Box Score
MONTREAL -- Defencemen Ryan McKiernan and Jean-Philippe Mathieu each scored once as No.5-ranked McGill quadrupled the Waterloo Warriors 4-1 in men's university hockey at McConnell Arena, Saturday.

It was McGill's sixth win in their last eight meetings with Waterloo, improving their all-time record against the Warriors to 12-17-3 dating back to their first rendez-vous in 1964.

The Redmen, who had a 42-30 edge in shots, led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 after two.

"I liked our work ethic," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes, whose troops snapped a rare two-game losing streak. "It was one of the things that has been lacking the last couple of games. Our main objective tonight was to make sure that regardless of the outcome, we would outwork our opponent for three periods."

Rookie Alexis Millette opened the scoring for McGill at 15:29 of the first period. It was the third marker of the season for the physical & occupational therapy freshman, who has tallied seven points in seven regular season games. Including non-conference games, he has a 6-5-11 record in 12 contests overall.

Warriors forward Colin Behenna, who hails from Waterloo, evened the score at 1-1 only 60 seconds into the second frame.

McKiernan, a senior from White Plains, N.Y., tallied what proved to be the game-winner midway through the second period to give McGill a 2-1 lead. Mathieu, who assisted on McKiernan's goal, then made it 3-1 less than three minutes later.

Guillaume Langelier-Parent added an empty-netter with 12 seconds remaining to ice the contest. It was his second point of the night.

Freshman goaltender Jacob Gervais-Chouinard made 29 saves to collect the win between the pipes for McGill. Justin Leclerc registered 38 saves in a losing cause for the Warriors.

McGill was 2-for-6 on the power-play and killed off all three shorthanded situations.

The injury bug that devastated the Redmen lineup last season has hit the team again over the last few games. Regulars scratched for the confrontation against Waterloo included D Hugo Laporte, F David Rose, F Cedric McNicoll and F Jonathan Brunelle.

"We're banged up but the nice thing this season is that we have more depth," said Nobes, who is maintaining a 29-man roster, which is three more players than he carried last year. "A good example of that is (rookie) Alexandre Lemieux who played his first (regular season) game tonight and had a great game. He was very thorough (in the way he played) and it is clear that he has been paying attention in practice."

Among the others who have contributed much more than was expected is the aforementioned Millette, as well as Neil Blunden, a senior defenceman who saw limited duty over his first three years but has been among the team's top rearguards thus far

McGill, which improved to 9-2-1, will host Concordia on Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the third annual "Score With School" game. The event is expected to draw a capacity crowd as the English Montreal School Board has pre-purchased about 800 tickets for the event, which is slated to be held at the 950-seat McConnell Arena.


REDMEN RAP: Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock will be in town on Monday to receive an honorary doctorate from McGill. A two-time all-star rearguard with the Redmen, Babcock will become only the 13th former McGill athlete to receive an honorary degree from the University. A number of his old McGill teammates are making the trek to Montreal for the event. Among them is Fraser Gamble, who flew in from Calgary on Saturday and took in the Redmen victory over Waterloo.


SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
McGill Sports Info Office
514-398-7012


SCORING SUMMARY
Waterloo 1 at McGill 4
(Saturday, November 23, 2013 - McConnell Arena)

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

1st Period-
1, McGill, Alexis Millette 3 (Pompei, Delisle-Houde), 15:29 (PP).

Penalties-Le Sieur Mcg (tripping), 10:03; Mackie Wat (high sticking), 11:49; Millette Mcg (tripping), 13:01; Larson Wat (checking to the head, 10-minute misconduct), 14:14.

2nd Period-
2, Waterloo, Colin Behenna 3 (Smith, Underwood), 1:00.
3, McGill, Ryan McKiernan 7 (Pompei, Mathieu), 11:22 (PP).
4, McGill, Jean-Philippe Mathieu 1 (Ducharme, Langelier-Parent), 13:53.

Penalties-Einhorn Wat (tripping), 7:03; Mackie Wat (slashing), 10:47.

3rd Period-
5, McGill, Guillaume Langelier-Parent 2 (Vachon, Carrier), 19:48 (ENG).

Penalties-Allicock Wat (roughing), 4:22; Le Sieur Mcg (cross checking), 4:22; Lemieux Mcg (high sticking), 6:13; Chappell Wat (slashing), 7:28; Chappell Wat (tripping), 11:33; Allicock Wat (10-minute misconduct), 15:04.

Shots on Goal-
Waterloo 8-10-12 -- 30.
McGill 16-16-10 -- 42.

Power Play Opportunities-
Waterloo 0 / 3;
McGill 2 / 6.

Goalies-
Waterloo, Justin Leclerc (L, 2-5-0, 41 shots-38 saves; 58:50).
McGill, Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (W, 5-2-0, 30 shots-29 saves; 60:00).

Attendance: 233
Start: 7:02 PM
End: 9:15 PM
Length: 2:13

Referee-Alexandre Garon.
Linesmen-Maxime Desjardins, Jean-Francois Losier.

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1. MCG - 2 Jean-Philippe Mathieu
2. MCG - 19 Mathieu Pompei
3. MCG - 30 Jacob Gervais-Chouinard