I gasped as loud as the crowd did when the trophy broke, but it was clearly poor craftmanship as already stated above.  You can see that Chris Bruton was holding the trophy both by the bottom and by the cup on top.  The thing just broke in two, surprising Bruton as much as it did everyone else. 

Spokane played with greatness, going 4-0 during the tourney.  They played their hearts out.  Tokarski's 53 saves in the Championship game sealed the deal for him winning the Memorial Cup MVP. 

CONGRATS SPOKANE CHIEFS!!!! 

The look of horror on the Captain's face was amusing, but that trophy looks like it was hosed off in the driveway and left outside overnight.  What a piece of junk.  Even the Stanley Cup gets refurbished every year.

As a resident of the only US state to possess a QMJHL team, my hat goes off to the Spokane Chiefs.

Although the Tri-City Americans jerseys are way cooler. :)

The look of horror on the Captain's face was amusing, but that trophy looks like it was hosed off in the driveway and left outside overnight.  What a piece of junk.  Even the Stanley Cup gets refurbished every year.

As a resident of the only US state to possess a QMJHL team, my hat goes off to the Spokane Chiefs.

Although the Tri-City Americans jerseys are way cooler. :)

I gasped as loud as the crowd did when the trophy broke, but it was clearly poor craftmanship as already stated above.  You can see that Chris Bruton was holding the trophy both by the bottom and by the cup on top.  The thing just broke in two, surprising Bruton as much as it did everyone else. 

Spokane played with greatness, going 4-0 during the tourney.  They played their hearts out.  Tokarski's 53 saves in the Championship game sealed the deal for him winning the Memorial Cup MVP. 

CONGRATS SPOKANE CHIEFS!!!!