Men's Hockey 1/29/2011 12:00:00 PM

Ravens ruffle injury-riddled Redmen

(PHOTO BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)

OTTAWA - Four different players scored as Carleton took advantage of a depleted McGill lineup to upset the No.2-ranked Redmen 4-0 in men's university hockey at the Ice House, Saturday.

It snapped McGill's eight-game win streak and was the first regular season loss in regulation play for McGill (22-1-2), which was missing seven regulars in addition to losing two more players to injury during the game.

It also marked the first time in 69 league contests that the Redmen had been shutout dating back to a 3-0 home-ice loss to Ryerson on Nov. 28, 2008.

Linden Bahm, a freshman from Kinburn, Ont., scored what proved to be the game-winner before the game was 13 minutes old. The Ravens, who sit third in the division with a 15-7-2 record, upped their lead with second period markers by Andrew Self of Peterborough, Ont., and Joe Pleckaitis of Toronto. Joey Manley, a senior from Ottawa, rounded out the scoring at 15:05 of the final frame.

Netminder Ryan Dube, a sophomore from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., made 32 saves for his second career shutout, while McGill freshman Antoine Tardif of Daveluyville, Que., was credited with 35 saves in a losing cause.

McGill was without three of their top players who are currently representing Canada at the World University Games in Turkey, including team captain Evan Vossen, all-Canadian defenceman Marc-Andre Dorion and Maxime Langelier-Parent, arguably one of the top defensive forwards in CIS hockey.

Also scratched was injured sniper Francis Verreault-Paul (leg), who leads the nation with 28 goals in only 19 games, plus starting goaltender Hubert Morin (upper body), centre Patrick Belzile (hand) and forward Jean-Francois Boisvert (upper body). During the game, the Redmen also lost high-scoring right-winger Andrew Wright (upper body) in the second period and veteran defenceman Ben Morse, who left in the third period after losing three teeth when struck in the mouth by a deflected puck.

The Ravens were missing two of the top players -- forwards Brandon MacLean and Ryan Berard -- who are with the CIS all-star team in Turkey, as well.

Carleton will play the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Feb. 4, before hosting McGill again on Feb. 5 at 3 p.m.

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

McGill Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012 (Tel.)

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earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 0 at Carleton 4

(Saturday, January 29, 2011 - CU Ice House)

1st Period-
1, Carleton, Linden Bahm 6 (Tyler Taylor, Shane Bakker), 12:06.

Penalties-
Picard-Hooper Mcg (hooking), 1:43;
Valente Mcg (tripping), 6:30;
Dupont Mcg (roughing after the whistle), 18:49;
Picard-Hooper Mcg (roughing after the whistle), 18:49;
Deagle Car (roughing after the whistle), 18:49;
Self Car (roughing after the whistle), 18:49.

2nd Period-
2, Carleton, Andrew Self 9 (Jeff Hayes, Jordan Deagle), 7:47 (PP).
3, Carleton, Joe Pleckaitis 8 (Graham Klassen, Justin Caruana), 16:48.

Penalties-
Conacher Mcg (hooking), 1:54;
Bourgeois Mcg (boarding), 6:30;
Marcotte-Legare Mcg (tripping), 10:32;
Hayes Car (hooking), 14:13.

3rd Period-
4, Carleton, Joey Manley 16 (Joe Pleckaitis, Connor Barrett), 15:05.

Penalties-
Carre Car (roughing), 9:39;
Manley Car (slashing), 11:32;
Pleckaitis Car (cross checking), 17:31.

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 0-0-0 -- 0
Carleton 1-2-1 -- 4

Shots on Goal-
McGill 9-8-17 -- 34.
Carleton 17-11-11 -- 39.