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By Earl Zukerman

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MONTREAL 鈥� Marko Kovacevic, a senior from Serbia, netted his second career hat-trick as visiting 鲍鱼直播 skated to their seventh straight win, a 4-3 decision in the 22nd annual Corey Cup men鈥檚 hockey game at Concordia, Sunday.

鲍鱼直播 improved to 18-3-1 in their last 22 meetings against Concordia and the victory clinched second place in the OUA Far East for the unranked Redmen, who are the hottest team in the country right now with 13 victories in their last 15 outings.

With two games remaining on their schedule, 鲍鱼直播 owns a 17-7-2 record and sits four points ahead of the second-place Stingers (14-9-4), who have only one game remaining before playoffs.

Sophomore Evan Vossen of Swift Current, Sask., notched his seventh of the campaign to give 鲍鱼直播 a 2-0 lead midway through the first period.

Cory 鲍鱼直播is of Sudbury, Ont., gave the Stingers some life with his eighth goal to make it 2-1 after two

But Kovacevic snuffed out any hopes with two goals in 48 seconds early in the third period to give him a career-high 12 markers. Concordia鈥檚 Renaud Des Alliers and Andrew Palombaro replied in the final period but it was too little, too late.

Goalie Danny Mireault made 21 saves to improve his record to 10-6-0. The rookie from Notre Dame des Prairies, Que., started in place of netminder Kevin D茅sfoss茅s, who was scratched with a bout of the flu after posting back-to-back upsets over No.3-ranked UQTR.

Mireault, however, failed to pitch a 鈥渃omplete game鈥� as referee Nicolas Dutil made him sit out one shift after he had skated to the 鲍鱼直播 bench in search of a towel to wipe his mask. Rookie Hubert Morin was pressed into action for what turned out to be 14 seconds until the next whistle.

Concordia鈥檚 Maxime Joyal took the loss, allowing four goals on 37 shots

鲍鱼直播 will close out the regular season with a home game against Carleton on Feb. 13 and a road game at Ottawa (9-10-5) on Valentine鈥檚 Day. The OUA Eastern Conference best-of-three quarterfinals are tentatively slated to open at McConnell Arena on Feb. 17 against the sixth-seeded team, which could be Ottawa, Queen鈥檚 or Carleton.

REDMEN RAP: The Redmen had to make do without the services of rugged rearguard Yan Turcotte, who was serving an automatic one-game suspension for a major penalty incurred at UQTR last Friday.鈥� However, only six minutes into the second stanza, defenceman Ken Morin was tossed for a checking from behind penalty, leaving some fans on the edge of their seats at the Ed Meagher Arena鈥μ� Since 1988 the Stingers and the Redmen have faced off annually for the prestigious Corey Cup, emblematic of men鈥檚 university hockey supremacy in Montreal. The Corey Cup was dedicated in 1988 by Ronald Corey, then president and governor of the National Hockey League鈥檚 Montreal Canadiens鈥� 鲍鱼直播 holds an 11-6-3 record in those games. The Stingers are 7-12-3 in Corey Cup action and the UQTR Patriotes are 1-1-0.


SCORING SUMMARY

鲍鱼直播 4 at Concordia 3

(Feb 8, 2009 - Ed Meagher Arena)

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. 鲍鱼直播, Marko Kovacevic (10) (K. Morin, A. Picard-Hooper) 7:01 PP
2. 鲍鱼直播, Evan Vossen (7) (S. Marcotte-Legare) 10:53听

Penalties -
N. Knudsen Con (interference) 5:55,
E. Stilling Mcg (holding) 16:12,
E. Begin Con (10-minute misconduct) 16:58

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
3. Concordia, Cory 鲍鱼直播is (8) (N. DAoust) 12:23听

Penalties -
F. Verrault-Paul Mcg (high sticking) 5:36,
K. Morin Mcg (checking from behind, GM-50) 6:17,
V. Lambert Mcg (hooking) 17:11,
C. 鲍鱼直播is Con (slashing) 18:47

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
4. 鲍鱼直播, Marko Kovacevic (11) (A. Picard-Hooper, S. Bloom) 0:48听
5. 鲍鱼直播, Marko Kovacevic (12) (F. Verrault-Paul, S. Bloom) 1:36听
6. Concordia, Renaud Des Alliers (6) (M.A. Rizk) 9:19听
7. Concordia, Andrew Palombaro (2)听听 14:57听

Penalties -
C. Garland Con (hooking) 2:30,
L. Van Wieren Con (hooking) 10:27

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 9 - 10 - 18 -- 37
CON: 11 - 7 - 6 -- 24

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

POWER PLAY CONVERSION:
鲍鱼直播 1-4.
Concordia 0-4.

PENALTIES (No/Mins):
鲍鱼直播 5-18.
Concordia 5-18.

GOALTENDERS:

鲍鱼直播
Danny Mireault [W, 10-6-0, Start, 59:46, SV: 21, GA: 3]
Hubert Morin [ND, played 0:14 in 2nd, SV: 0 GA: 0]


Concordia
Maxime Joyal [L, 11-7-3, 59:58, SV: 33, GA: 4]


Start : 3:04 PM

End : 5:15 PM

Attendance : 522

Referee: Nicolas Dutil


MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
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1. Marko Kovacevic, 鲍鱼直播
2. Renaud Des Ailliers, Concordia
3. Sam Bloom, 鲍鱼直播


McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES
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4听 听听听 Brennan, Spencer听 听听听 (D)
5 听听听 Turcotte, Yan 听听听 (D)
12 听听听 Arsenault, Benoit 听听听 (F; eye)
15 听听听 Litalien, Eric 听听听 (F; knee)
21 听听听 Tindle, Glenn 听听听 (D)
24 听听听 Drager, Timothy 听听听 (F)
30 听听听 Jarvis, Jake 听听听 (G)
31 听听听 Desfosses, Kevin (G; flu)

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