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MONTREAL -- Forward
Duncan Campbell of Brandon, Man scored at 2:31 of overtime as Queen's rallied for a 2-1 victory over the McGill men's hockey team to put a damper on their 143rd season opener on Friday, at McConnell Arena.
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It snapped a two-game losing streak for the Gaels who hadn't beaten McGill since Mar. 3, 2017 when they triumphed 4-2 in the OUA East Final. Last season, the Redmen swept both regular season matchups.McGill owns a 127-55-2 lifetime record vs the Gaels in a series that dates all the way back to 1895.
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Aaron Armstrong scored the first goal of the new season for McGill in his regular season debut after transferring from Ryerson to complete a master's degree. The 5-foot-9, 165-pound centre from Teeswater, Ont., struck paydirt just two minutes and 10 seconds after the initial puck drop.
Queen's evened the score at 3:32 of the second period when defenceman
Nevin Guy capitalized on a power-play opportunity.
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McGill outshot the visitors 33-28 as Queen's goalie
Justin Fazio collected the victory with 32 saves. Redmen sophomore
Louis-Philip Guindon registered
26 shots in a losing cause.
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The Redmen were 0-for-3 on the power-play, while Queen's replied on 1-of-6 opportunities.
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The two teams are scheduled to cross paths again on Feb 9 at the Memorial Centre in Kingston, Ont.
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McGill (0-0-1) has less than 24 hours to prepare for battle with fresh-legged UQTR (0-0) as the archrivals are slated to cross paths at McConnell Arena on Sat., Oct. 6. Queen's (1-0) will play next on Oct 10 when they host RMC (1-0) which upset Concordia 2-1 in Kingston on Thursday.
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