Box Score
MONTREAL – Rookie Alexandre Comtois of Sherbrooke, Que., scored twice and added a helper as No.5-ranked McGill rallied from a three-goal deficit to wallop Concordia 9-3 at McConnell Arena, Tuesday morning

The early morning affair was played before a near-capacity crowd of 912, as part the team's third annual "Score with School" promotion and featured a noisy throng of school children from the English Montreal School Board.

It marked the second time this season that McGill had exploded for nine consecutive goals, a feat that they previously accomplished in a 9-1 win at Royal Military College on Nov. 1.

The Redmen had a lopsided 53-29 edge in shots, including a 20-9 margin in the final period when they exploded for seven goals. Despite the one-sided affair, McGill trailed 3-1 after the opening period and were down 3-2 after two.  The Redmen went 4-for-9 on the power-play and struck for a shorthanded marker as they killed off all four Concordia man-advantage situations.

Eight different Redmen found the net, four of them defencemen.

Comtois, a 5-foot-7, 180-pound electrical engineering freshman who had entered the game with only two goals to his credit, set up Ryan McKiernan on McGill's first goal in the opening period, then scored shorthanded to reduce the deficit to 3-2 at 5:08 of the middle frame. After Mathieu Pompei knotted the score at 3-3 at 1:11 of the third period, Comtois tallied the game-winner just 66 seconds later.

"We had a bit of a blunder to start the game but didn't panic," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes. "The guys stuck with the plan, chipped away and played a full 60 minutes. The shorthanded goal by Comtois in the second period gave us a lot of momentum and was the turning point. He had a breakthrough game and brought a lot of energy today. He's been a very versatile player for us and was very effective on the penalty-kill."

Justin Ducharme and Guillaume Langelier-Parent, both forwards, each scored. Rearguards to find the mark included McKiernan (1-2-3), Samuel Carrier (1-1-2), Hugo Laporte (1-1-2) and Jean-Philippe Mathieu.

Replying for the Stingers was Olivier Hinse, Ben Dubois and Jessyco Bernard.

Each team used both of their goaltenders. Veteran Andrew Flemming got the start between the pipes for McGill but was yanked at 2:51 of the first period after allowing two goals on four shots. Freshman Jacob Gervais-Chouinard took over and kicked aside 24 of 25 shots to collect the win, improving to 6-2 on the season.

Stingers starter Antonio Mastropietro registered 41 saves but was beaten eight times and took the loss. He was replaced for the final four minutes and 21 seconds by Paul Bourbeau, who was credited with three saves on four shots.

Concordia (3-7-3) will travel to Toronto (9-4-1) and Ryerson (9-4-0) this weekend.

McGill, which improved to 10-3-1, will close out the first semester when they host the Laurentian University Voyageurs (4-9-0) from Sudbury, Ont., on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m.

REDMEN RAP: McGill improved to 87-93-14 lifetime against the Stingers, including a 16-4-0 mark in the last 20 confrontations... The nine goals was the most by McGill against the Stingers since back-to-back 12-3 and 11-0 conquests in January, 2010... The seven goals scored in the final stanza was one shy of the team record for consecutive goals in a period, a standard first achieved in a 12-2 win over Dartmouth on Jan. 4, 1936. That mark was equalled in a 13-4 victory over the Montreal Carabins on Feb. 4, 1939 and again in a 15-0 whitewash ovr RMC on Feb. 3, 1989... The nine consecutive goals was seven shy of the team record set in a 16-0 shutout over the New York St, Nichols hockey club on Jan. 4, 1937.


SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
McGill Sports Info Office
514-398-7012
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Concordia 3 at McGill 9
(Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at McConnell Arena)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
Concordia 3-0-0 -- 3
McGill 1-1-7 -- 9

1st Period-
1, Concordia, Olivier Hinse 14 (Bernard, Blunden), 0:13.
2, Concordia, Ben Dubois 2 (Nobili, Vincent), 2:51.
3, Concordia, Jessayco Bernard 4 (unassisted),  10:17.
4, McGill, Ryan McKiernan 8 (Prokop, Comtois), 15:44 (PP).

Penalties-Levesque Mcg (cross checking), 7:43; Blunden Mcg (high sticking), 11:24; Nugent-Hopkins Con (hooking), 14:14; Blunden Con (roughing), 18:23.

2nd Period-
5, McGill, Alexandre Comtois 3 (Le Sieur), 5:08 (SH).

Penalties-Blunden Mcg (cross checking), 4:20; Blunden Con (checking to the head, 10-minute misconduct), 8:02; Bourret Con (slashing), 15:13; Bourret Con (roughing), 18:09; Lemieux Mcg (roughing), 18:09.

3rd Period-
6, McGill, Mathieu Pompei 3 (Millette, McKiernan), 1:11.
7, McGill, Alexandre Comtois 4 (Prokop, Kaminsky), 2:17.
8, McGill, Hugo Laporte 1 (McKiernan, Le Sieur), 5:09.
9, McGill, Jean-Philippe Mathieu 2 (Laporte, Delisle-Houde), 8:38 (PP).
10, McGill, Samuel Carrier 2 (Prokop, Vachon), 10:16 (PP).
11, McGill, Justin Ducharme 1 (unassisted),  14:56.
12, McGill, Guillaume Langelier-Parent 3 (Carrier, Levesque), 17:25.

Penalties-Bernard Con (high sticking), 3:28; Delisle-Houde Mcg (slashing), 3:52; Potvin Con (slashing), 5:55; Hinse Con (closing hand on puck), 7:20; Bourret Con (slashing), 8:22; Blunden Con (holding), 8:45.

Shots on Goal-
Concordia 10-10-9 -- 29.
McGill 15-18-20 -- 53.

Power Play Opportunities-
Concordia 0 / 4 (plus 1 SHG against);
McGill 3 / 9.

Goalies-
Concordia,
Antonio Mastropietro (start, L, 3-9-0, 49 shots-41 saves; 55:39);
Paul Bourbeau (4 shots-3 saves; 4:21).

McGill,
Andrew Flemming (start, ND,, 4 shots-2 saves; 2:51);
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (W, 6-2-0, 25 shots-24 saves; 57:09).

Attendance: 912
Start: 10:35 AM
End: 1:01 PM
Length: 2:26
Referees-Jonathan Alarie, Peter Moraitis.
Linesmen-Pierre-Luc Huot, Jean-Francois Losier.