RIMOUSKI – One year after what he called the worst day of his life, Denver Barkey led his team to the Memorial Cup title.

The London Knights captain scored twice in a dominant 4-1 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers in the championship game Sunday, redeeming a devastating defeat 12 months ago.

“This is something I’ll never forget,” Barkey said amid on-ice celebrations at Colisée Financière Sun Life. “We worked all year toward this, and this is the tightest team I’ve ever played on. To be able to do it with these guys. It’s so surreal.

“Gonna remember this for life.”

The Knights fell 4-3 to the host Saginaw Spirit in last year’s Memorial Cup final, allowing the go-ahead goal with 22 seconds remaining.

Instead of holding their heads in their hands when the buzzer sounded like 12 months

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