TORONTO - Evan Vossen of Swift Current, Sask., and Andrew Wright of Toronto, each scored twice and added an assist as No.6-ranked McGill skated to an 8-5 victory over Ryerson, to complete a two-game sweep over Rams at the George Bell Arena, Saturday. McGill also skunked Ryerson 7-0 on Friday.

 

The Redmen improved to 35-6-1 lifetime against Ryerson and extended their 15-year road win streak against the Rams to 14 consecutive games, dating back to a 4-3 loss at Varsity Arena on Feb. 4, 1994. McGill's last loss at Ryerson's home arena was a 3-2 decision on Jan. 13, 1989.

 

It was a command performance from Vossen, a 23-year-old industrial relations junior, who has already surpassed his career high in goals, assists and points. The six-foot, 190-pound left winger bounced back strong from being cut above the lip for a half-dozen stitches when struck in the face by an errant slapshot in Friday's 7-0 win over Ryerson. He assisted on McGill's first goal in the opening period, snuffed a Ryerson rally to make the score 6-3 in the second stanza and halted another Rams comeback to give the Redmen a 7-5 advantage in the final frame.

 

McGill jumped into an early 3-0 lead on power-play goals by Simon Marcotte-Légaré of Longueuil, Que., and Francis Verreault-Paul of Mashteuiatsh, Que., plus a shorthanded effort by Christophe Longpré-Poirier, a freshman from Longueuil.

 

The Rams replied at 17:02 on a goal by Alexei Dostoinov, when native of Moscow, who played for the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL.

 

But the Redmen bounced back for two more before the period was over. Sophomore Maxime Langelier-Parent, also from Longueuil jumped on a turnover and tallied an unassisted effort at 17:22. Some 83 seconds later, Wright then made it 5-1 with his first marker of the night.

 

To Ryerson's credit, they fought back to narrow the gap to 6-4 in the middle period, which featured four late goals in the last four minutes and 20 seconds. Marcus Booth, Dostoinov and Greg Payne scored for the Rams and Vossen replied for McGill.

 

Ryerson threw a scare into the Redmen when defenceman Scott Madden made it a one-goal game only two minutes into the final period. But Vossen's seventh goal of the season, on the power play at 9:12  put McGill back in control and Wright added an empty-netter at 19;27 with his fourth of the season.

 

McGill outshot Ryerson 51-37 as sophomore goaltender Hubert Morin of St. Georges de Beauce, Que., registered the win and improved his record to 9-1 in 11 starts. For the Rams, Louie George started, was replaced by Paul Gibson after the opening period but was sent back into the tempest after Gibson suffered an apparent knee injury midway through the period. George was beaten seven times and was saddled with the loss, falling to 4-6.

 

McGill ends the semester second in the OUA East Conference with a stellar 12-2 record, including a 6-0 record at home. They sit five points behind division-leading UQTR (14-2-1), with three games in hand on the Patriotes.

 

The Redmen are have a 23-day break for exams before resuming play with four games in western Canada to conclude a sequence of nine consecutive road games. They have scheduled a pair of non-conference games against the No.2-ranked Alberta Golden Bears in Edmonton, Dec. 28-29, then head over the Rockies to play a pair of games against UBC (Jan. 2-3) at the Doug Mitchell Winter Sports Centre, their new arena built for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

 

