BRANDON, Man. -- As far as Windsor Spitfires forward Taylor Hall was concerned, scoring on the best goaltender in the Western Hockey League, was just as simple as parking his car.

The 18-year-old only needed 12 seconds in the third period to crush the hopes of the Calgary Hitmen when he beat goaltender Martin Jones through the five-hole en route to Windsor’s 6-2 victory in Game 4 of the MasterCard Memorial Cup on Monday night.

At the start of the third period, with Windsor protecting a 3-2 lead, Hall cut off a pass between two Calgary defenders and skated into the offensive zone on a breakaway.

“I intercepted the pass and opened up the garage door on [Jones] a little bit,” Hall said of the goal. He parked the puck through the goalie’s five-hole and into the back of the net for his second goal of the game. What’s even more frightening is that Hall’s description of the play was as simple as he made it look on the ice.

Jones, an L.A. Kings prospect, had the lowest goals against average in

Brandon, Man. – It’s unlikely that Calgary Hitmen forward Tyler Shattock, from Salmon Arm B.C., and Moncton Wildcats goaltender Nicola Riopel, from St-Pie-de-Bagot, Que., would have a heck of a lot in common.

But they found something on Saturday afternoon: both were completely stunned by a strange bounce the puck took off the endboards during their game at the MasterCard Memorial Cup.

The play started when the puck was innocently shot around the boards, but for Shattock it was a lucky break -- the puck hit the rim at the bottom of the doors to the Zamboni entrance and fell right by Riopel’s crease.

“I think I was more shocked than anyone that it ended up right there,” said the right-winger who jumped on the puck. “I just kind of gave ’er a whack and it happened to go in the five-hole, so it probably wasn’t the prettiest goal of my career, but probably the biggest one for sure.”

The late goal gave the Hitmen a 5-4 victory in Game 2 of the tournament, the opener for both teams. The

BRANDON, Man -- Taylor Hall’s face was a mess: a cut on his forehead, fat welt on his cheek and the remnants of a bloody nose.

The damage was the result after flying face-first into the boards on Friday night after a collision with Brandon Wheat Kings defenceman Travis Hamonic.

Windsor Spitfires trainer Joey Garland raced out to the ice to make sure Hall, one of the top-ranked players for the June NHL entry draft, wasn’t seriously hurt.

“I was winded a little bit, so he told me to breathe,” Hall said. “I was bleeding and he told me I was going to need stitches.”

True to from, the star left-winger got up on his own and skated to the bench. No stitches, nothing.

“He’s one of the most durable and flexible guys around,” said teammate Mark Cundari. “A shot like that will sting him but he’ll get right back up – that happened to anyone else they would have been paralyzed.”

He didn’t miss a shift and finished the game with two goals, helping the Spitfires open their MasterCard Memorial Cup

They are Memorial Cup moments junior hockey fans will never forget. They're the ones that might not happen on the ice - the great goal or big save - but are extremely memorable nonetheless. Here are the five wackiest moments of the Canadian Hockey League's championship tournament (or at least the weirdest moments we could find with accompanying video).

A LITTLE PIECE OF VICTORY
Watching this video clip never ever gets old. Maybe it's the look of sheer horror on the face of Spokane Chiefs captain Chris Bruton as the coveted Memorial Cup breaks in his hands as he's trying to pass the trophy to teammate Trevor Glass. Maybe it's the sight of Bruton and Glass standing there dumbfounded as the fans in the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium boo them mercilessly. Or perhaps it’s the part where Brunton tries to "fix" the broken Cup. The part where Glass hoists the lonely base is pretty classic too, so we’ll give our vote to "all of the above".

WHOA CANADA:
What better way to celebrate the national

The road to Brandon goes through Windsor, Ont. as the Spitfires become the first league champion to join the host Wheat Kings for the MasterCard Memorial Cup. The Spitfires head to the tournament after sweeping the Barrie Colts on Tuesday night for the second consecutive Ontario Hockey League title. The Calgary Hitmen are hoping to be the next to join the Spitfires by claiming their first Memorial Cup ticket since 1999.

Yahoo! Sports will be at the tournament along with our guest on this week’s CHL live chat, Sportsnet’s junior hockey analyst Sam Cosentino.

Join Sam and Yahoo! Jr. Hockey Editor Sunaya Sapurji and Buzzing the Net blogger Neate Sager on Thursday, May 6 at 1p.m. (EST) right here, where we’ll talk a little puck about the Spitfires sweep, OHL firings and hirings, the WHL final, and the QMJHL final between Moncton and Saint John.

BARRIE, ONT. - Mark Cundari is quickly turning into the Barrie Colts’ worst nightmare.

The Windsor Spitfires’ diminutive defenceman has established himself as a force in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs, having put a lid on some of the top offensive threats in the Western Conference. When Spitfires coach Bob Boughner needed the league’s top scorer, Tyler Seguin, shut down in their second-round series against the Plymouth Whalers, he called on Cundari. And when Windsor had to find a way to stop Kitchener Rangers forward Jeff Skinner, the OHL’s top goal scorer, in the Western Conference final the blueliner answered that call, too.

“He’s a warrior,” Boughner said after Windsor’s 5-4 victory over the Colts in front of a sellout crowd of 4,312 at the Barrie Molson Centre on Thursday night. “Last year he was our No. 1 defenceman at the MasterCard Memorial Cup as an 18-year-old. Shutting down guys is something he has learned to do, coming into the league I think he wanted to be an offensive

Unlike the OHL scoring title, winning the Red Tilson Trophy as the OHL’s most outstanding player is one award Plymouth Whaler centre Tyler Seguin will not have to share.

The 18-year-old from Brampton, Ont., accepted the award Wednesday afternoon at the Hockey Hall of Fame in downtown Toronto.

“I’m very proud and humbled to be accepting this award today as it is a very exciting day for my family and I,” said Seguin reading his prepared speech.

Seguin beat out fellow finalists Taylor Hall of the Windsor Spitfires and Nazem Kadri of the London Knights in the regular-season voting which is conducted by OHL sports writers and broadcast media. Seguin and Hall are the runaway favourites to be taken with the first two picks in June’s NHL entry draft. The Edmonton Oilers own the first pick, followed by the Boston Bruins, who collected the selection in the Phil Kessel trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs last September.

“It was definitely a good season,” said Seguin. “I definitely had some goals

BARRIE, ONT. – Taylor Hall likes his macaroni and cheese, even when it’s frozen.

It was his overtime goal – 2:35 into the extra frame – that gave the Windsor Spitfires a 4-3 victory over the host Barrie Colts in Game 1 of the OHL championship series and sent boxes of no-name brand pasta and cheese raining down onto the ice.

“I don’t know why all those people were throwing away some good food,” Hall said. “I was kind of tempted to take a couple boxes for myself and eat them at my billet house.”

The Colts gave the boxes to their 4,296 fans as noisemakers to be donated at the end of the game to a local food bank. But once Barrie defenceman Chris Wiggin took a hooking penalty just over two minutes into overtime, the Mac started looking more like a missile. Hall got the puck at the top of the faceoff circle, thanks to a nice pass from defencemen Ryan Ellis, and fired a rocket that beat Barrie goalie Mavric Parks.

“I knew their guys were forcing [Ellis] and I could get into a soft spot,”