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Alexandre The Great nets Corey Cup winner in overtime

Published: 12 February 2010

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(PHOTO BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)

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MONTREAL - Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., registered four points, including a pair of goals and the game-winner at 43 seconds of overtime as No.5-ranked ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ rallied for a hard-fought 4-3 victory in the 23rd Corey Cup men's university hockey game at the Ed Meagher arena, Friday.

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It was the eighth consecutive season that ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ had retained the Corey Cup, symbolic of collegiate hockey supremacy in Montreal. ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ improved to 12-6-3 lifetime in the annual grudge match against their cross-town rivals. The Redmen have now won six straight games over Concordia and are 66-67-13 lifetime in league play.

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±«ÓãÖ±²¥, which trailed 2-1 after one period and bounced back to lead 3-2 after two, had a 48-24 edge in shots.Ìý Winning goaltender Hubert Morin, an engineering sophomore from St. George de Beauce, Que., improved to 16-3-0, while Concordia's Maxime Joyal of Chateauguay, Que., made 44 saves in a losing cause and fell to 6-10-3.

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Sophomore Francis Verreault-Paul, a high-scoring sniper from Mashteuiatsh, Que., opened the scoring for ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ finished by assisting on three other goals, including one on the game-winning tally in overtime. The 5-foot-10,178-pound winger now owns a 22-28-50 record in 26 games and is two points back of UQTR's Francis Charland (26GP: 24-28-52) for the OUA scoring title with one game remaining.

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The Stingers bounced back to take a 2-1 lead on first-period goals by Kyle Kelly of Pointe Claire, Que., and Daniel Michalsky of Aurora, Ont., but ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ roared back in the middle period. Team captain Yan Turcotte, a fifth-year veteran from Laval, Que., continued to improve upon his career year by netting his ninth marker of the season, the third-highest total among all OUA rearguards.

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Concordia forced overtime after Marc-Andre Element of Cadillac, Que., netted his 15th of the season mid-way through the third period.

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With one game remaining on the calendar, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ improved to 21-6, equaling a single-season school record for wins in league play, matching the 21-5 mark established in the 1999-00 campaign, when they played two fewer games. The victory didn't help ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, however, as UQTR (22-3-2) clinched first place with a 6-1 win over Ottawa.

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The Redmen will host ninth-place Ottawa (6-19-2) in the season finale on Saturday at 7 p.m., before the OUA best-of-three quarterfinals open on Feb. 17 at McConnell arena, with ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ playing host to seventh-place Nipissing University (11-15-1) from North Bay, Ont.

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REDMEN RAP: ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ is tied with Guelph for the league lead in penalty-killing... Both teams have an .892 efficiency but the Redmen have killed off 28 more PP chances than the Gryphons and have scored 11 shorthanded goals, five more than Guelph... ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ needs nine penalty minutes in their final game to lead the league in that category for the first time in school history... A further look at the record books indicates that Turcotte's nine regular-season goals is Ìýthe sixth-highest single-season output by a ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ rearguard, behind Gilles Hudon (15 in 1981-82), Bryan Larkin (14 in 1988-89), Nicolas Cantin (11 in 1996-97), David Bahl (10 in 1999-00) and Louis-Simon Allaire (10 in 2006-07)... Picard-Hooper sits third among OUA scoring leaders with 11-36-47, five points back of the lead... Sophomore Andrew Wright who plays right wing on ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s top line, left the game in the second period after being struck on his arm by a puck and did not return... Back-up netminder Danny Mireault was unable to dress due to a leg injury suffered in practice earlier in the week... He was replaced on the bench by freshman Hunter Shaw.

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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca

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SCORING SUMMARY

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 4Ìý at Concordia 3 (OT)

(Feb 12, 2010 at Ed Meagher Arena)


1st Period-

1, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Francis Verreault-Paul 22 (Doucet, Picard-Hooper), 1:22.

2, Concordia, Kyle Kelly 9 (Lovatsis, Monahan), 6:13.

3, Concordia, Daniel Michalsky 2 (Messier), 13:24.

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Penalties-

Gazdic Mcg (hooking), 10:26;

Verreault-Paul Mcg (roughing), 14:58;

Van Wieren Con (roughing), 14:58;

Verrilli Mcg (tripping), 15:59;

Corsi Con (slashing), 19:03.

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2nd Period-

4, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Yan Turcotte 9 (Verreault-Paul, Picard-Hooper), 6:51 (pp).

5, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Alexandre Picard-Hooper 10 (Verreault-Paul, Morse), 12:54.

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Penalties-

Rizk Con (inter. on goaltender), 6:41.

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3rd Period-

6, Concordia, Marc-Andre Element 15 (Gager, Corsi), 9:51.

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Penalties-

Sciangula Con (hooking), 4:15.

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OVERTIME-

7, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Alexandre Picard-Hooper 11 (Verreault-Paul, Dorion), 0:43.

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Penalties-

(none)

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GOALS BY PERIOD:

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 1-2-0-1 -- 4

Concordia 2-0-1-0 -- 3

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Shots on Goal-

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 14-13-20-1 -- 48.

Concordia 8-7-9-0 -- 24.

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Power Play Opportunities-

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 1 of 3;

Concordia 0 of 2.

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Penalties (No./Mins.)-

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 3/6;

Concordia 4/8.

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Goalies-

±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Hubert Morin (W, 16-3-0, 24 shots-21 saves; 60:43).

Concordia, Maxime Joyal (L, 6-10-3, 48 shots-44 saves; 60:43).

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Attendance-500


Referee- Gavin White.

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Start: 7:40 PM

End: 9:52

Length: 2:12

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MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:

1. MCG - 9 Alexandre Picard-Hooper
2. MCG - 18 Francis Verreault-Paul
3. CON - 29 Maxime Joyal

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