Former Peterborough Petes Owen Beck and James Guo Win Memorial Cup, Beck Named Tournament MVP
/Former Peterborough Petes Owen Beck and James Guo can add a ‘Memorial Cup’ to their hockey resume as they won the tournament with the Saginaw Spirit in a 4-3 win over the London Knights on Sunday night.
Beck was named tournament MVP and awarded the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy with four goals and one assist in the tournament. He scored the game’s first two goals and helped Saginaw become the first American-based Ontario Hockey League team to win the Memorial Cup.
“It's something nobody's ever going to take away from us,” explained Beck.
Beck’s first goal came in the opening period just after nine minutes into the game. He took the faceoff in Knights zone and a battle ensued for the puck. Beck was able to corral it and with traffic in front, beat former teammate and Peterborough Pete goaltender Michael Simpson as he went top shelf, bar down with his shot to make it 1-0 for Saginaw.
WHO ELSE BUT OWEN BECK!? 🔥
— Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) June 3, 2024
The @CanadiensMTL prospect opens the scoring for the @SpiritHockey against the Knights 📽️#MemorialCup | #GoHabsGo | @CHLHockey pic.twitter.com/G2fXBqbsAb
His second goal came on the power play in the final minute of the frame. Saginaw had been given a five-minute man advantage after a Landon Sim check to the head major penalty.
The Spirit wasted little time scoring as Beck got a pass at the faceoff dot from teammate Josh Bloom and one-timed it past Simpson in the top corner for a 2-0 lead.
OWEN BECKKKKK WITH A PPG ... this makes for his second of the game to get the Spirit rolling! 🚨👀#MemorialCup pic.twitter.com/449Xgh0nxB
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 3, 2024