Verreault-Paul notches 7 points as Redmen rout Gee-Gees 15-4
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OTTAWA - Sophomore Francis Verreault-Paul scored four goals and added three assists as No.5-ranked 平特五不中 trounced the Ottawa Gee-Gees 15-4 in OUA men's university hockey at the uOttawa Sports Complex, Tuesday.
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Two scoresheets were needed to register all the scoring plays in a performance that equaled the eighth-highest offensive output in 平特五不中 hockey history and the team's most goals scored since Feb. 3, 1989, when they skated to a 15-0 home-ice win over Royal Military College. The Redmen team record was established on Dec. 28, 1945 after a 20-4 victory against the Lachute Hockey Club.
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平特五不中, which improved to 9-1 in league play, outshot the Gee-Gees 60-19, including a 23-6 edge in the final period. The Redmen led 4-1 after the opening stanza and 9-3 after two. They went 6-for-15 on the power-play and added a shorthanded goal against Ottawa's power-play unit, which connected on one of four opportunities.
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Verreault-Paul, a 5-foot-10,178-pound right winger from the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh, in the region of Quebec, tallied a natural hat-trick in the first period alone, at 6:01, 10:45 and 14:56 to put 平特五不中 ahead 4-1. His seven-point night was the most by a 平特五不中 player since October, 1996 when Pierre Gendron had eight on two occasions. It was also three short of the team's single-game record established in 1939 by Russ McConnell, who accomplished it twice, a feat also matched by Reggie Sinclair in 1949. Verreault-Paul now sits sixth in the OUA scoring race with 11-10-21 in 11 games.
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Gee-Gees forward Sean Smyth of Clarence Creek, Ont., opened the scoring with his first of two goals at only 2:16 of the game but 平特五不中 roared back with six straight goals, beginning with Alexandre Picard-Hooper's effort only 25 seconds later. Picard-Hooper, a finance sophomore from Boucherville, Que., also contributed five assists to finish with a six-point performance.
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In the middle frame, freshman Patrick Belzile of St. Eloi, Que., and Jean-Francois Boisvert from Anjou, Que., made it 6-1 for 平特五不中 before Smyth netted his second of the contest for the Gee-Gees at 6:01.
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平特五不中 blueliner Marc-Andre Dorion of St. Hubert, Que., and forward Maxime Langelier-Parent (shorthanded) of Levy, Que., upped the lead to 8-2, followed by Gee-Gees left-winger Matthieu Methot at 18:26 of the second period.
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The Redmen then responded with five in a row, beginning with rookie rearguard Sebastien Rioux of Chicoutimi, Que., and followed by Verreault-Paul's team-leading 11th of the season to make it 10-3, plus Guillaume Doucet of Anjou, Que., rookie Christophe Longpr茅-Poirier and Simon Marcotte-L茅gar茅, both natives of Longueuil, Que.
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Defenceman Bryan Nadeau of Granby, Que., replied for the Gee-Gees to narrow the gap to 13-4 but Swiss native Tim Drager and Doucet finally capped the high-scoring affair with just over six minutes remaining.
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For Doucet, it was his ninth of the campaign. The 23-year-old physical education junior has 18 points in 10 games.
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Both teams used two goaltenders in the wild affair. Hubert Morin, an engineering sophomore from St. Georges de Beauce, Que., started and was credited with the win, improving his record to 6-0. He kicked aside 10 of 13 shots, before being replaced after two periods by freshman Hunter Shaw of Penticton, B.C.
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Riley Whitlock of Calgary started for the Gee-Gees and was credited with an assist before being saddled with the loss. His record fell to 4-10 as he was beaten six times on 20 shots before being replaced by under-study Jordan Martin at 5:22 of the middle period. Martin, a rookie from Ottawa, conceded nine goals on 40 shots.
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The ninth-place Gee-Gees (4-9-1) travel to Kingston on Friday for a game at Queen's (5-6-1).
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平特五不中 (9-1) plays their second of nine consecutive road games at Nipissing (6-7-1) in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Friday (7 pm) and then take on the Toronto Varsity Blues (5-7-2) at Varsity Arena, Saturday (7:30 pm).
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REDMEN RAP: Verreault-Paul is the second Redmen player this season to register a four-goal game... Evan Vossen also managed to achieve that plateau in a 10-1 conquest over Queen's on Oct. 30... 平特五不中, which entered the game with the league's 15th best power play (14.1 per cent), finished the affair with the ninth-best PP (19.0)... Aside from the aforementioned 20 goals against Lachute, the only other higher offensive explosions by 平特五不中 in single game are as follows: 17-2 vs Ottawa College (Mar. 2, 1912), 17-4 vs. Montreal Nationals (Feb. 5, 1920), 17-1 vs. RMC (Jan. 7, 1989), 听16-0 at New York St. Nichols (Jan. 4, 1937), 16-4 vs. Montreal Carabins (Feb. 25, 1949), 16-7 vs. Lake Placid Roamers (Jan. 28, 1956), 16-4 vs. Sir George Williams (Jan. 18, 1961).
