Late T-Birds rally fells Redmen

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VANCOUVER -- Brandon Campos tallied twice in the final nine minutes as UBC skated to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the visiting º«¹úÂãÎè Redmen in CIS men's exhibition hockey, Sunday.
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º«¹úÂãÎè, the No.5-ranked team in the nation, went 1-3 on their swing of Western Canada, losing three times in the final two minutes of play.
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Campos who tied the game at 2-2 midway through the final stanza, netted the game-winner with 1:21 remaining in regulation time. He raced down the right wing 1-on-1, turned his man inside out, drove to the net and beat sophomore netminder Hubert Morin on a backhanded shot.
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Morin, who replaced starter Danny Mireault at the beginning of the third stanza, was charged with the loss despite a 19-save perfomance on 21 shots. Mireault, who won the starting role as a freshman last season, had kicked aside 23 of 24 shots over the first two periods. It was his first appearance since Oct. 30 when he suffered a broken collarbone during a 10-1 win over Queen;s.
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Ryan Kakoske's marker at 5:46 of the first period opened the scoring for UBC. It was a highlight reel worthy effort, as he worked a long range give and go with Jeff Lynch from blueline to blueline before splitting the º«¹úÂãÎè defence and beating Mireault with a nice deke.
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The T-Birds carried their precarious 1-0 lead into the final period. º«¹úÂãÎè got on the board with a power-play marker at 4:43 on a tic-tac-toe of one-touch passing, which culminated with the puck on the stick of sophomore Marc-Andre Dorion in the high slot, who beat UBC's Francois Thuot from point blank range. Dorion, a former all-star rearguard in the QMJHL, was making his second consecutive start at forward, as Redmen head coach Jim Webster juggled his lineup in order for a couple of young blueliners to get some playing time.
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"It was a lot harder (to play up front) than I expected," said Dorion, who attended the NHL's Dallas Stars pre-season rookie camp in 2008 and currently leads all OUA defencemen in points. "I don't know how some guys can manage to play long shifts. I was exhausted after about 30 seconds and I consider myself to be in good physical shape."
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Rookie Jean-Francois Boisvert gave the Redmen a
2-1 lead at 10:19, setting the stage for UBC's late
heroics.
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"Despite suffering three-last-minute losses, this trip was a good test for us," said Webster, who replaced head coach Martin Raymond on an interim basis last August. "We jelled as a team and showed that we can compete with the Canada West conference. We gave a good showing and know that we can skate with with the No.2 team in the country (Alberta)."
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º«¹úÂãÎè is 17-7-1 overall, including a 12-2 record in league play. After nine games away from McConnell Arena, where they have a 7-0 record, the Redmen will resume regular-season action at home to the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Jan. 9.Ìý The T-Birds return to conference play this weekend when they host the Regina Cougars at Father Bauer Arena for a pair of games on January 8 and 9.
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REDMEN RAP: Sophomore Francis Verreault-Paul, who leads the nation in goals with 15 in 13 regular-season contests, did not dress for the Redmen, after suffering an upper body injury in Saturday's 6-4 win over UBC... Among the faces in the crowd was Paul Pulver, a former Redmen rearguard who played from 1987 to 1991 and is now a prominent lawyer in Vancouver.
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SCORING SUMMARY
º«¹úÂãÎè 2 at UBC 3
(Exhibition; Jan 3, 2010 - Father David Bauer Arena)
1st Period-
1, UBC, Ryan Kakoske (Lynch, Lineker), 5:46.
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Penalties-
Flatters UBC (tripping), 7:51.
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2nd Period-
(no scoring).
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Penalties-
Turcotte Mcg (cross checking), 0:53;
Hamilton UBC (cross checking), 0:53;
Flatters UBC (interference), 2:33;
Gordichuck UBC (high sticking), 5:55;
Bauer UBC (tripping), 9:23;
Wright Mcg (tripping), 10:48;
Turcotte Mcg (interference), 11:25;
Belzile Mcg (high sticking), 18:31;
Gazdic Mcg (hooking), 19:22;
Morse Mcg (cross checking), 19:50;
Lynch UBC (roughing), 19:50.
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3rd Period-
2, º«¹úÂãÎè, Marc-Andre Dorion 6 (Wright, Picard-Hooper), 4:43 (pp).
3, º«¹úÂãÎè, Jean-Francois Boisvert 8 (Tindle, Langelier-Parent), 10:19.
4, UBC, Brandon Campos (Brodie, Grassi), 11:32.
5, UBC, Brandon Campos (Kakoske, Bauer), 18:39.
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Penalties-
Lynch UBC (hooking), 4:32;
Vossen Mcg (tripping), 13:10.
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GOALS BY PERIOD:
º«¹úÂãÎè 0-0-2 -- 2
UBC 1-0-2 -- 3
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Shots on Goal-
º«¹úÂãÎè 9-7-8 -- 24.
UBC 11-13-21 -- 45.
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Power Play Opportunities-
º«¹úÂãÎè 1 of 5;
UBC 0 of 5.
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PENALTIES (No./Mins.)
º«¹úÂãÎè 7 / 14
UBC 7 / 14
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Goalies-
º«¹úÂãÎè,
Danny Mireault (Start, ND, 24 shots-23 saves; 40:00);
Hubert Morin (L, 12-6-1, 21 shots-19 saves; 19:24);
Empty-netÌý (0 goals; 0:36).
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UBC,
Francois Thuot (W, 24 shots-22 saves; 60:00)
Attendance-95
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Referee-Sean Raphael.
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MOLSON CUP THREE STARS:
1. UBC - 10 Brandon Campos
2. UBC - 18 Ryan Kakoske
3. MCG - 10 Marc-Andre Dorion
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Start: 2:27 PM
End: 4:30 PM
Length: 2:03
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman (º«¹úÂãÎè) and Happy Kreter (UBC).