Wide receivers stole the show in Laval's Vanier Cup victory over Saskatchewan

When the Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Saskatchewan Huskies 30-24 in the Canada Life Vanier Cup on Saturday, it lived up to the hype generated by two high-powered offences squaring off against one another.

In a game that featured the only two offences in U Sports to average more than 300 passing yards per game in the 2022 season, the two juggernauts certainly didn't disappoint.

Any notion that the 22 km/h winds at Western Alumni Stadium in London, Ont., would hinder the ability of either quarterback to put the ball in the air was squashed immediately.

Laval's Arnaud Desjardins completed 27 of 36 passes for Laval, throwing for 397 yards and taking zero sacks, while Saskatchewan's Mason Nyhus was just as good, going 34-for-43 for 344 yards and three touchdowns and just one interception, the lone turnover in the game.

The 742 combined passing yards for the two teams ranks fifth in Vanier Cup history.

"I think we played a hard game and they did too," Huskies wide receiver Rhett Vavra told The Canadian Press following the game. "They just made one more play than us."

WATCH | Mital helps Laval defeat Saskatchewan to win Vanier Cup:

It was no secret entering the game that Laval's Kevin Mital — who was awarded the Hec Crighton Trophy on Thursday as Canada's top university football player — was the star of the receiving corps on either squad after a team-record 12 touchdowns in the regular season. 

"The whole time you're watching him play it's just the smoothness and his nuance with his routes, and understanding how to get to open space," Saskatchewan's assistant coach Yol Piok said. "It's absolutely incredible."