THE OIL WON THE CUP! THEY WON IN THE FINAL!

[Darren Dirt]

(Kings, that is)
(but still AWESOME, 40 years in the making)

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Edmonton+Kings+crowned+Memorial+champions/9876219/story.html

LONDON, ONT. ? The Ontario Hockey League champion Guelph Storm ? deep, fast and skilled ? were meant to be unstoppable, but in the end they had no answer for the power game played by the Edmonton Oil Kings? top line of Henrik Samuelsson, Mitch Moroz and Edgars Kulda.

Led by Samuelsson?s two-goal, five-point performance, which made him the tournament?s leading scorer with eight points, the Oil Kings dominated the Storm for most of two periods in the Memorial Cup final to win the title going away on Sunday, 6-3.

It is the third national championship in franchise history ? the other two coming in 1963 and ?66 ? and it?s a welcome balm for long-suffering hockey fans in a city starved for excellence from its NHL club.

This becomes, then, the first Memorial Cup title for the so-called ?modern-era? Oil Kings, who were revived under the ownership of the Edmonton Oilers for the 2007-08 season. The Oil Kings competed in the 2012 Memorial Cup tournament in Shawinigan, Que., but were eliminated in the tiebreaker, an experience that proved to be useful experience for this team...

[Mr. Analog]

It was a heck of game too!

[Darren Dirt]

...I guess technically it was only 7 years in the making... but still, nice work guys!