'Extremely proud of the group,' Thunderbirds head coach Matt O'Dette said. 'Every guy battled extremely hard to get here, battled right to the end.'
In a rematch that followed some questioning if it could come away with the same result, Quebec put a bow on a dominant year with one of its finest performances of the major junior hockey season.
Head coach and managing director Patrick Roy — who had Gatorade dumped on him during the on-ice celebrations, which also included Justin Robidas and Nathan Gaucher doing the Griddy dance — shared a similar sentiment on his team's performance. The Remparts had won the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League regular-season and post-season crowns leading up to the Memorial Cup.
Thomas Milic stopped 30 shots for the Western Hockey League champion Seattle, which played in its first-ever tournament final Sunday. "It's the worst feeling in the world," Ciona said. "We know we're champions in our league and won that, but you come here, you lose here when you made it so far.
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