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By Earl Zukerman

OTTAWA – A red-hot goalie and a pair of first-period goals held up as Ottawa snapped ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s eight-game win streak with a key 2-1 victory in men’s university hockey action at the uOttawa Sports Complex, Saturday.

Riley Whitlock, a sophomore goaltender from Calgary stoned the Redmen with a 35-save performance, many of them big saves as ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ outshot Ottawa 36-28 in a game that wasn’t that close.

Keven Gagne of St. Nicolas, Que., scored at 1:38 and freshman Matthieu Methot of Ottawa added an insurance marker less than five minutes later.

Redmen rookie Andrew Wright, a native of Toronto, injected some life into the Redmen with a late second period goal but Whitlock proved unbeatable after that.

The Gee-Gees (11-11-5) staved off elimination and are now in position to surpass sixth-seeded Queen’s (12-13-3) for the last playoff berth in the OUA Eastern Conference.

The teams are tied with 27 points apiece and Gee-Gees need only a point over lowly Ryerson on Sunday afternoon, to become dancing partners with the Redmen in the OUA Eastern Conference quarterfinals, a best-of-three affair, tentatively slated to open at McConnell Arena, Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Should the Gee-Gees lose in regulation time, they would be out and Queen’s would match-up with ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ for the first round.

(MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW LATER)



SCORING SUMMARY

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ 1 at Ottawa 2

(Feb 14, 2009 @ uOttawa Sports Complex)

FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring -
1. Ottawa, Keven Gagne (7) (unassisted) 1:38
2. Ottawa, Matthieu Methot (18) (Y. Charron, D. McDonald) 6:26

Penalties -
G. Doucet Mcg (roughing) 15:26,
M. Methot Ott (tripping) 15:51

SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring -
3. ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, Andre Wright (2) (Y. Turcotte, S. Bloom) 15:40

Penalties -
P. Milette Ott (holding) 1:11,
G. Houde Ott (hooking) 8:04,
D. Dhillon Ott (cross checking) 12:25,
G. Houde Ott (tripping) 13:39

THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring -
(No Scoring)

Penalties -
F. Verrault-Paul Mcg (roughing) 1:49,
K. Gagne Ott (tripping) 7:41,
D. McDonald Ott (high sticking) 16:29,
B. Gazdic Mcg (hooking) 18:39,
Y. Turcotte Mcg (boarding) 19:31

SHOTS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 12 - 17 - 7 -- 36
OTT: 11 - 12 - 5 -- 28

GOALS BY PERIOD:
MCG: 0 - 1 - 0 -- 1
OTT: 2 - 0 - 0 -- 2

POWER PLAY CONVERSION:
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ 0-7.
Ottawa 0-4.

PENALTIES (No./Mins)
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ 4-8.
Ottawa 7-14.

GOALTENDERS:

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ
Kevin Desfosses [L, 6-2-0, 59:45, SV: 26, GA: 2]
EMPTY-NET: (0:15, 0GA)

Ottawa
Riley Whitlock [W, 11-11-0, 60:00, SV: 35, GA: 1]


Start : 7:01 PM

End : 9:09 PM

Attendance : 190

Referee: Murray Lafontaine


MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
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1. Ryley Whitlock, Ottawa
2. Sam Bloom, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ
3. Keven Gagne, Ottawa


McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
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G: Danny Mireault (dressed but DNP)
G: Hubert Morin
D: Spencer Brennan (leg; out for season)
F: Evan Vossen (leg; day-to-day)
F: Benoit Arsenault (eye; out for season)
F: Eric L Italien (knee; day-to-day)
F: Tim Drager
G: Jake Jarvis


SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
Communications & Publications Officer
Dept. of Athletics & Recreation
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
475 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, QC H2W 1S4
CANADA
514-398-7012 (tel.)
514-398-1956 (fax)