KITCHENER — Akil Thomas hoisted the OHL Gold Cup and then had a special Mother's Day delivery to make.

After the celebration, the 16-year-old centre filtered out of the Activa Sportsplex to find his mom Akilah with a rose and tournament pin in hand.

"She means everything to me," said Thomas, whose Greater Toronto Hockey League Blue squad won its second consecutive OHL Gold Cup with a 6-1 victory over the local Alliance entry on Sunday.

The four-day tournament featured the best minor midget players from six provincial hockey associations.

Hockey Canada also used the gathering as an audition for its Under-17 camp this summer. Some players from that camp will have a chance to represent the nation at the U17 World Hockey Challenge later this year.

The final pitted a GTHL Blue squad stacked with six first round Ontario Hockey League draft picks against an Alliance group that had just one.

Both teams went 3-0 in round robin play to win their divisions. The Alliance advanced with a 5-2 romp over Hockey Eastern Ontario in the semifinals on Saturday while GTHL Blue beat GTHL Red 5-4 to move on.

Special teams was the difference in the final.

GTHL Blue potted four power play goals to bury the Alliance for the second straight year. Thomas scored a pair and added an assist while Danil Antropov, Curtis Douglas, Teth Burles and Jackson Alexeev had singles. Kitchener Rangers second round draft pick Riley Damiani had two helpers.

Stratford's Brady Hinz replied for Alliance short-handed while Baden native Nathan Torchia made 38 saves in net.

"I've never been around a team in 22 years of coaching that has come together in such a quick period of time," said Alliance coach Jeff Toole. "I think the in-house leadership we had got really good buy-in. I really believe that pushed us far in this tournament."

Thomas, who was the 12th overall selection by the Niagara IceDogs in this year's OHL draft, led the tournament in scoring with six goals and five assists in five games.

"Going into the tournament we heard people say that we were the team to beat," he said. "Everyone came out hard against us and really wanted to beat us. We did a good job of using that to get up for games."

The victory was sweet for the lads but made even sweeter with mom in the stands.

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"It's pretty cool to win this on Mother's Day," said Thomas. "I have four siblings so it was hard for her to be at all my games and practices but if there was ever a chance she was there."

Team HEO won the bronze medal game with a 2-1 shootout win over GTHL Red earlier Sunday. Goalie Kai Edmonds made 39 saves for HEO and was the team's player of the game while Kitchener Rangers first round draft pick Giovanni Vallati was the top player for GTHL Red.