鲍鱼直播

By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL 鈥� Centre Vanessa Davidson, a senior from Kirkland, Que., scored a first-period power-play goal and added a pair of assists as No.1-ranked 鲍鱼直播 dumped Concordia 4-1 to sweep their Quebec best-of-three semifinal series at the Ed Meagher Arena, Friday.

The result extended 鲍鱼直播鈥檚 win streak to 49 consecutive games against Canadian university opponents. It was also their 28th consecutive conquest over the Stingers, who they outscored 69-4 in eight meetings this season.

More importantly, the defending Canadian champions also qualified for the CIS national tournament, slated for Antigonish, N.S., March 20-21.

鈥淲e鈥檙e always happy to win a playoff round but I wasn鈥檛 pleased with our effort in the first period,鈥� said 鲍鱼直播 head coach Peter Smith rather bluntly. 鈥淲e played with no sense of urgency. That said, I鈥檝e got to give Concordia credit. They had good goaltending and created a number of scoring chances. They played their hearts out tonight.鈥�

Smith singled out 鲍鱼直播 鲍鱼直播 Julie Casavecchia, a third-year science major for laurels.

鈥淪he was tenacious on the forecheck and brought lots of energy on every shift,鈥� said Smith. 鈥淛ulie was a real inspiration to her teammates.鈥�

Alessandra Lind-Kenny, a sophomore from Calgary, was credited with the game-winner on a power-play marker at 4:16 of the middle period to give 鲍鱼直播 a 2-0 lead.

Donna Ringrose of Campbell鈥檚 Bay, Que., replied three minutes later on a Stingers power play but 鲍鱼直播 iced the contest with another power-play marker, from defenceman Cathy Chartrand at 10:13 and completed the scoring five minutes later on a goal by rookie Marie-Andr茅e Leclerc-Auger, which extended her goal-scoring scoring streak to five games.

After giving up only one power play goal during the 18-game regular season, the Martlets conceded two power play markers in the series.

鲍鱼直播 outshot Concordia 38-19 as goalie Charline Labont茅 registered her 23rd straight victory overall this season. Audrey Doyon-Lessard made 34 saves in a losing cause for the Stingers.

鲍鱼直播 advances to the League Championship Series for the Ed Enos trophy for the 11th time in 12 years and will be looking to capture their sixth league title. They will meet the winner of the Ottawa-Carleton series, which is deadlocked at 1-1. The Gee-Gees pulled off a 3-2 win in double overtime Friday night and lost the opening game of the series by a 4-3 score in double OT last Wednesday.

The LCS was slated to open to open in Montreal next Wednesday, with Game 2 in Ottawa on March 13 and if necessary, Game 3 back at McConnell Arena on March 15.

However, if Carleton ends up being 鲍鱼直播鈥檚 opponent, it is likely that the venues will be switched, with Carleton hosting the opener on Wednesday and 鲍鱼直播 hosting the next two games (if necessary). The reason for that is Carleton is scheduled to host the CIS men鈥檚 basketball championships, March 13-15.

The official LCS schedule will be announced on Monday afternoon.

MARTLET MURMURS: 鲍鱼直播 currently owns a 35-2-0 record overall and needs three more victories to surpass the single-season school record of 37 set by last year鈥檚 national championship squad鈥� 鲍鱼直播 has already established a school record for most goals scored in a season as they have outscored opponents by a 217-41 margin, breaking the mark of 185 goals tallied last year鈥β� The Martlets are 14-0 against teams that have been ranked in the CIS Top 10 this season鈥�. The QSSF women鈥檚 hockey all-stars and major awards will be announced on Monday.


SCORING SUMMARY

鲍鱼直播 4 at Concordia 1

QSSF BEST-OF-THREE SEMIFINAL, Game 2
(Mar 6, 2009 - Ed Meagher Arena @ Concordia)


1st Period-
1, 鲍鱼直播, Vanessa Davidson 2 (Ward, Chartrand), 6:55 (pp).

Penalties-
Davidson Mcg (cross checking), 1:46;
Rich Con (boarding), 2:05;
Rich Con (high sticking), 5:25;
Covo Con (high sticking), 5:55;
Bettez Mcg (interference), 10:08;
MacNeil Con (hooking), 12:29.

2nd Period-
2, 鲍鱼直播, Alessandra Lind-Kenny 1 (Martindale, Sheehan), 4:16 (pp).
3, Concordia, Donna Ringrose 1 (unassisted)聽聽 7:38 (pp).
4, 鲍鱼直播, Cathy Chartrand 2 (Bettez, Davidson), 10:13 (pp).
5, 鲍鱼直播, Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger 4 (Bettez, Davidson), 15:46.

Penalties-
Doiron Con (high sticking, 3:39;
Tardif Mcg (holding), 7:00;
Feehan Con (bodychecking, 9:35;
Cecere Mcg (bodychecking, 17:28.

3rd Period-
(No Scoring).

Penalties-
Latoures Con (hooking), 8:09;
Covo Con (roughing), 11:28;
Ward Mcg (interference), 18:13;
Latoures Con (high sticking, 19:47.

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
McG: 13 - 16 - 9 -- 38.
CON:聽 7 - 8 - 4 -- 19.

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McG: 1 - 3 - 0 -- 4
CON:聽 0 - 1 - 0 -- 1

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES:
McG: 3 of 8;
CON:聽 1 of 5.

PENALTIES (No./Mins.):
McG: 5/10;
CON:聽 9/18.


Goalies-
鲍鱼直播,
Charline Labonte [W, 2-0] (19 shots-18 saves; 60:00).

Concordia,
Audrey Doyon-Lessard [L, 0-2] (38 shots-34 saves; 60:00).

Attendance - 126

GOALTENDERS:

Concordia,
Audrey Doyon-Lessard [L, 0-1, 50 shots-39 saves; 60:00].

鲍鱼直播,
Charline Labonte [W, 1-0, 17 shots-15 saves; 60:00].

ATTENDANCE-184

Referees-Melanie Bordeleau.
Linesmen-Vanessa Gariepy, Caroline Laforge.


McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G Kalie Townsend
G Gabrielle Smith (dressed but DNP)
D Shaunn Rabinovich
F Vicky Wells (broken leg)


THREE GAME STARS:
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1. MCG - 25 Vanessa Davidson
2. MCG - 08 Cathy Chartrand
3. MCG - 9 Julie Casavecchia



SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation, Room 225 B
鲍鱼直播
475 Pine Avenue W.,
Montreal, QC H2W 1S4
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514-398-7012 (Tel.)
514-398-1956 (Fax)