MONTREAL -- McGill netminder Andrew Flemming of Quispamsis, N.B., kicked aside 30 shots in a 2-0  shutout over the York Lions in a rare morning OUA men's university hockey contest before an announced crowd of 798 at McConnell Arena, Friday.

The Redmen improved to 4-3-0 after posting their fourth-consecutive win in front of nearly 800 students from the English Montreal School Board in attendance as part of the team's annual "Score for School" event. Flemming, a first-year transfer student from RMC, recorded his first-career shutout in 71 regular season games while helping the Redmen snuff out all 10 York power plays in the outing.

"I think the guys just played really great today. I know it's cliché but the guys are so talented and when we're working hard we get results," explained Flemming, a master's student in kinesioogy, whose save percentage is now a sparkling .912 following his performance on Friday morning. "I don't know how many shots we gave up, but I thought we were pretty solid. There weren't a ton of really high-quality shots. We're building on our process and we're getting better and better and good things are starting to happen. We're on a roll now so we just have to build on that and keep it going."

Christophe Longpré-Poirier of Longueuil, Que. scored the eventual winning goal at 6:04 of the second period, tying him for the league-lead with three game-winners this season. Team co-captain Marc-André Daneau of Daveluyville, Que., slipped the insurance marker into an empty net at 19:06 of the third period.

Going a perfect 10-for-10 on the penalty kill, the Redmen now own an 88.6 per cent PK efficiency this season, good enough for fourth in the 19-team OUA. Despite having to change their routine to accommodate the 10:30 a.m. puck drop, third-year head coach Kelly Nobes wasn't surprised to see his team rise to the challenge.

"I thought we had a pretty good game this morning in terms of our energy," said Nobes, who now owns a 74-21-2 record behind the McGill bench. "We had one of these (morning games) last year and then when we got to the national championship, we actually had a game at 11:30 in the morning. It was really good that we had that because it's such a weird time for guys to get their motors going.

"Certainly our penalty-kill was really strong," he added. "I didn't think we were that sharp around their net. We left a few that we probably should have finished off and maybe taken them out of it a little bit earlier but all in all, we were pleased with our performance."

York goaltender Andrew Perugini of King City, Ont., stopped 26 of the 27 shots he faced in a losing cause. Both teams return to action on Saturday, with the Lions travelling to Ottawa (4-2-0) to face the Gee-Gees while the Redmen will host Waterloo (4-2-0) at McConnell Arena at 7 p.m.

REDMEN RAP: McGill improved to 19-10-6 in 35 lifetime meeting against York... Former Habs left-winger and ex-Redmen captain Mathieu Darche was on hand to perform the ceremonial faceoff.

York 0 at McGill 2 (ENG)

(Friday, November 2, 2012 - McConnell Arena)


GOALS BY PERIOD
York 0-0-0 -- 0
McGill 0-1-1 -- 2

1st Period-
(No Scoring).

Penalties-
Ducharme Mcg (interference), 5:17;
Barss Yrk (interference), 9:08;
Biniek Mcg (boarding), 9:38;
Perugini Yrk (delay of game), 11:46;
Genest Mcg (cross checking), 13:23;
Messier Yrk (tripping), 16:59;
Biniek Mcg (slashing), 16:59;
Daneau Mcg (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 17:09;
Lombardi Yrk (10-minute misconduct), 17:20.

2nd Period-
1, McGill, Christophe Longpre-Poirier 4 (David Rose, Guillaume Monast), 6:04.

Penalties-
McKiernan Mcg (holding), 6:59;
Mort Yrk (high sticking), 10:53;
Kerr Yrk (tripping), 11:59;
Vachon Mcg (charging), 12:48;
Dupont Mcg (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 16:18.

3rd Period-
2, McGill, Marc-Andre Daneau 1 (David Rose), 19:06 (EN).

Penalties-
Lombardi Yrk (hooking), 3:52;
Micks Yrk (hooking), 5:08;
Dupont Mcg (tripping), 12:37;
Ducharme Mcg (kneeing), 15:39;
Monast Mcg (slashing), 19:46.

Shots on Goal-
York 12-6-12--30.
McGill 7-9-11--27.

Power Play Opportunities-
York 0 / 10;
McGill 0 / 6.

Goalies-
York, Andrew Perugini (L, 3-4-0, 26 shots-25 saves; 59:13).
York, EMPTY-NET (1 shot-1 goal; 0:47).
McGill, Andrew Flemming (W, 2-2-0, 30 shots-30 saves; 60:00).

Attendance-798

Start: 10:32 am
End: 12:41 pm
Length: 2:09

Referee-Pierre Lambert.
Linesmen-Pierre-Luc Huot, Jeremy Noreau.

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS

1.Andrew Flemming, McGill
2.David Rose, McGill
3.Andrew Perugini, York

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

McGill Sports Info Office

514-398-7012