Box Score
MONTREAL -- Goaltender Alexandre Bélanger of Sherbrooke, Que., made 40 saves as No.7-ranked UQTR rallied to defeat McGill 3-1 in OUA men's hockey at McConnell Arena, Saturday.

The Redmen outshot their guests by a massive 41-24 margin and led 1-0 after two, but a hot goalie and a trio of third-period goals earned the visitors the win. It was UQTR's first win in three tries against McGill, which won a pair of preseason contests, 6-2 and 2-1.

Bélanger, a 6-foot-1, 191-pound recruit from the QMJHL's Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, turned away a barrage of McGill shots, including 18 in the middle frame.

Redmen captain Patrick Delisle-Houde, a master's student in kinesiology and physical education from Quebec City, opened the scoring at 8:45 of the second period, assisted by Simon Tardif-Richard of Gatineau, Que., and Samuel Hodhod of Montreal.

UQTR's Jeremy Beaudry tied the score at 1-1 with a power-play marker just 87 seconds into the third. Martin Lefebvre gave the Patriotes a 2-1 lead at 14:26 on a jam-in from the side, and Marc-Olivier Mimar added an insurance tally with 2:22 remaining on a shot from a sharp angle.

McGill failed to capitalize on eight power play opportunities, while UQTR was 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Redmen netminder Louis-Philip Guindon, a kinesiology freshman from St-Joseph-du-Lac, Que., took his first official loss as his record dropped to 3-1. He stopped 21 of 24 shots but only three of six in the final stanza..

McGill (3-2-0) will host Ottawa (1-5-0) on Oct. 28 as part of the Friends of McGill Hockey Homecoming Weekend at McConnell Arena. UQTR (4-2-0) hots Windsor (4-2-0) that evening.

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SCORING SUMMARY
UQTR 3 at McGill 1
(Saturday, October 22, 2016 - McConnell Arena)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
UQTR 0-0-3 -- 3
McGill 0-1-0 -- 1

1st Period-
(No Scoring).
 
Penalties-Beaudoin Uqtr (cross checking), 5:20; Simard Uqtr (slashing), 8:10; Morin Uqtr (hooking), 11:17; Gauthier Mcg (hooking), 11:35; Slight Uqtr (tripping), 15:16; Delisle-Houde Mcg (roughing), 16:05; Lalonde Mcg (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 16:05.

2nd Period-
1, McGill, Patrick Delisle-Houde 4 (Tardif-Richard, Hodhod), 8:45.
 
Penalties-Mimar Uqtr (elbowing), 3:00; Mimar Uqtr (roughing), 13:15; Lefebvre Uqtr (roughing), 17:25; Halbert Mcg (goaltender interference), 17:25.

3rd Period-
2, UQTR, Jeremy Beaudry 3 (Lefebvre, Poudrier), 1:27 (PP).
3, UQTR, Martin Lefebvre 3 (Morin, Beaudry), 14:26.
4, UQTR, Marc-Olivier Mimar 3 (Morin, Poudrier), 17:38.
 
Penalties-Pompei Mcg (hooking), 0:51; Mimar Uqtr (slashing), 4:54; Regimbald Mcg (high sticking dble minor), 10:08; Delisle Uqtr (cross checking), 18:35.

Shots on Goal-
UQTR 8-10-6 -- 24.
McGill 10-18-13 -- 41.

Power Play Opportunities-
UQTR 1 / 5;
McGill 0 / 8.

Goalies-
UQTR, Alexandre Bélanger (W, 4-2-0, 41 shots-40 saves; 60:00).
McGill, Louis-Philip Guindon (L, 3-1-0, 24 shots-21 saves; 57:48).

Attendance: 233
Start: 7:02 PM
End: 9:12 PM
Length: 2:10

Referees-Simon Tartre, Kevin Maille.
Linesmen-Jean-Francois Losier, Marc-Antoine Beaulieu.
 
MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1. UQTR - 35 Alexandre Bélanger
2. MCG - 28 Patrick Delisle-Houde
3. UQTR - 23 Marc-Olivier Mimar