A few days after their championship win, the celebration continued for the Notre Dame Hounds on Tuesday at Athol Murray College in Wilcox.

Fellow students and community members gathered together to honour the Hounds, who captured the fifth midget AAA national championship in the program's history on Sunday in Sudbury, Ont.

The Hounds put together a perfect run to the 2018 Telus Cup title, beating the Magog Cantonniers in the gold medal game to finish with a 20-0 record during the playoffs..

Forward Luke Mylymok said the team's determination to come out as champions propelled them on their run.

"We lost the last game of the regular season, but we bounced back pretty highly by going undefeated in the Sask AAA playoffs and then Westerns and Telus, it just showed our determination to accomplish our goal," said Mylymok, who finished with nine goals in seven games at the Telus Cup.

The Wilcox product was a big part of the Hounds' 7-0 record at the national championship as he finished with 13 points in total, including a hat trick in the gold medal game.

Hounds head coach Devan Praught said Mylymok put together a week to remember, "He didn't waste any moments, he hasn't done that since he came here to the school, he takes a lot of pride in being a Hound and to see him shine like that on the national stage was pretty special," said Praught.

"It just seemed like over this seven-day event, he was focused, he was prepared and when he got his opportunities, he made good on them and myself and the rest of the guys are going to remember that performance for a long time."

With just two regulation losses all season and five losses in total, the Hounds were without a doubt a special team. Mylymok said there was a number of factors that made this group so special.

"Our compete level and determination to achieve our common goal, which was to win Telus Cup, and our focus on every game, every shift, just to play our hearts out whenever we can, all game long and we did that," he said.

Praught added, "Top to bottom, inside out, both goalies, all six defencemen, all 12 forwards, the staff that surrounds me here, we were pretty dedicated to working hard and to get the job done," he said.

"We were focused and stayed in the moment. We came into everyday prepared with that mindset and every game, it was someone else that was stepping up, finding the big goal, blocking a shot or a big save from our goaltenders."

Many players from this year's Hounds team will move on in their hockey careers with other teams after this season, but Mylymok stated that what they learned over the course of the year will stick with them forever.

"We now know what it takes to be a champion, everyday, day-in and day-out, in the weight room and every where," he said.