Box Score
MONTREAL -- A three-goal outburst in the second period proved to be the difference as ninth-ranked McGill rallied for a 5-3 victory over Concordia in CIS men's hockey, Thursday. The rare morning game was billed as the Redmen's fourth annual "Score With School" game, attracted a standing-room only crowd of 1,044 students, primarily from the Lester B. Pearson School Board, in the 950-seat McConnell Arena.

It was the fifth straight victory for the Redmen, who had a decided 41-24 edge in shots and improved to 12-3 on the season, finally taking over the division lead in the OUA East.

The result avenged a surprising 5-4 overtime loss to the Stingers in the preseason, which no doubt played a role in keeping McGill out of the Top 10 national rankings for the first month of the season.

McGill, which trailed 2-1 after the opening period, awoke in the second stanza to lead 4-2 heading into the final frame. The Redmen offence was spread over five different players, two of them blueliners. McGill has won 19 of the last 24 confrontations with their cross-town rivals and improved to 90-94-14 lifetime since the teams first tangoed in 1975.

Defenceman Guillaume Monast opened the scoring on a power-play at 7:17 but the Stingers answered just 39 seconds later when Domenic Beauchemin connected for his ninth goal in 17 games. Antoine Houde-Caron gave the Stingers a 2-1 advantage at 13:34.

The Redmen awoke from their slumber in the second period, ignited by defenceman's Vincent Barnard goal just 44 seconds into the frame. David Rose followed with his team-leading eighth goal at 6:26 and Marc-Olivier Vachon gave the Redmen a two-goal cushion at 17:02 with what proved to be the game-winner.

The teams traded goals in the final period, with McGill's Cedric McNicoll making it 5-2 at 3:32 and Concordia's Hugo Vincent narrowing the gap.

Concordia (5-12-0) plays at RMC (0-13-1) in Kingston on Saturday.

McGill will close out their fall semester with a crucial test against third-place Carleton (11-3-0) when the Ravens visit McConnell Arena, also on Saturday (Nov. 29) at 7 p.m.

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SCORING SUMMARY
Concordia 3 at McGill 5
(Thursday, November 27, 2014 - McConnell Arena)

GOALS BY PERIOD
Concordia 2-0-1 -- 3
McGill 1-3-1 -- 5

1st Period-
1, McGill, Guillaume Monast 2 (Boutet, Prokop), 7:17 (PP).
2, Concordia, Domenic Beauchemin 9 (Houde-Caron, Bourret), 7:56.
3, Concordia, Antoine Houde-Caron 7 (Blunden, MacDonald), 13:34.

Penalties-Bourret Con (interference), 2:18; Bench, Con (served by Beauchemin; too many men), 5:26; Houde-Caron Con (boarding), 11:13.

2nd Period-
4, McGill, Vincent Barnard 1 (Brunelle, Le Sieur), 0:44.
5, McGill, David Rose 8 (Delisle-Houde, McNicoll), 6:26.
6, McGill, Marc-Olivier Vachon 1 (Monast, Brunelle), 17:02.

Penalties-McNicoll Mcg (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 6:26.

3rd Period-
7, McGill, Cedric McNicoll 6 (Rose, Delisle-Houde), 3:32.
8, Concordia, Hugo Vincent 4 (O'Neil, Samoluk), 8:15.

Penalties-Houde-Caron Con (holding), 1:20; Kabbaj Con (cross checking), 4:17; Armstrong Con (tripping), 14:07; Barnard Mcg (hooking), 16:49.

Shots on Goal-
Concordia 7-5-12 -- 24.
McGill 10-17-14 -- 41.

Power Play Opportunities-
Concordia 0 / 2;
McGill 1 / 6.

Goalies-
Concordia, Robin Billingham (L, 5-11-0, 41 shots-36 saves; 59:14).
McGill, Karel St-Laurent 6-1-0 (24 shots-21 saves; 60:00).

Attendance: 1,044
Start: 10:34 AM
End: 12:34 PM
Length: 2:00

Referees-Pascal St-Jacques, Alexandre Garon.
Linesmen-Jean-Francois Losier, Christopher Provost.

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1. MCG: Guillaume Monast
2. CON: Antoine Houde-Caron
3. MCG: David Rose