TORONTO -- Trevor Petersen, a sophomore from Thornhill, Ont., scored the game-winner and added an assist as York University Lions snapped McGill's win streak at nine with a hard-fought 3-2 home-ice victory over the No.1-ranked Redmen at the Canlan Ice Sports Arena, Saturday.

The result avenged York's 3-2 last-second loss to McGill last year as the Redmen lifetime head-to-head record narrowed to 20-12-6 in 38 meetings against York.  More importantly for the Lions, they moved one point ahead of Western into sole possesssion of first place in the OUA West with an 8-2-3 record.

The Lions had a 30-28 edge in shots, becoming just the third team to outshoot McGill this season. Redmen netminder Jacob Gervais-Chouinard saved 27 of 30 shots and was saddled with his first loss of the season as his previously unblemished record tumbled to 12-1. York goalie Chris Perugini kicked out 26 of 28 for the win and improved to 7-5.

A sloppy first period was McGill's achilles heel as York took advantage of a 4-on-4 scenario to tally twice in 71 seconds on goals by Justin Larson and Mitch VanTeeling.

In the second stanza, Redmen rearguard Samuel Labrecque connected on the power-play at 4:35 to make it 2-1. It was the 11th goal of the season for Labrecque, who leads all CIS blueliners in that department. At the midway mark of the season, he also leads all CIS players in points with 24 in 14 games and is on pace to become the first defenceman to lead the nation in points.

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But Peterson regained the lead for the Lions on the power-play at 17:36. Less than two minutes later, rookie Daniel Milne replied with his seventh for McGill on the PP to make it 3-2. There was no scoring in the final stanza.

The game featured 46 minutes in penalties, 26 of them assessed to the Lions.  McGill was 2-for-7 on the power-play and York was 1-for-4.

McGill, which owns a 14-7 record overall, is 12-2 in regular season play and retains a precarious one-point lead over UQTR (11-2-1) atop the OUA East Division. The Redmen have a challenging three games remaining before the December exam break. They will host they third-place UOIT Ridgebacks (9-3-1) from Oshawa on Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. before heading out to play Queen's (8-3) in Kingston on Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The Redmen are slated to close out the semester on Dec. 2 against bitter rival UQTR at McConnell Arena.

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SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 2 at York 3
(Saturday, November 21, 2015 - Canlan Ice Sports)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 0-2-0 -- 2
York 2-1-0 -- 3

1st Period-
1, York, Justin Larson 5 (Petersen, Sheppard), 12:23.
2, York, Mitch VanTeeling 2 (Campbell, Sheppard), 13:34.

Penalties-Delisle-Houde Mcg (tripping), 7:37; Boutet Mcg (interference), 11:55; Milner Yrk (slashing), 12:05; Jackman Yrk (hooking), 14:04.

2nd Period-
3, McGill, Samuel Labrecque 11 (Talbot-Tassi, Heelis), 4:35 (PP).
4, York, Trevor Petersen 10 (Sheppard), 17:36 (PP).
5, McGill, Daniel Milne 7 (Talbot-Tassi, Rose), 19:23 (PP).

Penalties-Rover Yrk (cross checking), 3:11; Heelis Mcg (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 4:35; Hale Yrk (roughing after the whistle), 4:35; Vannucci Yrk (roughing), 5:53; Delisle-Houde Mcg (unsportsmanlike cnd., 10-minute misconduct), 17:14; Vannucci Yrk (checking from behind, 10-minute misconduct), 19:04.

3rd Period-
(No Scoring).

Penalties-Larson Yrk (high sticking), 11:04; Bonneau Mcg (high sticking), 13:59; Sheppard Yrk (tripping), 15:20.

Shots on Goal-
McGill 8-13-7 -- 28.
York 12-11-7 -- 30.

Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 2 / 7;
York 1 / 4.

Goalies-
McGill, Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (L, 12-1-0, 30 shots-27 saves; 59:14).
York, Chris Perugini (W, 7-5-0, 28 shots-26 saves; 60:00).

Attendance: 100
Start: 7:04 PM
End: 9:08 PM
Length: 2:04

Referees-Steve Picco, Ryan Moniz.
Linesmen-Patrick Delaney, Scott Gallant.


THREE STARS
1. YRK - 24 Derek Sheppard
2. MCG - 27 Dominic Talbot-Tassi
3. YRK - 30 Chris Perugini
 

	2015-16 OUA MEN'S HOCKEY STANDINGS
	(updated after games of Nov. 21)
RK	OUA East	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	STK	PIM
1	McGill	14	12	2	0	24	0.857	63	30	0-1-0	214
2	UQTR	14	11	2	1	23	0.821	68	36	2-0-0	226
3	UOIT	13	9	3	1	19	0.731	45	41	7-0-1	227
4	Carleton	12	9	3	0	18	0.750	56	30	5-0-0	281
5	Nipissing	14	7	4	3	17	0.607	40	49	0-1-0	265
6	Queen's	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	39	25	0-1-0	86
7	Concordia	14	5	6	3	13	0.464	52	58	2-0-1	238
8	Laurentian	13	5	7	1	11	0.423	36	50	0-2-1	242
9	RMC	15	1	11	3	5	0.167	37	89	0-11-3	166
RK	OUA West	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	STK	PIM
1	York	13	8	2	3	19	0.731	45	35	1-0-0	180
2	Western	13	9	4	0	18	0.692	56	42	0-2-0	166
3	Windsor	14	7	5	2	16	0.571	58	44	0-1-0	310
4	Ryerson	13	7	6	0	14	0.538	41	46	1-0-0	149
5	Guelph	13	7	6	0	14	0.538	35	33	0-1-0	213
6	Brock	14	5	6	3	13	0.464	45	49	0-3-0	112
7	Laurier	12	5	7	0	10	0.417	36	43	1-0-0	177
8	Waterloo	13	5	8	0	10	0.385	36	53	1-0-0	341
9	Toronto	13	4	7	2	10	0.385	40	50	0-1-0	235
10	Lakehead	12	1	10	1	3	0.125	27	52	1-0-0	214

SOURCE:

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