MONTREAL -- Rookie goaltender Miguel Sullivan of Petit de Grat, N.S., made 25 saves, including one on a penalty shot, as Concordia upset No.6-ranked McGill 4-2 at the Ed Meagher Arena, to claim the 29th annual Ronald Corey Cup rivalry game and both squads closed out their OUA men's hockey regular season schedule, Friday.

It halted McGill's five-game win streak over the Stingers and also served as a playoff preview as the cross-town rivals will meet in the OUA East best-of-three quarter-finals for the third straight year. The Redmen dropped to 16-8-3 in Corey Cup play – emblematic of local college hockey supremacy – and the result evened the all-time series between the archrivals at 96-96-14.
 
Concordia, which had a 41-27 edge in shots, led 1-0 after the opening period and 3-1 after two. The Redmen had a chance to close the gap to 2-1 midway through the second period when forward Rock Regimbald of Gatineau, Que., was tripped by defenceman Curtis Gass on a breakaway but his subsequent penalty shot was stopped by Sullivan.
 
"It was a good lesson for our group tonight," said McGill head coach Kelly Nobes. "You can't get out-competed for two periods and expect to win at this time of the year. They out-battled us over the first two periods and the score was in their favour. We had a strong third period (but ran out of time)."
 
Four different forwards scored for the Stingers, who actually jumped into a 3-0 lead on goals by rookies Julien Rainville-Avon of Chambly, Que., and Raphael Lafontaine, also from Gatineau, along with one from Jessyko Bernard, a senior from Moncton, N.B.
 
Replying with power-play markers for McGill was senior Mathieu Pompei of Laval, Que., and rookie Daniel Milne of Unionville, Ont., which narrowed the gap to 3-2. With the Redmen pressing through most of the third period, Concordia's Alexandros Soumakis finally relieved the pressure by adding an empty-netter.
 
Redmen goaltender Jacob Gervais-Chouinard, a junior from Sherbrooke, Que., making his first appearance in five games since suffering a lower-body injury against Western on Jan. 23, registered 37 saves in a losing cause as his record dropped to 17-4.
 
McGill was 2-for-6 on the power play and erased all four shorthanded situations. The Redmen finished the campaign with the top power play in the CIS at 31.3 per cent.
 
The second-place Redmen, who finished with a 21-6-1 record, will host seventh-place Concordia (10-12-6) in Game 1 of the quarter-finals on Wednesday (Feb. 17) at 7 p.m. Game 2 is slated for Feb. 19 at Concordia. The date for a rubber match is on Feb. 21 at 5 p.m.
 
McGill is 14-11 in 25 lifetime playoff meetings with Concordia and have won eight of 12 post-season series.
 
REDMEN RAP: McGill's 21 regular-season victories tied for the fourth-best win total in school history and fell three short of the record set in 2010-11… The Redmen led the nation with 31 goals from the blueline... UQTR was second with 26... McGill scored 116 goals and allowed only 75 in 28 games... They scored a whopping 43.9 per cent of their goals on special teams, with 48 PPGs and three SHGs... Defenceman Samuel Labrecque will finish second in the OUA and CIS scoring race with 44 points, including 16 goals in 28 games. He fell three points shy of UQTR forward Guillaume Asselin in a bid to become the first blueliner in history to capture the CIS scoring title… Joining Gervais-Chouinard back in the line-up after rehabbing from injury was F Simon Tardif-Richard... Still out with injuries are F David Rose, F Samuel Hodhod and D Alex Chenevert.

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SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 2 at Concordia 4
(Friday, February 12, 2016 - Ed Meagher Arena)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 0-1-1 -- 2
Concordia 1-2-1 -- 4

1st Period-
1, Concordia, Julien Rainville-Avon 2 (Potvin, Masson), 6:16.

Penalties-Milne Mcg (hooking), 3:30; Barnard Mcg (hooking), 18:13.

2nd Period-
2, Concordia, Raphael Lafontaine 6 (Legare, Oke), 11:00.
3, Concordia, Jessyko Bernard 11 (Soumakis), 11:22.
4, McGill, Mathieu Pompei 19 (Talbot-Tassi, Heelis), 15:07 (PP).

Penalties-Bernard Con (interference), 0:53; Gass Con (tripping; PENALTY SHOT), 8:06; Hinse Con (interference), 11:36; Bernard Con (slashing), 13:51.

3rd Period-
5, McGill, Daniel Milne 14 (Lalonde, Boutet), 12:07 (PP).
6, Concordia, Alexandros Soumakis 5 (Oke, Gass), 19:12 (EN).

Penalties-Roy Con (roughing), 1:58; Pompei Mcg (goaltender interference), 5:11; Sullivan Con (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 5:11; Boutet Mcg (interference), 5:41; Kaminsky Mcg (boarding), 8:04; Beauchemin Con (tripping), 10:17; Oke Con (roughing), 17:02.

Penalty Shot by:
Rock Regimbald, McGill, at 8:06, 2nd period (saved by Miguel Sullivan).

Shots on Goal-
McGill 9-8-10 -- 27.
Concordia 17-18-6 -- 41.

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

Goalies-
McGill,
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (L, 17-4-0, 40 shots-37 saves; 59:20),
Empty-net (1 goal, 0:40)

Concordia,
Miguel Sullivan (W, 8-7-0, 27 shots-25 saves; 60:00).

Attendance: 428
Start: 7:37 PM
End: 10:00 PM
Length: 2:23

Referees-Jonathan Trudel, Benoit Lessard.
Linesmen-Jonathan Paradis, Jean-Francois Losier.

THREE STARS
1. CON - 28 Jessyko Bernard
2. CON - 10 Alexandros Soumakis
3. CON - 33 Miguel Sullivan

SOURCE:

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