Box Score
MONTREAL -- Cedric McNicoll and Patrick Delisle-Houde each scored twice and added an assist as the No.5 ranked McGill men's hockey team tripled the Windsor Lancers 6-2 at McConnell Arena, Saturday.

The resulted avenged a 4-3 overtime shootout loss to the Lancers on Friday night and improved McGill's record to 19-5-2 with two games remaining before playoffs. The Redmen are tied with UQTR (20-4-0) for the OUA East division lead but could finish anywhere from first to fourth.

McGill, which had a 35-32 edge in shots, led 1-0 after one period and 4-1 after two. After the two teams combined for only six penalties the night before, this game featured 26 infractions for 76 minutes.

"The boys came our strong and played a full 60 minutes tonight," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes. "They were focused before the game, they were prepared and wanted to make sure that we got the two points. We matched Windsor in all aspects of the game. We were physical, moving our feet, getting in front of the net and our special teams were solid. It was a good response after not showing up for the first period the previous night, which cost us a key point in the standings and that was good to see with playoffs only a few weeks away."

Defenceman Ryan McKiernan and forward Neal Prokop rounded out the scoring for McGill. McKiernan, a senior from White Plains, N.Y., who collected three points and continues to lead the Redmen in scoring, is the top point-scoring rearguard in the nation with 31 points, including a dozen goals, in 26 games.

Eric Noel, a junior from St. Jochim, Ont., and Christian Steingraber, a fifth-year blueliner from Oregon, Ohio,  replied for Windsor.

The Redmen went 2-for-9 on the power-play and now rank fifth of 20 OUA teams with a 22.8 per cent success rate. On the other side of the ledger, McGill now leads the league with an 87.5 penalty-kill rate after erasing nine of 10 shorthanded situations.

Goaltender Jacob Gervais-Chouinard of Sherbrooke, Que., turned aside 30 of 32 shots -- including a lofty 18 saves in the final period -- for the win, improving his record to 11-4. The 21-year-old rookie ranks fourth among OUA goalies for wins, is sixth in goals-against average (2.25) and ninth in save percentage (.922).

Both he and Parker Van Buskirk, his counter-part at the other end of the ice, each drew a minor penalty in the contest. Van Buskirk, who shone like a beacon en route to a Windsor win the previous night, started but was yanked after conceding four goals on 28 shots over the first two periods. He was saddled with the loss and his record dropped to 14-9. Freshman Taylor Speed took over in the Windsor net for the final stanza and was beaten twice on seven shots.

McGill, which needs one victory to reach the 20-win plateau for the sixth time in school history, will close out the OUA schedule with two more home games, where they own a 10-1-1 record. They will host the UOIT Ridgebacks (7-14-4) from Oshawa on Feb. 7, followed by the Nipissing Lakers (5-16-3), from North Bay, Ont., on Feb. 14.



SCORING SUMMARY:
Windsor 2 at McGill 6
(Saturday, February 1, 2014 - McConnell Arena)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
Windsor 0-1-1 -- 2
McGill 1-3-2 -- 6

1st Period-
1, McGill, Patrick Delisle-Houde 8 (McKiernan, Comtois), 3:37.

Penalties-Carrier Mcg (slashing), 5:08; Noel Wsr (holding), 6:55; Prokop Mcg (boarding), 9:11; Pommells Wsr (cross checking), 10:24; Pompei Mcg (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 17:11; Posa Wsr (roughing), 17:40; Comtois Mcg (roughing), 17:40.

2nd Period-
2, Windsor, Eric Noel 6 (Stibbard, Posa), 2:39 (PP).
3, McGill, Cedric McNicoll 11 (Delisle-Houde, Comtois), 13:57.
4, McGill, Patrick Delisle-Houde 9 (McNicoll, Millette), 14:17 (PP).
5, McGill, Ryan McKiernan 12 (Pompei, Levesque), 15:54.

Penalties-Millette Mcg (charging), 2:30; McNicoll Mcg (hooking), 6:06; Beaudoin Wsr (slashing), 11:19; Palmer Wsr (tripping), 14:14; Blondeel Wsr (interference), 14:37; McNicoll Mcg (hooking), 14:59; Pommells Wsr (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 18:05; Van Buskirk Wsr (slashing), 18:18.

3rd Period-
6, McGill, Cedric McNicoll 12 (Pompei, McKiernan), 6:28 (PP).
7, McGill, Neal Prokop 6 (Gelinas, Pompei), 15:50.
8, Windsor, Christian Steingraber 2 (Noel, Christou), 17:37.

Penalties-Blondeel Wsr (roughing), 5:02; Prokop Mcg (roughing), 5:02; Lanoue Wsr (high sticking), 5:25; Luciani Wsr (holding), 5:25; Vachon Mcg (hooking), 7:00; Gervais-Chouinard Mcg (delay of game), 8:54; Beaudoin Wsr (10-minute misconduct), 10:24; Prokop Mcg (tripping), 11:40; Antonelli Mcg (tripping), 18:16.

Shots on Goal-
Windsor 5-8-19 -- 32.
McGill 9-19-7-35.

Power Play Opportunities-
Windsor 1 / 10;
McGill 2 / 9.

Goalies-
Windsor,
Peter Van Buskirk (Start, L, 14-9-0, 28 shots-24 saves; 40:00);
Taylor Speed (ND, 7 shots-5 saves; 20:00).

McGill,
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (W, 11-4-0, 32 shots-30 saves; 60:00).

Attendance: 239
Start: 7:02 PM
End: 9:23 PM
Length: 2:21

Referees-Jonathan Alarie, Peter Moraitis.
Linesmen-Guillaume Brunelle, Maxime Chaput.

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1. MCG - 11 Cedric McNicoll
2. MCG - 28 Patrick Delisle-Houde
3. MCG - 8 Ryan McKiernan