NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Freshman Joe Snively of Herndon, Virginia scored once and added an assist as the Yale University Bulldogs skated to a 4-1 victory over McGill in a cross-border exhibition matchup between NCAA and CIS men's hockey teams before 3,215 at Ingalls Rink, Tuesday.

It was McGill's first game in 25 days, since a 4-3 road win at RMC on Dec. 4, while Yale hadn't played since a 3-2 decision over Boston University on Dec. 11. The Bulldogs, who improved to 7-4-2 overall (including a 3-3-2 mark in the ECAC), had a 37-23 edge in shots, including a 16-6 margin in the second period.

After a very entertaining but scoreless opening frame, Yale exploded in the middle period, netting three goals in a span of two minutes and 32 seconds. Senior Charles Orzetti of Ridgewood, N.J., opened the floodgates at 10:07, followed by senior Carson Cooper of Bow Island, Alta., at 11:44 and Sniveley at 12:39.

McGill narrowed the gap to 3-1 when newcomer Christophe Lalonde -- a freshman from Mirabel, Que., who officially joined the team on Dec. 23 and was playing in his first collegiate game -- scored at 16:19, converting passes from Simon Tardif-Richard and Rock Regimbald.

"Chris showed good energy tonight," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes. "He was around the puck when it was in the offensive zone and had a good game for someone who has not played much hockey during the first half of the season."

Yale responded in the next stanza when rookie Ted Hart was credited with a goal that deflected in from a point shot at 9:03.

A few minutes later, McGill centre Liam Heelis appeared to have scored on high shot but the referee waived it off and play continued for another three minutes before the next whistle. Heelis then appealed to the officials, who agreed to review the video. After a lengthy five-minute delay in an off-ice video room, the referees returned to the ice and indicated that their original call stood.

"We had a really strong first period, controlled a good part of it and had some decent scoring chances," said Nobes. "But they outskated us in the second, beat us to a lot of loose pucks and had some sustained offensive zone play because of that. We gave up a couple of goals because of lost coverages in the D-zone, where they had quicker feet. The first goal was kind of a bad bounce but on the other two, we were beaten to the puck. I thought that we put together a good third period -- there was another bad bounce on their goal and then we had a disallowed goal."

Alex Lyon, a junior from Baudette, Minn., started between the pipes for Yale and saved all 11 shots faced before giving way at the midway mark to Patrick Spano, a junior from Montreal, who kicked out 11 of 12 and was credited with the win.

McGill netminder Jacob Gervais-Chouinard made 33 saves in a losing cause -- many of them spectacular -- as his record dropped to 15-5 overall.

"One of the reasons that we come down here (to play NCAA teams) is to learn where we have to be better," added Nobes. "We didn't have any pace in the second period and that probably means we need to do a little more work off the ice."

No.2 ranked McGill, which dropped to 17-9 overall (including 15-2-1 in OUA play), plays at Holy Cross, another NCAA Div. 1 team, in Worcester, Mass., on Wednesday at 4 pm. Yale plays at UMass next Tuesday, a few days before heading to Arizona for the Desert Hockey Classic on Jan. 8-10.

GAME NOTES: The Redmen are now 16-14 in 30 lifetime meetings with Yale and 113-123-10 in 246 games all-time against NCAA opponents... Yale's 27-man roster features 15 Americans, two Canadians, and two NHL draft picks (F John Hayden - Chicago and D Rob O'Gara - Boston)... McGill's 26-man roster is composed of 24 Canadians and two Americans (D/F Jan Kaminsky and G Joe Fleschler)... McGill's hockey program, which was the first organized hockey club in the world, played their first game on Jan. 31, 1877... Yale played their first game on Jan. 31, 1896 and played Johns Hopkins the following day in the first official U.S. intercollegiate game... McGill won their first CIS national championship in 2012, while Yale claimed their first NCAA title in 2013.

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SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 1 at Yale 4
(Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - EXHIBITION)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 0-1-0 -- 1
Yale   0-3-1 -- 4

1st Period-
(No Scoring).

Penalties-None

2nd Period-
1, Yale, Charles Orzetti 1 (Learned, Izmirlan), 10:07.
2, Yale, Carson Cooper 1 (Snively, Curti), 11:44.
3, Yale, Joe Snively 5 (Hayden, Larkin), 12:39.

4, McGill, Christophe Lalonde 1 (Tardif-Richard, Regimbald), 16:19.

Penalties-Regimbald Mcg (slashing), 19:01.
 
3rd Period-
5, Yale, Henry Hart 1 (Witek, Wilson), 9:03.

Penalties-Repensky Yale (cross checking), 15:28; Izmirlan Yale (holding), 18:22; Gervais-Chouinard Mcg (interference), 18:36.

Shots on Goal-
McGill 9-6-8 -- 23.
Yale 12-16-9 -- 37.

Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 0 / 2;
Yale 0 / 2.

Goalies-
McGill,
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (L, 15-5-0, 37 shots-33 saves; 60:00).
Yale,
Alex Lyon (start; ND; 11 shots-11 saves; 30:07);
Patrick Spano (W, 5-1-0, 12 shots-11 saves; 29:53).

Attendance: 3,215
Start: 7:00 PM
End: 8:59 PM
Length: 1:59

Referees-Nate Turner, Kevin Curtis.
Linesmen-Todd Whittemore, Dan Taggart.

THREE STARS:
1. YALE - 7 Joe Snively
2. YALE - 14 Ryan Obuchowski
3. MCG - 30 Jacob Gervais-Chouinard


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