KINGSTON, Ont. –
Slater Doggett scored twice and added an assist as No. 8-ranked Queen's finally put a halt to a 31-game losing streak against McGill, blanking the fifth-ranked Redmen 4-0 in OUA men's hockey at the Kingston Memorial Centre on Saturday night.
In ended a four-game win streak for McGill (11-3-1) and moved Queen's (11-4-1) into a three-way logjam with both the Redmen and UQTR (11-4-1) for first place in the OUA East.
It was the Gaels first victory over McGill in a dozen years, dating back to a 5-2 decision in Montreal on Feb. 6, 2004 and marked their first home-ice win over the Redmen since a 4-3 conquest on Nov. 9, 2003 at the old Jock Harty Arena. It was the first Gaels shutout over their long-time rivals since Oct. 18, 1980 and their first home-ice whitewash since Dec. 12, 1964. The Redmen are now 125-51-2 lifetime against the Gaels in a series that dates all the way back to 1895.
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McGill had a 27-20 edge in shots but couldn't solve sophomore netminder
Jacob Brennan of Halifax -- who started instead of senior
Kevin Bailie -- and turned aside everything he faced, improving his unblemished record to 6-0.
The game featured 74 minutes in penalties, including 44 to McGill, and that proved to be the difference as Queen's went 3-for-4 on the power-play, while the Redmen went 0-for-2.
The Gaels led 1-0 after the opening period on Doggett's eighth of the season. Forward
Ryan Bloom and defenceman
Spencer Abraham each added power-play markers in the second to go up 3-0, then Doggett added another with the man-advantage in the final stanza. Forward
Eric Ming collected three assists.
McGill netminder
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard saved 16 of 20 shots and took the loss as his record dropped to 4-2 on the season. He and his teammates will get a chance to avenge this setback when McGill will host the Gaels in the annual Management Winter Carnival Game at McConnell Arena, which is expected to be a sellout, on Jan. 13, 2017.
The Redmen have two games remaining before closing our their fall schedule for the exam break and upcoming holidays. McGill will host York (10-4-1) and Toronto (1-12-2), Dec. 2-3, respectively. Faceoff for both games is 7 p.m. at McConnell Arena. The Gaels take on the Laurentian Voyageurs (7-7-2) at home on Dec. 2.
REDMEN RAP: The Redmen are still contending with a number of key lineup scratches, including F
Christophe Lalonde, who was serving the second of a league-imposed two-game suspension incurred as a result of game misconduct penalties from last week's testy confrontation with Brock... Other scratches were a result of injuries to forwards
Daniel Milne,
Alexandre Sills and
Samuel Hodhod, plus defencemen
Etienne Boutet and
Alexandre Chenevert.
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SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 0 at Queen's 4
(Saturday, November 26, 2016 - Memorial Centre)
GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 0-0-0 -- 0
Queen's 1-2-1 -- 4
1st Period-
1, Queen's,
Slater Doggett 8 (Ming, Bloom), 6:38.
Penalties-Doggett Qns (cross checking), 16:29.
2nd Period-
2, Queen's,
Ryan Bloom 4 (Doggett, Ming), 6:24 (PP).
3, Queen's,
Spencer Abraham 2 (Guy, Hunt), 17:31 (PP).
Penalties-Halbert Mcg (holding), 5:11; Delisle-Houde Mcg (roughing), 11:06; McGill Bench (served by Pompei), 16:01; Lambert-Lemay Mcg (10-minute misconduct), 16:01; Tremblay Mcg (roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 16:01; Verrier Mcg (10-minute misconduct), 16:01; Downe Qns (10-minute misconduct), 16:01; Greenaway Qns (roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 16:01; Regimbald Mcg (slashing), 17:57; Steele Qns (cross checking), 17:57.
3rd Period-
4, Queen's,
Slater Doggett 9 (Ming), 10:58 (PP).
Penalties-Gamelin Mcg (high sticking, roughing after the whistle), 10:27; Angelopolous Qns (roughing after the whistle), 10:27; Downe Qns (holding), 14:25.
Shots on Goal-
McGill 12-7-8 -- 27.
Queen's 7-7-6-20.
Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 0 / 2;
Queen's 3 / 4.
Goalies-
McGill,
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (L, 4-2, 20 shots-16 saves; 60:00).
Queen's,
Jacob Brennan (W, 6-0, 27 shots-27 saves, SHO; 60:00).
Attendance: 150
Start: 7:37 PM
End: 9:58 PM
Length: 2:21
Referees-Darrell Hancock, Sean Coles.
Linesmen-Ryan Watson, Andy Sampson.
1.
QNS - 16
Slater Doggett
2.
QNS - 12
Eric Ming
3.
QNS - 29
Jacob Brennan
2016-17 OUA MEN'S HOCKEY STANDINGS (updated after games on Nov. 27/16)
| 1 |
Ryerson |
14 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
0.821 |
63 |
38 |
6-0-0 |
7-2-1 |
255 |
| 2 |
York |
16 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
22 |
0.688 |
47 |
33 |
3-0-1 |
6-2-2 |
160 |
| 3 |
Guelph |
16 |
9 |
7 |
0 |
18 |
0.563 |
57 |
51 |
4-0-0 |
6-4-0 |
216 |
| 4 |
Windsor |
16 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
18 |
0.563 |
51 |
47 |
2-0-2 |
4-4-2 |
286 |
| 5 |
Lakehead |
15 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
17 |
0.567 |
49 |
55 |
2-0-0 |
5-4-1 |
237 |
| 6 |
Laurier |
16 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
16 |
0.500 |
50 |
55 |
0-1-1 |
4-4-2 |
188 |
| 7 |
Brock |
15 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
15 |
0.500 |
47 |
60 |
0-4-1 |
5-4-1 |
303 |
| 8 |
Western |
15 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
12 |
0.400 |
35 |
55 |
0-1-0 |
2-6-2 |
240 |
| 9 |
Waterloo |
14 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
11 |
0.393 |
28 |
45 |
1-0-1 |
3-5-2 |
233 |
| 10 |
Toronto |
15 |
1 |
12 |
2 |
4 |
0.133 |
38 |
63 |
0-3-0 |
1-9-0 |
204 |
| 1 |
McGill |
15 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
23 |
0.767 |
62 |
43 |
0-1-0 |
8-1-1 |
362 |
| 2 |
UQTR |
16 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
23 |
0.719 |
68 |
44 |
6-0-1 |
7-2-1 |
229 |
| 3 |
Queen's |
16 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
23 |
0.719 |
47 |
40 |
1-0-0 |
7-3-0 |
137 |
| 4 |
UOIT |
16 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
22 |
0.688 |
54 |
41 |
1-0-0 |
6-4-0 |
207 |
| 5 |
Concordia |
15 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
20 |
0.667 |
57 |
38 |
1-0-0 |
6-4-0 |
226 |
| 6 |
Carleton |
16 |
9 |
7 |
0 |
18 |
0.563 |
61 |
41 |
0-1-0 |
6-4-0 |
289 |
| 7 |
Laurentian |
16 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
16 |
0.500 |
43 |
51 |
0-1-1 |
5-4-1 |
212 |
| 8 |
Ottawa |
15 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
14 |
0.467 |
39 |
47 |
0-1-0 |
5-3-2 |
202 |
| 9 |
Nipissing |
15 |
5 |
9 |
1 |
11 |
0.367 |
31 |
50 |
1-0-0 |
3-7-0 |
201 |
| 10 |
RMC |
16 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
7 |
0.219 |
26 |
56 |
0-6-1 |
2-7-1 |
265 |
