Kitchener Rangers win Memorial Cup with 6-2 win over Everett Silvertips

Sam O'Reilly stepped up again. Jared Woolley did his part, too. And Jussi Ahokas made history in the process.

Together, they led the Kitchener Rangers to their third Memorial Cup championship, culminating with Sunday's 6-2 victory over the Everett Silvertips in Kelowna, B.C.

"To win this, it's a hard trophy to win, and how we did it, it's an unbelievable feeling," said Ahokas, who became the first European head coach to win the Memorial Cup on the same day his home country of Finland won the world men's hockey championship.

"Proud moment, of course, and maybe I might open up some doors for some other European coaches who might come over. So it's big."

O'Reilly came up big in the final with a four-point performance, including three assists, to earn another MVP award — becoming only the fourth player to be named most valuable in the regular season, playoffs and at this tournament, joining past and present NHL stars Brad Richards, Corey Perry and Mitch Marner.

O'Reilly finished tied for the tournament lead with eight points, alongside teammate Jack Pridham, who scored his tournament-best fifth goal in the final, and Everett's Matias Vanhanen.

"Unreal. I can't say enough about him," Ahokas said of O'Reilly, a first-round pick who was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Tampa Bay Lightning last off-season.

"He'll play in the NHL next year. An unbelievable player to coach."

Woolley scored what stood up as the winner, with the physical shutdown defender netting his second clutch goal of this showcase.

He made it 3-1 with the lone tally of the second period against Everett after giving Kitchener a 2-0 lead late in the middle frame of their tournament-opening 5-0 triumph over the host Kelowna Rockets last Friday.

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