KINGSTON, Ont.– David Rose of St. Hubert, Que., scored two third period goals in the last five minutes, including the game-winner with just 50 seconds left in regulation time, as No.2-ranked McGill rallied for a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Queen's in OUA men's hockey at the Memorial Centre, Saturday.
 
It marked McGill's 30th consecutive conquest over the Gaels since their last loss 11 years ago, in a 5-2 setback on home ice, Feb. 6, 2004. The Redmen improved to 124-50-2 in 176 lifetime meetings with Queen's since these teams first crossed paths way back in 1895. The win in Kingston also marked a milestone victory for McGill against Canadian university teams, improving their all-time record to 1,000-932-127 for a winning percentage of .517
 
A long, high-arcing pass from defenceman Samuel Labrecque landed on Rose's stick as he entered the offensive zone and led to the winning goal. Rose, a fourth-year winger, also added an assist on a second period power-play goal from Patrick Delisle-Houde and now sits second in CIS scoring with 26 points in 15 games.

"To get beat on a bad bounce in a game, you never want to do that," said Gaels head coach Brett Gibson in his post-game comments to the media. "It's a sickening feeling".

Labrecque finished with two assists and continues to lead the CIS scoring race with 29 points, 13 of them goals.
 
The victory was a key one for McGill, which improved to 14-2-0 and moved into sole possession of first place in the OUA East with 28 points, one point ahead of UQTR (13-2-1).
 
After a scoreless opening period, which had the Redmen outshooting Queen's 9-8, the power play units went to work in the middle stanza. First to strike was Delisle-Houde at the 15:46 mark with helpers from Labrecque and Rose.  The Gaels answered right before the buzzer with an Eric Ming 5-on-3 power play marker at 19:45.
 
The man-advantage situations continued to click in the third period with Ming adding his second PP goal of the game at the 10:06 mark but Rose and the Redmen added a CIS-leading 30th power play marker just five minutes and six seconds later to force a 2-2 deadlock.
 
With less than a minute remaining in a game that appeared headed to overtime, Rose broke down the right wing, and made no mistake firing a shot past all-Canadian netminder Kevin Bailie to secure the win for McGill.
 
Bailie, who leads the CIS this season with a .946 save percentage and 1.79 goals-against average, stopped 29 of the 32 shots he faced while McGill netminder Jacob Gervais-Chouinard turned aside 31 for his CIS leading win on the season and improved to 14-1
 
Both teams were 2-for-6 on special teams.

McGill (14-2-0) returns to action Wednesday night when they host the UQTR (13 -2-1)at 7 p.m. in a battle for first place. The Redmen won the only regular reason matchup between the two teams 5-4 in overtime while UQTR took both pre-season bouts (3-2 in OT and 4-1) back in September. The Gaels, who dropped to 8-4-0, will have to wait until Friday when they host Toronto (6-7-2).

NOTE: The game also served as a fundraiser for both, the Carley's Angels and Princess Margaret foundations, in honour of Queen's student Carley Allison, who passed away earlier in the year. Aproximately $2,100 was raised during the contest.
 
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SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 3 at Queen's 2
(Saturday, November 28, 2015 - Kingston Memorial Centre)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 0-1-2 -- 3
Queen's 0-1-1 -- 2

1st Period-
(No Scoring).

Penalties-Doggett Qns (boarding), 5:17; Angelopolous Qns (tripping), 11:31; Trojanovic Qns (cross-checking), 13:00; Milne Mcg (interference), 18:10.

2nd Period-
1, McGill, Patrick Delisle-Houde 4 (Labrecque, Rose), 15:46 (PP).
2, Queen's, Eric Ming 4 (Doggett, Abraham), 19:45 (PP).

Penalties-Kennedy Qns (holding), 8:11; Bonneau Mcg (cross checking), 10:01; Luongo Qns (interference), 14:41; Pompei Mcg (tripping), 18:01; Milne Mcg (cross checking), 19:06.

3rd Period-
3, Queen's, Eric Ming 5 (Trojanovic), 10:06 (PP).
4, McGill, David Rose 8 (Tardif-Richard), 15:12 (PP).
5, McGill, David Rose 9 (Labrecque, Pompei), 19:10.

Penalties-Curcuruto Mcg (tripping), 2:45; Gamelin Mcg (boarding), 8:26; Kennedy Qns (hooking), 13:21.

Shots on Goal-
McGill 9-11-12 -- 32.
Queen's 8-18-7 -- 33.

Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 2 / 6;
Queen's 2 / 6.

Goalies-
McGill, Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (W, 14-1-0, 33 shots-31 saves; 60:00).
Queen's, Kevin Bailie (L, 6-3-0, 32 shots-29 saves; 59:12).

Attendance: 500
Start: 7:39 PM
End: 9:49 PM
Length: 2:10

Referees-Shane Wannamaker, Mike Ricica.
Linesmen-Justin Knaggs, Chris Ryan.

THREE GAME STARS:
1. David Rose, McGill
2. Eric Ming, Queen's
3. Samuel Labrecque, McGill