lakehead u is 2006 queen's cup champion

captain joel scherban and goaltender grant mccune led the lakehead thunderwolves men's hockey team to a 4-0 shutout win over the mcgill redmen before 3,735 noisy fans at the fort william gardens on march 11. scherban scored a goal and added two assists while mccune made a number of excellent saves to preserve the shutout and the victory.

the championship was the first for the five-year old thunderwolves program, and the home win extended lakehead's unbeaten home playoff streak to 13-0 in five seasons.

"i'm very happy for the boys, for the fifth year seniors, for grant mccune, and very happy for our fans - who were really great tonight," said lakehead head coach pete belliveau after the game. "it took us five years to win but we did it and we're very happy but we have a lot of work to do to prepare for the nationals."

lakehead scorers were: tobias whelan, mike jacobsen, matt jacques, and joel scherban.

both lakehead and mcgill now head to edmonton for the cis national men's hockey championships hosted by the university of alberta where they will join alberta, acadia, saskatchewan, and laurier from mar. 23-26.