MONCTON, N.B. (CP) - Alexander Radulov showed why he earned selection as the most outstanding player in major junior hockey, Cedrick Desjardins got even for losing last year, and their combined performances helped Patrick Roy complete a hat trick of championship trophies.

The Quebec Remparts, who hadn't won the Memorial Cup since 1971, recaptured the coveted trophy Sunday with a 6-2 victory over the Moncton Wildcats.

Radulov scored two goals and assisted on three the day after being named best at the top junior level, and the 19-year-old Russian added the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as tournament MVP to his collection.

"This is like winning the Stanley Cup for us," the sweat-drenched right-winger said as he held his MVP trophy. "I want to thank everybody responsible for me being in Quebec. It has been unbelievable."

Unbelievable also describes the performance by Desjardins. A loser with Rimouski in a 4-0 final against London a year ago, the 20-year-old native of Edmunston, N.B., stopped 46 Wildcats shots.




  
"Patrick put a lot of pressure on me during the season," said Desjardins. "That's because he never likes to lose.

"When we were losing, he would say the goalie has to do a better job. I think I handled it pretty well."

No kidding.

Radulov's linemates, Angelo Esposito and Mathieu Melanson, scored a goal apiece. The unit sped through the Moncton defence time and time again, and applied finishing touches the Wildcats couldn't match when they got the puck. Pierre Bergeron and Jordan LaVallee also scored for the Remparts.

Roy wore a satisfied smile as he watched his players celebrate on the ice. He won the AHL's Calder Cup and four NHL championships as a soon-to-be Hockey Hall of Fame goalie, and he added the Memorial Cup in his first year coaching the team he manages and owns.

"It's a bit different," he said when asked to compare coaching teenagers to a championship to winning them as a player.

He declined to take any of the credit, preferring to laud his players and praise the job done by Moncton coach Ted Nolan.

"Any time you win a Canadian championship, you have to be proud," said Roy. "It's the best team that wins and we're fortunate to be here."

Radulov, who might be on his way Monday to join the Nashville Predators' farm team in the AHL's championship series, was thrilled to play for Roy.

"He gave us the confidence that we could win," said Radulov. "He's a winner.

"He won four Stanley Cups and now he has won the Memorial Cup. He's a rookie as a coach, not a lot of experience, but he he's a winner and that's what he (instilled) in us."

Keith Yandle scored both Moncton goals as the Wildcats fell short in their attempt to become the first team from Atlantic Canada to win the Memorial Cup.

"It's disappointing to lose after having such a great season," said Nolan. "But I thought we gave everything we had to give and that's all you can ask for."

Moncton had a 48-25 shots advantage, but Quebec had plenty of good scoring chances, and cashed in on enough of them to win easily. Desjardins did the rest.

"We had a lot of opportunities but we didn't put them in the net," said Moncton captain Christian Gaudet, of Memramcook, N.B. "Sometimes you don't get the bounces."

The Remparts held period leads of 2-0 and 4-0. The Wildcats rallied early in the third, but it was too little too late.

"All in all, we had a good season," said Yandle, a Phoenix Coyotes prospect from Boston who was named top defenceman in major junior hockey during the Saturday banquet. "I can't say enough about this team."

Moncton had defeated Quebec in the QMJHL final to win the President's Cup, but the Remparts ended a 16-game Wildcats home winning streak by taking the round-robin meeting 4-3 Wednesday. They finished off the No. 1-ranked team in Canada on Sunday.

"We came mentally ready and focused," said captain Simon Courcelles of Laval, Que. "We wanted to win so bad.

"The guys stepped up, and Cedrick came up huge."

Desjardins won the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the tournament's outstanding goaltender. He's a free agent, and looking for work in the pro ranks. It shouldn't be too hard to find now.

Esposito, a Montrealer who is only 17, was particularly impressed.

"We went out there and worked hard and we had an edge on everyone," he said of the potent line he centred. "That's what it takes to win.

"It's a great feeling winning this. We're on top of the world right now."

It was the 10th time in the Memorial Cup's 88 years that it was won by a team from Quebec.

Guy Lafleur captained the Remparts to the 1971 title. There was no major junior team in Quebec's captail after 1985. The nearby Beaufort Harfangs operated for six seasons until Roy and a group purchased them and re-established the Remparts in 1997.

Notes: Moncton was 1-for-6 and Quebec was 2-for-5 on power plays. ... Jerome Samson of the Wildcats won the George Parsons Trophy for sportsmanship. ... Gilbert Brule of the Vancouver Giants was the leading tournament scorer with 12 points (6-6). ... Total attendance for the nine games was 62,300.