NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A pair of goals by Will D'Orsi in the first 12 minutes sufficed as the Yale University Bulldogs outlasted visiting McGill 4-1 in a men's hockey cross-border confrontation before a matinee crowd of 1,629 at Ingalls Rink, Sunday.

McGill is now 16-16 lifetime against Yale in a series that dates back more than a century to a 2-0 McGill conquest on Jan. 1, 1913 in Boston. The result drops McGill's all-time record versus NCAA opponents to 114-128-10.

McGill took 10 of the 14 penalties in the contest, including a penalty shot called just 89 seconds after the initial puck drop when defenceman Nikolas Brouillard was whistled for hooking on Luke Stevens. The play was neutralized by McGill goaltender Louis-Philip Guindon, who turned aside 33 of 37 shots in a losing cause.

Two minutes later, McGill co-captain Samuel Tremblay was nailed for tripping, which led to a power-play marker by D'Orsi. It was the first appearance for Tremblay since missing 20 games after suffering an undisclosed injury in the preseason opener.

D'Orsi made it 2-0 at the 11:45 mark and Stevens increased the Yale lead to three at 14:05.

McGill finally broke the shutout with the only goal of the middle stanza, when Antoine Dufort-Plante connected on a nifty three-way passing play with co-captain Nathanael Halbert and forward Ryan Penny. It was also the first game back from a lengthy rehab stint for Halbert, a senior defenceman who was sidelined in the team's fourth preseason contest.

The Bulldogs, who were 1-for-6 on the power-play, snuffed out any chance of a McGill comeback when Robbie DeMontis tallied at 8:08 of the final period.

McGill, which went 0-for-3 on the power-play, had numerous scoring chances, including fruitless breakaways by Keanu Yamamoto, Christophe Lalonde (twice) and Jordan-Ty Fournier, but were thwarted by the goaltending tandem of Corbin Kaczperski, who started, and Nicholas MacNab. Kaczperski saved all eight shots and collected the win before being relieved at the midway mark by MacNab, who stopped nine of 10.

Yale, playing for the first time after an 18-day respite, improved to 5-7 overall, including a 4-6 conference mark. The Bulldogs resume play next at the University of New Hampshire on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m.

McGill, which was playing for the first time after a 28-day layoff for exams and holidays, saw their record drop to 12-10 overall. They will resume their regular season schedule on Jan. 4 when they take on Carleton in the nation's capital (7 p.m.). The Ravens lead the OUA East division with a 15-2-1 record and sit 12 points ahead of fourth-place McGill (9-6-1).

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