Nicolas Aube-Kubel stumbled with the Stanley Cup as he skated toward the Avalanche championship team photo and crashed into the ice.
Uh-oh.
The 130-year-old NHL relic, suddenly, was dented. Call it the first speed bump on a global journey this summer with Avalanche players. Don’t worry. Lord Stanley is already back in perfect shape ahead of Thursday’s championship parade in Denver.
“(Aube-Kubel) felt awful about it,” said Phil Pritchard, better known as the Keeper of the Cup, in a phone interview with The Denver Post. “When he did fall, he fell into his players, which is fortunate.