Congrats to the Colorado Avalanche, who won the franchise’s first Stanley Cup since 2001 on Sunday with a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the Final.
It was around 10:45 PM ET when the final horn sounded and the Avalanche began celebrating. They got the Cup not soon after that and did the celebratory skate around while holding and kissing it.
And then? Nearly an hour later, the team lined up for a photo … and Nicolas Aube-Kubel tripped as he was bringing the trophy in. It fell, and next thing you know, there was a giant dent in the bottom of it.
It’s nothing the keeper of the Cup can’t fix … but that was fast. And there are lots of jokes about it:
