Remparts take down Thunderbirds to claim 1st Memorial Cup title since 2006

The Quebec Remparts left no doubt on Sunday.

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.

William Rousseau had the tournament’s first shutout with 32 saves and the Remparts defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-0 in Kamloops, B.C., to claim the Memorial Cup title. Quebec also defeated Seattle 3-1 in the round-robin stage on Monday.

The winning moment for the <a href=”https://twitter.com/quebec_remparts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@quebec_remparts</a>! <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/MemorialCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#MemorialCup</a><br><br>Le moment où les Remparts sont devenus champions de la <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoupeMemorial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#CoupeMemorial</a>! <a href=”https://t.co/Py3JYRMRVw”>pic.twitter.com/Py3JYRMRVw</a>

&mdash;@CHLHockey

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