Don't tell me Brandon didn't deserve to be in this tournament. They were right there with the Hitmen, amongst the class of the WHL all season long and likely would have beaten Tri Cities if they had gotten past Calgary and made it into the finals.
The Memorial Cup system has been the way it has for decades and to say the Wheat Kings had no business being there is nothing but sour grapes. Despite what happened in the East Semi's, these teams are about as close as you can possibly get in terms of talent. Brandon has a deeper forward core while Calgary makes up with a deeper set of D and a better goaltending.
The first two periods tonight by Braydon Schenn were some of the most dominating I have ever seen. He won every battle, was driving to the net for chances every shift and was easily the most dominant player on the ice tonight. I was tremendously impressed by his heart.
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