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- David Rodr?guez scored acrobatic equalizer and winner
- Play was stopped every 15 minutes for snow removal
- Gallery: The best shots from an epic final
Atl?tico Ottawa secured a Canadian Premier League final victory unlike any other, a snow-globe spectacle amid a swirling blizzard featuring what online media outlets dubbed an ?icicle kick? from Mexican midfielder David Rodr?guez.
Hosts Ottawa beat Cavalry FC 2-1 in extra-time win in Sunday?s title decider in temperatures of minus 8 degrees Celsius (46.4F) with snow so heavy that play was halted every 15 minutes to clear the lines, and goalkeepers used shovels to carve out their boxes.
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