Zlobin's overtime goal lifts Cataractes over Knights in Memorial Cup final

Bill Beacon, The Canadian Press

SHAWINIGAN, Que. - Anton Zlobin scored his second goal of the game 17:51 into overtime to lift the Shawinigan Cataractes to their first MasterCard Memorial Cup title with a 2-1 victory over the London Knights on Sunday night.

Zlobin took a pass from behind the net from captain Michael Bournival and drilled a quick shot that beat Knights goaltender Michael Houser and sent the sellout crowd into a frenzy. The Cataractes' forward leapt into the air before he was mobbed by teammates on the ice.

Zlobin had tied the game in the second period after Ryan Rupert scored in the first for the Ontario Hockey League champion Knights.

It was the first overtime in nine tournament games and it came with Shawinigan playing a fourth game in five nights.

London was coming off a five-day break.