MONTREAL -- Rookie Daniel Milne of Unionville, Ont., collected a personal best five points, including two goals,  and McGill tied a school record with six power-play goals en route to a 7-3 rout over the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks in men's hockey at McConnell Arena, Friday.

The Redmen, ranked No.2 in the nation, improved to 9-1 lifetime against UOIT. McGill led 3-0 after the first and held on to a 4-3 margin after two, before outscoring UOIT 3-0 in the final frame. McGill had a 43-21 advantage in shots, including a disproportionate 26-4 margin in the opening period. The school record for most shots in a period is 31 against RMC on Jan. 14, 2000. 

The Ridgebacks, who hail from Oshawa, Ont., and may not have known their way around the rink too well, certainly became very familiar with the penalty box, time and time again. The game featured 24 penalties and 91 minutes in penalties, including 17 infractions for 69 minutes dished out to UOIT. McGill made them pay a steep price for their transgressions, connecting on six of a whopping 12 man-advantage opportunities. The half-dozen PPGs equalled a team record originally set against the Montreal Victorias way back on Jan. 31, 1934, and subequently matched in 1992 (vs St. Thomas), 1993 (Toronto) and 2001 (Concordia).

The Ridgebacks countered with a 1-for-5 effort on their PP chances.

Milne, a 21-year-old management freshman, joined the Redmen this fall after spending three years with the OHL's Owen Sound Attack and the 2012-13 season with the University of Michigan. The 5-foot-10, 191-pound winger assisted on the opening goal by Mathieu Pompei at 9:42 of the first period and gave McGill a 2-0 lead less than six minutes later. Milne then set up Simon Tardif-Richard's winning tally (that put McGill ahead 4-1 midway through the middle stanza), assisted on Samuel Labrecque's second goal at 8:24 of the third to make it 6-3 and rounded out the scoring with his ninth of the season at 14:08 of the final period. Milne now sits 11th in the OUA scoring with a 9-10-19 record in 15 games.

Pompei, a senior centre from Laval, Que., merited three points and moved into third place among OUA scorers with 10-13-23 in just 15 contests. Halfway through the season, he has already matched his career high in goals, while setting personal bests for most assists and points.

Labrecque, a 5-foot-6, 182-pound rearguard who also had a three-point soiree, upped his stellar season totals to 13 goals and 27 points in 15 contests and continues to lead the CIS scoring race. It marks the second straight season that the native of Granby, Que., has reached the 13-goal plateau and he is just two goals shy of the single-season school record for a defenceman, set by Gilles Hudon, who connected for 15 in 24 games, way back in 1981-82.

Rounding out the scoring for McGill was rookie blueline Dominic Talbot-Tassi, who also finished with three points. The civil engineering freshman from Mascouche, Que., is tied for ninth in CIS scoring with 22 points, including six goals, in 15 games. He is part of McGill's high-octane defensive corps that leads the nation with a combined 23 goals from the back-end.

Replying for UOIT, all in the middle period, were forwards Ryan Doucette of Waterloo, Ont., Mark Petaccio of Sicklerville, N.J., and James Woodcroft of Milton, Ont.

Redmen goaltender Jacob Gervais-Chouinard, making his 11th consecutive start, registered 18 saves and improved his record to 13-1. The accounting junior from Sherbrooke, Que., leads the nation in wins and is ranked fourth in both goals-against average (2.14) and save percentage (.926).

Brendan O'Neill made 36 saves in a losing cause for UOIT and saw his lofty record tumble to 9-5. The Ridgebacks who sit third in the OUA East with a 9-4-1 record, will close out the semester with home games next week against Toronto (Dec. 3) and Ryerson Dec. 4).

McGill, which improved their OUA East-leading record to 13-2-0, will head to Kingston on Saturday, to take on the Queen's Gaels (8-3-0), a team that had Friday off. The game will be streamed live on OUA.tv, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Live stats will also be available online.

REDMEN RAP: Centre Liam Heelis, a transfer from Acadia, did not dress... He suffered a lower-body injury in the previous game at York and his status is considered day-to-day... Among the faces in the crowd was Desmond Senior (B.Eng '58, B.Arch '68), who skated for the Redmen from 1954 to 1957 and spends most of the year in Belgium but maintains a residence in the Montreal area... Also spotted was player agent and tax specialist Gordon Cleland (B.Com '70) who played football for the Redmen in the late 1960s and took advantage of the long American Thanksgiving holiday weekend to travel from Connecticut and visit his son, a McGill engineering freshman who plans on playing for the baseball Redmen next season.

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SCORING SUMMARY
UOIT 3 at McGill 7
(Friday, November 27, 2015 - McConnell Arena)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
UOIT 0-3-0 -- 3
McGill 3-1-3 -- 7

1st Period-
1, McGill, Mathieu Pompei 10 (Milne, Rose), 9:42.
2, McGill, Daniel Milne 8 (Hodhod, Curcuruto), 15:29 (PP).
3, McGill, Dominic Talbot-Tassi 6 (Pompei, Labrecque), 16:28 (PP).

Penalties-King Uoit (holding), 12:26; Stoughton Uoit (roughing), 13:05; Labrecque Mcg (holding), 13:05; Shaw Uoit (match-high sticking, game misconduct), 13:48; Jarvis Uoit (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 15:29.

2nd Period-
4, UOIT, Ryan Doucette 5 (Petaccio, Blasko), 7:10.
5, McGill, Simon Tardif-Richard 2 (Milne, Rose), 8:35 (PP).
6, UOIT, Mark Petaccio 7 (VanMoerkerke, Yuill), 13:17 (PP).
7, UOIT, James Woodcroft 5 (Varrin, Braithwaite), 14:41.

Penalties-Logan Uoit (tripping), 7:23; Pompei Mcg (tripping), 11:47; Milne Mcg (cross checking), 18:49; Braithwaite Uoit (slashing), 20:00; Yuill Uoit (cross checking), 20:00.

3rd Period-
8, McGill, Samuel Labrecque 12 (Tardif-Richard, Talbot-Tassi), 1:47 (PP).
9, McGill, Samuel Labrecque 13 (Pompei, Milne), 8:24 (PP).
10, McGill, Daniel Milne 9 (Tardif-Richard, Talbot-Tassi), 14:08 (PP).

Penalties-Yuill Uoit (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 2:18; Yuill Uoit (slashing), 8:10; Tremblay Mcg (high sticking), 9:23; Woodcroft Uoit (slashing, unsportsmanlike cnd.), 10:14; Logan Uoit (roughing), 13:07; Jarvis Uoit (slashing, 10-minute misconduct), 14:08; McGill bench (served by Hodhod; too many men), 15:47; Stoughton Uoit (10-minute misconduct), 16:37; Boutet Mcg (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 19:45.

Shots on Goal-
UOIT 4-14-3 -- 21.
McGill 26-5-12 -- 43.

Power Play Opportunities-
UOIT 1 / 5;
McGill 6 / 12.

Goalies-
UOIT, Brendan O'Neill (L, 9-5-0, 43 shots-36 saves; 60:00).
McGill, Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (W, 13-1-0, 21 shots-18 saves; 60:00).

Attendance: 289
Start: 7:03 PM
End: 9:18 PM
Length: 2:15

Referees-Peter Moraitis, Jesse Gour.
Linesmen-Benoit Sansoucy, Benoit Martineau.

MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
1. MCG - 11 Daniel Milne
2. MCG - 6 Samuel Labrecque
3. MCG - 8 Simon Tardif-Richard