Evan Fitzpatrick made 28 saves in the win
Evan Fitzpatrick stopped 28 shots as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan shut out the host Regina Pats 3-0 to win their first Memorial Cup in franchise history.
It's the first time since 2013 that a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team has captured the Canadian major junior championship.
Fitzpatrick said that winning the 100th edition of the tournament is all that matters. "When you look back on it, nobody's really going to realize it was a 3-0 win," he said. "It's that the Titan won the Memorial Cup."
Adam Holwell, Samuel Asselin and Ethan Crossman, into an empty net, scored for the Titan.
The Titan heavily outshot Regina for the first two periods and the Pats were kept in the game by goaltender Max Paddock, who turned away 41-of-43 shots.
Regina captain Sam Steel, who led the tournament with 13 points and earned MVP honours, said that Paddock was unbelievable. "Probably shouldn't have been as close as it was for a bit there but he was keeping us in it," Steel said.
The Pats, who also lost to Acadie-Bathurst in the round robin, were vying for their fifth Memorial Cup in franchise history.