.
Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 6 of 15;
Ottawa 1 of 4.
GOALTENDERS-
McGill,
Hubert Morin (start, W, 6-0-0, 13 shots-10 saves, 40:00);
Hunter Shaw (ND, 6 shots-5 saves; 20:00).
Ottawa,
Riley Whitlock (start, L, 4-10-0, 20 shots-14 saves, 25:22);
Jordan Martin (ND, 40 shots-31 saves, 34:38).
Attendance-150
Referee- Tom Sweeney.
Source:
McGill Redmen
