WINDSOR, Ont. -- Rookie Louis-Philip Guindon earned his first career shutout and McGill exploded for four goals in the second period as the hockey Redmen resumed OUA regular season play with a 4-0 road victory over the Windsor Lancers at South Windsor Arena, Friday.

It was the first rendezvous between these distant clubs, located 900 kilometres apart, since Windsor edged McGill 2-1 in overtime in the OUA bronze medal game -- for a wildcard berth at Nationals -- on March 7, 2015. McGill improved to 9-8 in 17 lifetime meetings with the Lancers since they first crossed paths in 1985.

Guindon kicked aside 28 shots to merit his first collegiate shutout and improve his record to 8-3. He lowered his league-leading goals-against average to 1.90, and his save percentage now sits at .927.

The Redmen, who hadn't played in five weeks dating back to Dec. 3, held a 34-28 edge in shots and went a productive 2-for-4 on the power-play, while snuffing out all seven shorthanded situations.

"The guys were ready," said alternate captain Mathieu Pompei, who was kept off the scoresheet and tied for first place among OUA scoring leaders with 29 points in 18 games. "We had a great week of practice and today, when it was time to punch the clock, we did."

Defenceman Nathan Chiarlitti was credited with the game-winning tally on a power-play at 5:50 of the second period, converting passes from Jerome Verrier and Christophe Lalonde.  

Before the period was over, McGill put the game out of reach with three additional markers in a span of five minutes and six seconds. Rookie Jasmin Boutet struck for his first career goal to make it 2-0 at 13:03, assisted by his older brother Etienne Boutet and Redgie Bois,

Exactly 60 seconds later, centre Simon Tardif-Richard, a junior from Gatineau, Que., connected on a power-play to make it 3-0, assisted by Bois and Lalonde. And four minutes after that, rookie Samuel Tremblay of St. Basil le Grand, Que., rounded out the scoring at 18:09, with passes from Alexandre Sills and Jan Kaminsky.

Starting goalkeeper Kris Joyce took the loss for Windsor. He was beaten four times on 26 shots in two periods of play as his record fell to 5-7. Blake Richard came on in relief for the final period and saved all eight shots faced.

McGill (13-3-2) and Windsor (10-8-2) meet again on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.

LINK TO COMPLETE BOXSCORE

SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 4 at Windsor 0
(Friday, January 6, 2017 - Windsor Arena)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 0-4-0 -- 4
Windsor 0-0-0 -- 0

1st Period-
(No Scoring).

Penalties-Bois Mcg (interference), 2:07; Haas Wsr (slashing), 4:10; Seguin Wsr (tripping), 5:52; Delisle-Houde Mcg (roughing after the whistle), 9:27; Luciani Wsr (roughing after the whistle), 9:27; Messier Wsr (high sticking), 13:11; Pompei Mcg (slashing), 16:57; Luciani Wsr (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 16:57; Lambert-Lemay Mcg (hooking), 18:23.

2nd Period-
1, McGill, Nathan Chiarlitti 3 (Verrier, Lalonde), 5:50 (PP).
2, McGill, Jasmin Boutet 1 (Bois, Etienne Boutet), 13:03.
3, McGill, Simon Tardif-Richard 4 (Bois, Lalonde), 14:03 (PP).
4, McGill, Samuel Tremblay 2 (Sills, Kaminsky), 18:09.

Penalties-Verrier Mcg (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 1:59; Scott Wsr (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 4:40; Seguin Wsr (interference), 13:57.

3rd Period-
(No Scoring).

Penalties-Curcuruto Mcg (holding), 1:54; Lambert-Lemay Mcg (cross checking), 3:34; Boutet Mcg (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 5:27; Bois Mcg (holding), 10:56.

Shots on Goal-
McGill 12-14-8 -- 34.
Windsor 9-8-11 -- 28.

Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 2 / 5;
Windsor 0 / 7.

Goalies-
McGill,
Louis-Philip Guindon (W, 8-3-0, 28 shots-28 saves; 60:00).

Windsor,
Kris Joyce (Start, L, 5-7-0, 26 shots-22 saves; 40:00);
Blake Richard (8 shots-8 saves; 20:00).

Attendance: 122
Start: 7:30 PM
End: 9:42 PM
Length: 2:12

Referees-Kyle Mellor, Chris Ferreira.
Linesmen-Kyle Dowdell, Jason McFadden.

THREE STARS:
1. MCG - 35 Louis-Philip Guindon
2. MCG - 12 Christophe Lalonde
3. MCG - 7 Nathan Chiarlitti