MONTREAL, QC – The McGill Redmen have one of the top power play units in the country. The Guelph Gryphons took too many penalties. Not a good combination from a Gryphon perspective.
 
Friday night at McConnell Arena on the campus of McGill University, the Gryphons men's hockey team lost 5-2 to the No. 3-ranked McGill Redmen. Three of McGill's five goals were scored on the power play. With the loss, the Gryphons fall to 12-9-0 on the season while McGill improves to 19-3-1.
 
McGill jumped out to an early lead Friday night thanks to a short-handed goal from Daniel Milne just over two minutes into the game. After a roughing call on the Gryphons, the Redmen would score their first of three power play goals on the night to take a 2-0 lead. This goal came from the country's leading scorer in McGill defenseman Samuel Labrecque. Labrecque would later pick up an assist and now has 39 points (15 G, 24 A) in 23 games.
 
Before the end of the opening period, the Gryphons would get on the board with a power play goal of their own thanks to their standout rookie forward, Dylan Gilbert. Gilbert extended his goal scoring streak to four games with his team-leading 10^th goal of the season. The Oakville native and former member of the Evansville Icemen (ECHL) has now scored five goals in his last four games. The Gryphons trailed 2-1 after 20 minutes of play.
 
In the second period, Guelph would tie the game at 2-2 on Cody Thompson's seventh goal of the campaign. But McGill would score the next three goals, including a pair of power play goals just 61 seconds apart, to go on to the 5-2 victory.
 
"We were just too undisciplined tonight" said Gryphons head coach Shawn Camp. "When it was 5-on-5, we played well, were strong in the offensive zone and created plenty of chances. But you just can't take that many penalties against the best power play unit in the conference."
 
The Gryphons had a total of 36 minutes of penalties on 14 infractions. McGill finished the night 3-for-10 on the power play. The go-ahead goal came on a 5-on-3. The goal that made it 4-2 came on a 5-on-4.
 
Andrew D'Agostini made 37 saves on the night in the losing effort. Sean Robertson was the lone Gryphon to record a multi-point game, assisting on both Guelph goals
 
The Gryphons will not have much time to dwell on the loss as they will be right back in action on Saturday night. After staying the night in Montreal on Friday, the Gryphons will hit the road at 9am Saturday morning to make the five to six hour drive from Montreal to Toronto as they get set for their Saturday night matchup with the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. That game will mark the first meeting of the season between the Gryphons and Varsity Blues. Last season, Guelph eliminated U of T from the postseason when they met up in the OUA West Semi-finals. Puck drop for Saturday night's game is scheduled for 7:30pm at Varsity Arena.