Game 6 of the final at Mile One Centre in St. John’s saw the Growlers, an affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs , bring home the province’s first-ever professional sports championship. ST. JOHN’S—The Newfoundland Growlers captured the East Coast Hockey League’s Kelly Cup championship with a 4-3 win over the Toledo Walleye on Tuesday. Newfoundland joined the ECHL as an expansion team prior to the 2018-19 season and became the first team to claim the ECHL title in its first season of existence since the Greensboro Monarchs in 1990. Growlers forward Zach O’Brien led all playoff scorers with 16 goals and 29 points, winning the June M. Kelly playoff MVP award. The league record for playoff goals is 17, set by Richmond’s Blaine Moore in 1995 and matched by Peoria’s J.F.

Source: thestar June 05, 2019 03:11 UTC