Maddox Schultz leads Regina Pat Canadians into hockey history at TELUS Cup

Dan Zakreski · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 10:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

History, by the numbers.

It took #19 conscionable 28 seconds successful overtime to get his 3rd constituent of the nighttime to pb the Regina Pat Canadians to their 5th golden medal successful the 46-year past of the U18 Men's National Club Championship TELUS Cup.

Maddox Schultz pb the Regina Pat Canadians to triumph Sunday nighttime successful the golden medal game, defeating the Chevaliers de Lévis 3-2 with a wrist changeable from the near faceoff circle.

"Just saw the hole, close broadside of the net, from wherever I was, and conscionable ripped it shelf. Or, debased mitt actually," helium said.

"As soon arsenic we got present our program was to triumph it, truthful it is each ace surreal close now. We played a afloat 60 minutes, truthful going into the locker country we knew idiosyncratic had to beryllium the hero. This was an perfectly brainsick experience, seeing the puck spell successful the net, seeing the referee telephone the goal, it is thing I volition ne'er forget."

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The show capped a magical game, tourney and twelvemonth for the 15-year-old star.

Schultz scored a extremity oregon assistance successful each 7 games and finished with a tournament-high 20 points (9-11—20), starring each players successful goals and assists. He was named tourney MVP.

He besides led the Pat Canadians into the past books.

It's the seventh medal for the Pat Canadians astatine the TELUS Cup, on with golden medals successful 1983, 1988, 1994 and 1999, metallic successful 1989 and bronze successful 2015. The 5 nationalist titles ties Regina with the Notre Dame Hounds and Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François for the astir successful tourney history.

Over the past year, Schultz got support from Hockey Saskatchewan to play for the Pat Canadians arsenic a 14-year old. 

He went connected to pb the under-18 league successful goals, assists and points, and was named the astir invaluable subordinate astatine the prestigious Circle K Classic implicit the vacation season, pursuing successful the footsteps of Landon Dupont, Gavin McKenna, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Parise.