24 hours later and Moose Jaw’s Quinn Ingalls was still buzzing from Team Canada's 15-10 win over Team Iroquois to capture the 2018 World Junior Lacrosse Championship on Sunday night at SaskTel Centre.

"It's was a once in a lifetime opportunity, an experience like this just doesn't come around every so often, it was an amazing feeling just to be a part of it," said Ingalls.

"The tournament was just fantastic to be a part of this with the best players in the world and hopefully more of these experiences are in the future."

The local product was a healthy scratch in all three games for Canada, but that didn't put a damper on the experience for Ingalls.

He said he tried to take as much as he could from the practices and game plan preparation that will make him a stronger player moving forward.

"I learned a lot actually, we ran a complete different system from my Junior A program, we ran more a dynamic shooting offence, which was completely different and really helped me hone my skills towards a more NLL regulation," said Ingalls. "My skills fit that more and this should help me as I hope to work towards the NLL Draft in a few years."

Canada knocked off Team Iroquois twice on their way to the title, but the championship game on Sunday was a stark change from the opening meeting between the two teams when Iroquois played shorthanded.

Ingalls said there was a tense feeling throughout the final, "It was definitely exciting, it was back-and-forth and our transition just carried us through the game, we scored a few late goals to carry our momentum to the end and help us capture the gold," he said.

Ingalls had the chance to be in uniform for the end of the game and run out onto the court to celebrate the world championship win with his teammates.

He said that is a moment that he'll never forget.

"It was just how I pictured it when I was a little kid, usually I pictured it in more of a hockey uniform, but it was just amazing, hoping over the bench, jumping with all the guys, having the confetti cannons shoot off and everyone in the crowd just going wild," said Ingalls.

Ingalls graduated from Peacock Collegiate in the spring and will be heading off to Calgary to play prep lacrosse for the next three months. He hopes to catch the eye of an NCAA lacrosse program during that time and start his college career.

"We'll see where my lacrosse future brings me, I have no idea yet, but hopefully it's somewhere good," said Ingalls.