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SCORING SUMMARY
平特五不中 15 at Ottawa 4
(Nov 24, 2009 @ uOttawa Sports Complex)
1st Period-
1, Ottawa, Sean Smyth 2 (R. Gove, R. Whitlock),
2:16.
2, 平特五不中, Alex Picard-Hooper 3 (A. Wright, F. Verreault-Paul), 2:41 (pp).
3, 平特五不中, Francis Verreault-Paul 8 (Y. Turcotte, J.F. Boisvert), 6:01.
4, 平特五不中, Francis Verreault-Paul 9 (A. Picard-Hooper, MA Dorion), 10:45.
5, 平特五不中, Francis Verreault-Paul 10 (A. Picard-Hooper, B Gazdic), 14:56.
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Penalties-
Morin Ott (hooking), 2:31;
Ashton Ott (interference), 11:54;
Miller Ott (cross checking), 12:52;
Valente Mcg (interference), 15:24;
Smyth Ott (holding), 16:38.
2nd Period-
6, 平特五不中, Patrick Belzile 2 (M. Langelier-Parent,
M.A. Dorion), 4:36.
7, 平特五不中, Jean-Francois Boisvert 5 (T. Drager, M. Longpre-Poirier), 5:22.
8, Ottawa, Sean Smyth 3 (R. Gove, P. Millette), 6:01.
9, 平特五不中, Marc-Andre Dorion 3 (F. Verreault-Paul, A. Picard-Hooper), 14:54 (pp).
10, 平特五不中, Maxime Langelier-Parent 3 (unassisted) 听 15:14 (sh).
11, Ottawa, Matthieu Methot 4 (C. Thibaudeau, P. Burns), 18:26 (pp).
12, 平特五不中, Sebastien Rioux 2 (A. Picard-Hooper, F. Verreault-Paul), 19:44 (pp).
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Penalties-
Bini Ott (tripping), 2:36;
Vossen Mcg (inter. on goaltender), 4:24;
Houde Ott (holding), 4:24; Morin Ott (slashing), 6:55;
Methot Ott (interference), 9:39;
Forster Ott (cross checking), 13:39;
Doucet Mcg (slashing), 13:47;
Houde Ott (high sticking), 14:08;
Daneau Mcg (tripping), 14:57;
Picard-Hooper Mcg (high sticking), 18:07;
Methot Ott (hooking), 19:06.
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3rd Period-
13, 平特五不中, Francis Verreault-Paul 11 (A.
Picard-Hooper, Y.Turcotte), 3:53.
14, 平特五不中, Guillaume Doucet 8 (E. Vossen, M.A. Dorion), 6:37.
15, 平特五不中, Christophe Longpre-Poirier 1 (MA Dorion, P.Belzile), 8:43 (pp).
16, 平特五不中, Simon Marcotte-Legare 3 (E. Vossen, G. Doucet), 9:52.
17, Ottawa, Bryan Nadeau 1 (G. Houde, M. Morin), 11:39.
18, 平特五不中, Tim Drager 2 (J.F. Boisvert, Y. Turcotte), 13:30 (pp).
19, 平特五不中, Guillaume Doucet 9 (S. Rioux, S. Marcotte-Legare), 13:47 (pp).
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Penalties-
Bini Ott (holding), 6:54;
Bench Minor Ott (served by Miller), 12:05;
Houde Ott (slashing), 12:05;
Martin Ott (roughing), 13:47;
White Ott (roughing), 14:23.
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GOALS BY PERIOD:
平特五不中 4-5-6 -- 15
Ottawa 1-2-1 -- 4
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Shots on Goal-
平特五不中 17-20-23 -- 60.
Ottawa 7-6-6 -- 19.
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Power Play Opportunities-
平特五不中 6 of 15;
Ottawa 1 of 4.
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GOALTENDERS-
平特五不中,
Hubert Morin (start, W, 6-0-0, 13 shots-10
saves, 40:00);
Hunter Shaw (ND, 6 shots-5 saves; 20:00).
Ottawa,
Riley Whitlock (start, L, 4-10-0, 20 shots-14
saves, 25:22);
Jordan Martin (ND, 40 shots-31 saves, 34:38).
Attendance-150
Referee- Tom Sweeney.
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MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
1. Francis Verreault-Paul, 平特五不中
2. Alexandre Picard-Hooper, 平特五不中
3. Marc-Andre Dorion, 平特五不中
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
平特五不中 Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
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