LONDON, Ont. – The Mustangs men's hockey team shut out the McGill Redmen 3-0 and put a halt to the team's five game winning streak Saturday evening at London's Thompson Arena.
 
"Any time you keep McGill to zero goals a game, your defense, your goaltending, your team game has to be applauded," said Mustangs head coach Clarke Singer. "Our D stepped up and had a good game, Dodd's made some great saves when he needed to, and special teams came through and played a big role," added Singer on the team's performance.
 
With the win, the Mustangs now hold a 6-3-0 record, good for third place in the OUA West division standings. While in the OUA East division, the Redmen also sit in third place with a 7-3-0 record. 

The McGill Redmen rolled into Saturday evening hot off of 5-2 win over Guelph on Friday, but if the Redmen had a vision of getting their sixth consecutive win of the season against the Mustangs, Greg Dodds made sure it was just that – a vision.

As a second-year starting goaltender, Dodds was a crucial factor to the Mustangs 3-0 victory, stopping all 44 shots on net and shutting out a team that has only allowed 21 goals in nine games this season until Saturday's match up with the purple and white.
 
Despite Dodds' spectacular performance between the posts, the shut-out victory was a combined effort from all players on the ice. Three different Mustangs put points on the board including Kyle De Coste, Stefan Salituro, and Adam McKee.
 
With a scoreless first period, the Mustangs knew they would have to create some opportunities in the second frame. It would be De Coste who would take the lead for the Mustangs after jumping out of the box and onto the scoreboard early in the period to give the purple and white a 1-0 advantage.
 
De Coste had been serving a two-minute tripping penalty and rushed out of the box to pick up the puck at center ice right behind a McGill defenceman. De Coste brought it in on Redmen's goaltender, Jacob Gervais-Chounard but a miss on net sent the crowd into a synchronized sigh of missed opportunity. However, McKee picked up the puck deep in the corner and sent it back to De Coste to sink it in the top right corner of Gervais-Chounard's net all in one swift motion.
 
The Mustangs second goal of the game came from Salituro, another Mustang who went from the box to the scoreboard in Saturday night's action. Salituro served a penalty for checking from behind as well as a 10-minute misconduct late in the first period, confining him to the penalty box up until midway through the second period.
 
With a nice rest in the box, Salituro came out looking to make up for lost time, and that is certainly what he did in the third frame putting the puck past Gervais-Chounard to extend the Mustangs lead 2-0.
 
The Redmen worked hard to recover from the two point deficit by pulling Gervais-Chounard out of the net to play with a six man advantage in the final two minutes of action. Despite the one man advantage on the ice, McKee was able to shoot the puck past the McGill defenders to score an empty-net goal and extend the lead 3-0.
 
The Mustangs will be back in action next weekend, as they face-off against the Laurentian Voyageurs on Saturday, November 14 at Thompson Arena, before gearing up against the Nipissing Lakers on Sunday, November 15 on home ice. Puck drop for both games is set for 7:00 p.m.