The Winnipeg Thrashers won the TELUS Cup with a 3-1 victory over the London Jr. Knights on Sunday night at Mile One Centre.
The national championship is the first for the Thrashers and just the second for a team from Manitoba –the Brandon Wheat Kings, in 2004, won the first.
GDI Prairies goaltender Teagan Sacher built up a strong resume after his first outing in the tournament. Rebounding after a tough loss in game one of the tournament, Sacher took to the next six games day by day, focusing on one game at a time. By the end of it, all the steps led to his teams name being engraved on this years Telus Cup. In his last six games Sacher allowed only 11 goals and also captured a shutout in his second game against Team Quebec. Within all goaltenders statistics he finished with the most minutes played at 370:00, the tournaments best save percentage at .919, and second in goals against averages at 2.59.
The Thrashers claimed a birth into the National Championships after winning the Western Regional Qualifying tournament, beating Prince Albert in the finals. Hours after, an ecstatic Teagan Sacher was interviewed by the Winnipeg Sun and proclaimed that "the other teams better be careful because we're going to win." The article posted the next day was titled Date with Destiny. Now, after the Telus Cup win, Sacher has been stared on the nights TSN Honor Roll for his heroic first period glove save in tight to deny the London Jr. Knights and hold the lead for the Thrashers.
After Day 7 of the tournament, Teagan Sacher was named the first star of the day, along with Connor Lockhart being named the second star who scored the championship game winner.
Again GDI Prairies would like to congratulate the Winnipeg Thrashers, along with goaltenders Teagan Sacher and Alex Henry, for there success throughout the season and for claiming the National AAA Midget Championship title.
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