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OTTAWA -- Defenceman Matthew Stanisz of Burlington, Ont., set up three goals as the Carleton Ravens edged No.5-ranked McGill 3-2 in OUA men's hockey at the Carleton Ice Palace in the nation's capital, Friday.

It was McGill's first game in more than a month, dating back to a victory over Laurentian on Nov. 30 and halted the team's three-game win streak. The fourth-place Ravens played one exhibition game over the long break, a 6-1 victory over visiting Toronto on Dec. 29.

Carleton, which had a slight 30-27 edge in shots, improved to 10-5-1 and now sits just two points in arrears of second-place McGill (11-4-1) in the OUA East Division standings.

First-year Redmen forward Neal Prokop of Winnipeg opened the scoring on the power-play at 7:52, converting passes from defencemen Hugo Laporte and Jan Kaminsky. But Carleton rallied with goals from Ryan MacLean and Joey West,  at 14:52 and 18:32, respectively, to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.

Damian Cross then struck for his seventh of the season at 14:52 of the middle stanza to put the Ravens up 3-1 after two.

McGill came out flying in the final frame and had an 11-3 advantage in shots but Carleton goalie Francis Dupuis was solid, registering 10 saves to finish with 25 in the game. His record improved to 5-1.

Redmen sophomore Mathieu Pompei narrowed the gap to 3-2, on the power-play., with Laporte and Ryan McKiernan each drawing assists on the play.

"I liked our third period but I didn't think our battle level was where it needed to be over the first 40 minutes," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes. "When we increased our battle level, we won the foot races and outshot them (significantly) in the third period. We have to play 60 minutes against good teams like that and we didn't do that tonight. "

On a positive front, McGill went 2-for-6 on the power-play and killed off all four shorthanded situations. The PK unit is now operating at 87.5 per cent efficiency and ranks third of 20 OUA teams, while the PP unit ranks fifth overall at 22.2.

Freshman Jacob Gervais-Chouinard made 27 saves between the pipes for McGill and saw his record fall to 7-3.

The Redmen are now 22-19-1 lifetime against Carleton, which swept the season series 2-0, including a 6-4 decision back in October. The teams won't meet again unless they cross paths in playoffs. Carleton will be back in action on Saturdaywhen they play host to the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

McGill plays at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa on Saturday night. The sixth-place Ridgebacks are 5-8-3 and will be looking for their first win under interim head coach Justin Caruana, a former Carleton star, who quietly took over behind the UOIT bench in December after Marlin Muylaert was apparently relieved of his duties. No formal announcement of the move was made on the team's website but Caruana is now listed as head coach.

REDMEN RAP:  In a rare mid-season move, the Redmen have added some reinforcements to their roster for the second semester and all of them become eligible to play after this weekend... Karel St. Laurent, a 6-foot-4, 197-pound goaltender and a 23-year-old native of Ste. Catherine, Que.,  played three seasons with the QMJHL's St. John Sea Dogs and had pro stints in Reading (ECHL), Providence (AHL) and Jonquiere (LNAH)... The other two newcomers are both defencemen... Alexis Bernier, a 5-foot-11, 176-pound native of Boucherville, Que., is a 21-year-old blueliner who registered a 12-39-51 record in 236 QMJHL games with Acadie-Bathurst, Rouyn-Noranda and Sherbrooke... The other new face is 21-year-old Etienne Boutet, a 6-foot, 192-pound rearguard from St. Redempteur, Que., who posted a 28-85-113 record in 289 QMJHL games for Rouyn-Noranda, Rimouski and Gatineau. Last year, he played 24 pro games with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL and had a 2-7-9 record.


SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
MGill Sports info Office
514-398-7012


SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 2 at Carleton 3
(Friday, January 3, 2014 - CU Ice House)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 1-0-1 -- 2
Carleton 2-1-0 -- 3

1st Period-
1, McGill, Neil Prokop 4 (Kaminsky, Laporte), 7:52 (PP).
2, Carleton, Ryan MacLean 2 (Hayes, Stanisz), 14:52.
3, Carleton, Joey West 4 (Stanisz, Bahm), 18:32.

Penalties-Pompei Mcg (slashing), 1:52; Cardwell Carl (high sticking), 5:57; Porowski Carl (high sticking), 8:39; Delisle-Houde Mcg (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 12:28; Deagle Carl (hooking), 12:28.

2nd Period-
4, Carleton, Damian Cross 7 (Pleckaitis, Stanisz), 12:27.

Penalties-Delisle-Houde Mcg (slashing), 5:33; Billingsley Carl (cross checking), 7:12; Deagle Carl (cross checking), 8:02; Laporte Mcg (kneeing), 10:13; Pleckaitis Carl (interference), 13:53.

3rd Period-
5, McGill, Mathieu Pompei 4 (Laporte, McKiernan), 5:08 (PP).

Penalties-Duhn Carl (roughing), 3:08; McNicoll Mcg (cross checking), 6:19; Pompei Mcg (roughing), 19:21; Stanisz Carl (roughing), 19:21; Carrier Mcg (major-slashing, game misconduct), 20:00.

Shots on Goal-
McGill 7-9-11-- 27.
Carleton 15-12-3 -- 30.

Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 2 / 6;
Carleton 0 / 4.

Goalies-
McGill, Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (L, 7-3-0, 30 shots-27 saves, 58:41).
Carleton, Francis Dupuis (W, 5-1-0, 27 shots-25 saves; 60:00).

Attendance: 213
Start: 7:00 PM
End: 9:10 PM
Length: 2:10

Referee-Chad White.
Linesmen-Shane Nakic, Dave Lauer.

THREE STARS:
1. CARL - 24 Matthew Stanisz
2. CARL - 30 Francis Dupuis
3. CARL - 13 Damian Cross