Ken Appleby stands 6-foot-4, but he will forever be 10 feet tall in Oshawa.
Anthony Cirelli might stand even taller, metaphorically.
Undrafted by the NHL and unknown outside of Oshawa and his native North Bay, Ont., before thd season, Appleby stymied early second-period chances from the likes of Leon Draisaitl, Rourke Chartier and Josh Morrissey to keep the Generals in contact with the Kelowna Rockets early in Sunday's final at the Colisée. Appleby's 37 saves also including thwarting potential NHL first-round choice Nick Merkley on a third-period breakway, buying coach D.J. Smith's Generals time to stay upright and win 2-1 in overtime on a goal by Cirelli, a fresh-faced 17-year-old who made the team as a free agent at training camp.