MONTREAL -- A capacity crowd is on tap for a dream matchup when McGill plays host to Concordia in their 18th annual Winter Carnival men's hockey game on Friday, Jan. 10. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.
The final tickets were sold on Thursday afternoon, assuring an advance sellout for the second straight year. The event is slated to be played at McConnell Arena, a 950-seat facility located at 3883 University (behind Percival Molson Stadium). There will be no tickets sold at the door.
All tickets were purchased
online and cost only $20 for adults and $10 for McGill students with an ID card, as well as seniors and McGill staff. Children 12-and under are admitted free.
With the backing of the Management Undergraduate Society, which pre-purchases about 850 tickets every year for the Carnival Game, which long ago become entrenched as the party to attend on campus. McGill's modern-day record in Carnival Game play is 15-2, including a 5-1 mark against Concordia, since the long-standing event was re-born 17 years ago after a two-decade absence. In 223 lifetime meetings since the teams first tangoed in 1975, McGill owns a 106-103-14 record overall, with the Stingers holding a 885-852 edge in goals scored.
This season, the OUA East rivals have split the first two confrontations, with Concordia winning the first confrontation 3-2 in overtime at the Ed Meagher Arena on Oct. 5 and McGill rebounding on home ice for a 5-2 conquest at McConnell Arena on Oct. 26, snapping a four-game losing streak to the Stingers.
Only 11 games remain before playoffs for McGill, which owns a 10-6-1 record and sits four points ahead of the Stingers (7-8-3) who have played one more game. There's not a lot to choose from between the bitter opponents but it may just come down to special teams. McGill ranks 11th among 20 OUA teams in power-play with a 16.2 per cent success rate but their penalty-killing unit is ranked second at 89.7.
Concordia, on the other hand, has the league's 12th-best PP at 16.7 per cent while their PK unit ranks 13th at 79.5.
OUA LEAGUE STANDINGS
McGILL SCORING LEADERS
CONCORDIA SCORING LEADERS
| McGILL HOCKEY WINTER CARNIVAL GAMES |
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| YEAR |
RESULT |
McG |
OPP |
|
OPPONENT |
ATTENDANCE |
| 2003 |
WON |
6 |
0 |
|
Toronto |
1,113 |
| 2004 |
WON |
4 |
3 |
|
UQTR |
1,103 |
| 2005 |
WON |
3 |
0 |
|
Concordia |
1,324 |
| 2006 |
WON |
3 |
1 |
|
Concordia |
1,415 |
| 2007 |
WON |
7 |
2 |
|
Concordia |
1,523 |
| 2008 |
WON |
4 |
1 |
|
Concordia |
890 |
| 2009 |
WON |
4 |
1 |
|
UOIT |
688 |
| 2010 |
WON |
12 |
3 |
|
Concordia |
1,080 |
| 2011 |
WON |
5 |
4 |
|
Carleton |
1,355 |
| 2012 |
WON |
1 |
0 |
(OTS) |
Carleton |
1,039 |
| 2013 |
WON |
4 |
2 |
|
UQTR |
1,139 |
| 2014 |
WON |
2 |
1 |
|
Queen's |
1,471 |
| 2015 |
WON |
2 |
0 |
|
Carleton |
1,269 |
| 2016 |
WON |
3 |
1 |
|
RMC |
1,663 |
| 2017 |
Lost |
1 |
2 |
|
Queen's |
1,189 |
| 2018 |
WON |
4 |
0 |
(ENG) |
Carleton |
1,012 |
| 2019 |
Lost |
4 |
5 |
(OT) |
Concordia |
1,029 |
| TOT |
15-2-0 |
69 |
26 |
|
AVG.: 1,194 |
20,302 |
