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Redmen phenomenal, paste Pats in Trois-Rivieres

Published: 7 October 2009

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(PHOTO BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)

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TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. -- Simon Marcotte-Légaré, a third-year ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ from Longueuil, Que., scored twice and added an assist as visiting ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ shocked the UQTR Patriotes 7-3 in men's university hockey preseason action at Trois-Rivières, Que., Wednesday.

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It marked ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s fifth straight victory over the Pats but their first-ever preseason road victory in 13 lifetime exhibition meetings (1-11-1) there, since the teams began playing each other in 1969.

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Six different players scored for the Redmen in what was their highest offensive output over UQTR since a 9-8 loss at McConnell Arena on Nov. 12, 1986. It also marked ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s highest goal total at Trois-Rivieres since a 9-4 win on Jan. 31, 1979.

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The Redmen led 2-0 after the opening period and 6-1 after two. They continued to great special teams play, chalking up three power play markers in addition to a shorthanded goal by rookie Christophe Longpré-Poirier, also from Longueuil.

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Marcotte, a smooth-skating, 6-foot-1, 190-pound centre, set-up Glenn Tindle's power-play goal at 14:33 of the middle period to make it 5-2 for the Redmen. He then scored three minutes later to put the game out of reach and added a third period marker as the icing on the cake.

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"Marcotte reminded me of (former NHL legend) Gilbert Perreault in the last half of the game," said new ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ head coach Jim Webster, who once captained the Redmen back in 1972-73 when he won team MVP honours and captured a league scoring title. "I've been impressed with how deeply talented and hard-working our team appears to be."

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Rounding out the scoring for ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ was sophomore centre Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., sophomore ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Evan Vossen, a junior from Swift Current, Sask., and senior defenceman Yan Turcotte.

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"It was a good team win and important to win in their barn," said the rugged Turcotte, the team's all-time penalty king and newly-elected team captain. "Hopefully, this win will help us move up in the national Top 10 rankings."

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±«ÓãÖ±²¥ outshot the Pats by a wide 48-24 margin, registering 16 shots in each period against an annual contender that hammered Concordia 11-0 in exhibition play last week.

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Sophomore netminder Hubert Morin, who was not slated to start, picked up the win to even his preseason record at 2-2. Morin, a native of St. Georges de Beauce, Que., ÌýÌýwas asked to start after the pre-game warm-up when Danny Mireault somehow managed to cut open his thumb on a table in the dressing room.

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The Patriotes will have to endure the embarrassing home-ice loss to their arch-rivals for months as the two teams are not slated to meet again until mid-January.

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±«ÓãÖ±²¥ finishes preseason play with a 3-2 record and now prepares for their 134th campaign opener when they host Concordia during Homecoming Week at McConnell Arena on Oct. 16

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SCORING SUMMARY


±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 7 at UQTR 3

(preseason game; Oct 7, 2009)



1st Period-

1, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Yan Turcotte 2 (Marc-Andre Dorion, Evan Vossen), 1:02 (pp).

2, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Alexandre Picard-Hooper 3 (Francis Verreault-Paul, Andrew Wright), 3:22.

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Penalties-

A. Demers UQTR (hooking), 0:36;

Y. Turcotte ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (slashing), 5:32;

C. Longpre-Poirier ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (hooking), 7:57;

N. Desilets UQTR (holding), 8:16;

A. Picard-Hooper ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (roughing), 11:24;

S. Richard UQTR (interference), 14:35;

S. Bellefleur UQTR (holding), 19:48.

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2nd Period-

3, UQTR, Alexandre Demers 1 (Guillaume Chicoine, Alexandre Blais), 5:19.

4, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Christophe Longpre-Poirier 1 (Marc-Andre Daneau), 8:10 (sh).

5, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Evan Vossen 3 (Andrew Wright), 9:05.

6, UQTR, Alexandre Demers 2 (Nicolas Desilets, Maxime Levesque), 11:32 (pp).

7, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Glenn Tindle 1 (Guillaume Doucet, Simon Marcotte-Legare), 14:11 (pp).

8, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Simon Marcotte-Legare 1 (Guillaume Doucet, Glenn Tindle), 17:29.

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Penalties-

A. Wright ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (slashing), 6:39;

E. Vossen ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (elbowing), 10:51;

C. Bergeron UQTR (high sticking), 12:18;

M.A. Dorion ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (roughing), 18:30;

C. Bergeron UQTR (inter. on goaltender), 18:30;

L.E. Leblanc UQTR (slashing), 19:46;

BENCH, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (leaving player bench, served by G. Tindle), 20:00.

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3rd Period-

9, UQTR, Guillaume Chicoine 1 (Louis-Etienne Leblanc), 8:22.

10, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Simon Marcotte-Legare 2 (Marc-Andre Dorion), 13:21 (pp).

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Penalties-

S. Richard UQTR (hooking), 6:25;

S. Marcotte-Legare ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (hooking), 7:43;

P. Bronsard UQTR (cross checking), 11:45;

A. Joanisse UQTR (holding), 15:40;

A. Demers UQTR (high sticking), 17:34;

L.E. Leblanc UQTR (10-minute misconduct), 17:34;

Y. Turcotte ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (roughing), 18:05;

S. Bellefleur UQTR (roughing), 18:05.

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GOALS BY PERIOD

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 2-4-1 -- 7

UQTR 0-2-1 -- 3

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SHOTS BY PERIOD

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 16-16-16--48.

UQTR 9-7-8--24.

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Power Play Opportunities-

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 3 of 10

UQTR 1 of 7 (one SH goal against)

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Goalies-

±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Hubert Morin (W, 2-2-0, 24 shots-21 saves).

UQTR, Jean-Christophe Blanchard (L, 2-2-0, 48 shots-41 saves).

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ATT-148

(@ Pavillion de la Jeunesse)

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Referee-Francois Fortin.

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LINEUP SCRATCHES:


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G Danny Mireault (dressed but DNP)

G Hunter Shaw

D Thomas Vlasic

D Ben Morse

D Ben Gazdic

F Benoit Arsenault

F Leonard Verrilli (injd)

F Kale Dolinski

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UQTR

G Sebastien Comeau (dressed but DNP)

G Mathieu Levesque

D Marc-Andre Nadeau

F Etienne Bellevance-Martin

F Francis Charland

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