Kevin Tawil

I still remember these moments regularly.

So McGill had just come off two national championship titles, and we were clearly the number one favorite coming into the 1983 season.

I didn't start the first game, but when I got my shot, I think I was in the second game, I became a starter immediately.

It was exciting.

But what was truly different...

there was a sense on the team that we couldn't lose.

It was sort of in the air, and I'd never felt like that before.

And you would see it.

There was one time we were playing one of our rivals in our home stadium.

We were down by two goals, and there may have been eight minutes left in the game.

But nobody was stressed.

And sure enough, our center back, I think he was from the Dominican Republic, he was not a particularly talented scorer, but he came up, got the first goal.

We tied it and won it in overtime.

And it

It was really remarkable to be part of that group of people who had that sense of invincibility, that sense of we can overcome any obstacle.

Unfortunately, in the national final, we lost in penalty kicks at the very end.

It was during a snowstorm in Sudbury, Ontario.

Not that you remember it or anything.

Every single moment of it.

It's one of those things that you never forget.