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60 days 9 hours 6 minutes ago.
KITCHENER, Ont. - The Memorial Cup was in two pieces, which meant there was more of it for the Spokane Chiefs to hoist above their heads.
Spokane beat the host Kitchener Rangers 4-1 to win the 90th Memorial Cup on Sunday.
Captain Chris Bruton lifted the trophy over his head twice and kissed it and then as he was about to hand it to teammate Trevor Glass, the cup became separated from its heavy base, which fell to the ice.
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61 days 13 hours 32 minutes ago.
KITCHENER, Ont. - The 90th Memorial Cup will go either to the calculating, efficient Spokane Chiefs or the trigger-happy Kitchener Rangers on Sunday.
The Western Hockey League's Chiefs and Ontario Hockey League's Rangers are a study in contrasts.
The Chiefs play a disciplined, containment game and score goals off turnovers with their quick transition.
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64 days 14 hours 41 minutes ago.
KITCHENER, Ont. - The Spokane Chiefs might be in the Memorial Cup final a year earlier than planned, but they'll take it.
The Western Hockey League champions missed the playoffs for a second straight year just two seasons ago. The seeds were sewn during those lean years for a resurgence. Nobody thought it would come this soon. "When we were building this team we thought next year was going to be our best year," Chiefs general manager Tim Speltz said. "We're going to be hard-pressed to be better than this.
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65 days 7 hours 49 minutes ago.
KITCHENER, Ont. - The Gatineau Olympiques were the first team eliminated from the 2008 MasterCard Memorial Cup with a 3-1 loss to the Spokane Chiefs on Tuesday.
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champions (0-3) held a lead for the first time in the tournament in the first period, but didn't have enough gas in their tank to defend it and force a tiebreaker game Thursday.
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66 days 8 hours 24 minutes ago.
KITCHENER, Ont. - The recovery of Belleville Bulls forward Shawn Matthias should be cause for concern for the other three teams at the Memorial Cup.
Matthias had the go-ahead goal and also scored short-handed in the Bulls' 6-3 win over the Gatineau Olympiques on Monday at the Canadian Hockey League championship.
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