REDMEN RAP: Francis Verreault-Paul leads the OUA in goals with 15, including a league-high five game-winners... He also ranks second in penalty minutes (63)... Alex Picard-Hooper leads the league in assists (20)... Guillaume Doucet, who has 11 markers, is tied for the league lead in insurance goals with 3... Defenceman Marc-Andre Dorion, who attended the Dallas Stars rookie camp last year, leads all OUA blueliners in points with 4-16-20 in 14 games... Defenceman Yan Turcotte is ranked fifth in points and third in goals with a career-best 6-8-14 record... McGill's 12-2 league record is five wins better than the 7-7 mark that they posted at this time last year, when they finished at 18-8-2. The team is on pace to surpass the school record for most wins in regular season play, which occurred in 1999-90, when they posted a 21-5 dossier... The Redmen are leading the 19-team OUA in goals scored with 89 in 14 contests for an average of 6.36 goals per game. The team record is 173 in 26 games during the 1988-89 season, when they averaged 6.65 per game. That season, McGill posted a 19-4-3 record... Defensively, the Redmen have allowed only 36 goals for a GAA of 2.57, the third-best average in the league behind UQTR (2.35) and Western (2.44)... McGill has the second-best penalty-killing unit in the OUA (88.9 per cent) and the fifth-best power-play (21.6).

 

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 8 at Ryerson 5  (ENG)

(Dec 5, 2009 at George Bell Arena)

1st Period-

1, McGill, Simon Marcotte-Legare 5 (S. Rioux, E. Vossen), 3:38 (pp).

2, McGill, Francis Verreault-Paul 15 (A. Picard-Hooper, A. Wright), 12:20 (pp).

3, McGill, Christophe Longpre-Poirier 3 (M. Langelier-Parent, M.A. Dorion), 13:40 (sh).

4, Ryerson, Alexei Dostoinov 1 (G. Payne, J. Zamparo), 17:02.

5, McGill, Maxime Langelier-Parent 5 (unassisted),  17:22.

6, McGill, Andrew Wright 3 (F. Verreault-Paul, A. Picard-Hooper), 18:45.

 

Penalties-

Barbieri Rye (slashing), 2:33;

Langelier-Parent Mcg (holding), 9:26;

Barbieri Rye (hooking), 11:50;

Marcotte-Legare Mcg (tripping), 13:13.

 

2nd Period-

7, Ryerson, Marcus Booth 4 (K. Day, A. Sharpe), 15:40.

8, Ryerson, Alexei Dostoinov 2 (M. Schmermund, J. McNair), 18:08 (pp).

9, McGill, Evan Vossen 6 (M.A. Dorion, S. Marcotte-Legare), 19:24.

10, Ryerson, Greg Payne 2 (A. Dostoinov), 19:40.

 

Penalties-

DEall Rye (boarding), 2:15;

Marcotte-Legare Mcg (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 7:06;

Gazdic Mcg (slashing), 11:32;

Marcotte-Legare Mcg (hooking), 17:31.

 

3rd Period-

11, Ryerson, Scott Madden 1 (G. Payne, A. Buck), 2:00.

12, McGill, Evan Vossen 7 (G. Doucet, B. Gazdic), 9:12 (pp).

13, McGill, Andrew Wright 4 (M.A. Dorion, F. Verreault-Paul), 19:27 (en).

 

Penalties-

Zamparo Rye (tripping), 4:20;

Schmermund Rye (interference), 7:29;

Doucet Mcg (roughing), 14:36;

Turcotte Mcg (roughing), 14:36;

McNair Rye (roughing), 14:36;

Paolo Rye (roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 14:36.

 

GOALS BY PERIOD:

McGill 5-1-2 -- 8

Ryerson 1-3-1 -- 5

 

Shots on Goal-

McGill 18-17-16 -- 51.

Ryerson 10-10-17 -- 37.

 

Power Play Opportunities-

McGill 3 of 5;

Ryerson 1 of 5.

Goalies-

McGill,

Hubert Morin (W, 9-1-0, 37 shots-32 saves; 60:00).

 

Ryerson,

Louie George (start, L, 4-5-1; 42 shots-35 saves; 49:52);

Paul Gibson (ND, 3-3-1; 8 shots-8 saves, 9:59);

Empty-net (1 shot-0 saves, 0:09).

 

Attendance-100

Referee-Jonathan Wallace.

 

Start: 2:00 PM
End: 4:29 PM
Length: 2:29

 

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:

1. Evan Vossen, McGill

2. Andrew Wright, McGill

3. Marc-Andre Dorion, McGill

 

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

McGill Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca