Thunderwolves Hockey Team Wins TBaytel Varsity Cup
 | The number 7 ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves won the battle of the packs as they defeated the No. 3 Saskatchewan Huskies 4-3 Tuesday night in the championship final of the TBaytel Varsity Cup men's hockey tournament at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. |
The win gives the Wolves their second Varsity Cup and first tourney title since winning the inaugural tourney in 2002.
The crowd of 3,420, the largest in Varsity Cup history and the largest this season, were treated to an excellent game that featured pretty goals, big hits, and some excellent saves by goaltenders Kyle Moir of Lakehead and Russell Monette of Saskatchewan.
Andrew Brown led the Wolves with a goal and an assist with singles coming from Scott Dobben, Mark Soares, and Shandor Alphonso. Saskatchewan’s goals came from Colin Paterson, Chris Durand, and Steven DaSilva.
As in Monday night’s tourney round robin game; the championship rematch again got nasty at times as both teams battled hard to win the Varsity Cup. Lakehead’s powerplay was again sharp as they went 3-9 on the powerplay with Saskatchewan going 1-7.
The Molson’s Three Stars were:
1) Lakehead: Andrew Brown
2) Lakehead: Kris Hogg
3) Saskatchewan: Colin Patterson
The TBaytel Varsity Cup All Tournament Team:
MVP:
Dan Speer: Lakehead
Forwards:
Brock McPherson: Lakehead
Greg Beller: Manitoba
Colin Patterson: Saskatchewan
Defense:
Bryan Wilson: Lakehead
Stephane Lenoski: Manitoba
Goaltender:
Kyle Moir: Lakehead
Final tourney stats for the TBaytel Varsity Cup championship final (and all games) can be found at http://www.leaguestat.com/tbaytelvc/varsitycup/en/stats/schedule.php
Video game reports for the night games can be found at http://www.thunderwolves.ca/
