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By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Leonard Verrilli of Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., scored at 4:17 of overtime as ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û reeled off their fifth straight victory with a 4-3 upset over No.3-ranked UQTR in men’s university hockey at McConnell Arena, Saturday.

Montrealer Guillaume Doucet tallied twice to give the Redmen a 2-0 lead early in the middle period but the Patriotes roared back in the ensuing 10 minutes to tie the game at 2-2 on goals by Eric Beaudin and Nicolas Caouette.

Yan Turcotte, a defenceman from Laval, then connected on a power play to give ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û a 3-2 lead late in the middle period but the Pats rallied to tie the contest at 18:33 of the final stanza, on a goal by Etienne Bellavance-Martin.

The Redmen, who were celebrating the 132nd anniversary of their first-ever game played in 1877, outshot UQTR 47-25. ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, which improved their second-place standing in the OUA Far East to 15-7-2, have a return engagement at Trois-Rivieres on Feb. 6.

REDMEN RAP: Los Angeles Kings assistant coach Jamie Kompon was on hand to perform the ceremonial faceoff... Kompon, a native of Thunder Bay, Ont., was a former ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û captain and coach... Yan Turcotte, a rugged 5-foot-11, 213-pound rearguard, was assessed three minors in the game and is now just two minutes shy of becoming ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û's all-time penalty king. The industrial relations senior has accumulated 529 penalties in minutes, just one short of the 530 PIMs by Dan Jacob, who patrolled the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û blueline from 2000 to 2005.

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SCORING SUMMARY

UQTR 3 at ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û 4 (OT)

(Jan 31, 2009 - McConnell Arena)


FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, Guillaume Doucet (8) (F. Verrault-Paul, A. Wright) 3:01

Penalties -
M. Kovacevic MCG (tripping) 0:04,
F. Verrault-Paul MCG (inter. on goaltender) 5:22,
M. Simoneau UQTR (tripping) 8:17,
K. Morin MCG (high sticking) 10:38,
S. Beland UQTR (hooking) 13:05


SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
2. ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, Guillaume Doucet (9) (F. Verrault-Paul, A. Wright) 4:51
3. UQTR, Eric Beaudin (3) (M. Simoneau, S. Richard) 9:19
4. UQTR, Nicolas Caouette (7) (F. Charland, T. Lafontaine) 14:22
5. ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, Yan Turcotte (2) (K. Morin, A. Picard-Hooper) 19:25 (PP)

Penalties -
Y. Turcotte MCG (roughing) 0:54,
M. Dorion MCG (tripping) 2:21,
A. Blais UQTR (interference) 6:41,
L. Leblanc UQTR (high sticking) 10:58,
S. Bellefleur UQTR (roughing) 15:31,
Y. Turcotte MCG (roughing) 15:31,
E. Beaudin UQTR (holding) 18:48,
A. Demers UQTR (checking from behind, game misconduct) 19:35

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
6. UQTR, Etienne Bellavance-Martin (11) (A. Blais, J. Boutin) 18:33

Penalties -
S. Beland UQTR (hooking) 0:33,
S. Richard UQTR (high sticking) 3:14,
T. Lafontaine UQTR (roughing) 6:48,
M. Daneau MCG (tripping) 9:09

OVERTIME (5-min. sudden-death):
Scoring -
7. ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û, Leonard Verrilli (3) (K. Morin, S. Bloom) 4:17 (PP)

Penalties -
M. Simoneau UQTR (hooking) 2:51,
J. Blanchard UQTR (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 4:17,
N. Caouette UQTR (cross checking) 4:17,
K. Morin MCG (roughing) 4:17,
L. Verrilli MCG (roughing) 4:17

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
UQTR: 6 - 11 - 8 - 0 -- 25
MCG: 12 - 14 - 15 - 6 -- 47

GOALS BY PERIOD:
UQTR: 0 - 2 - 1 - 0 -- 3
MCG: 1 - 2 - 0 - 1 -- 4

POWER PLAY CONVERSION:
UQTR 0-6.
ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û 2-10.

PENALTIES:
UQTR 14-36.
ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û 9-18.

GOALTENDERS:

UQTR
Jean-Christophe Blanchard [L, 12-4-0; 64:17, SV: 43, GA: 4]


ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û
Kevin Desfosses [W, 4-1-0; 64:17, SV: 22, GA: 3]

Start : 7:03 PM

End : 9:33 PM

Attendance : 545

Referee: Gavin White


MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Guillaume Doucet, ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û
2. Leonard Verrilli, ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û
3. Evan Vossen, ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û


McGILL LINEUP:
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FORWARDS:
22 Doucet 18 Verreault 16 Wright
19 Kovacevic 9 Picard 20 Bloom
11 Vossen 28 Lambert 17 Verrilli
10 Daneau 26 Drager

DEFENCEMEN:
7 Morin 2 Stilling
5 Turcotte 6 Dorion
3 Valente 14 Gazdic
8 Morse

GOALIES:
Desfosses
Mireault


McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Hubert Morin
G Jake Jarvis
G Danny Mireault (dressed but DNP)
D Spencer Brennan
D Glenn Tindle
F Benoit Arsenault (eye injury)
F Eric L’Italien (knee)
F Simon Marcotte-Legare (knee)
F Maxime Langelier-Parent (hand)