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Chiefs crash Rangers' party

Nobody ever called the Chiefs, the lockdown defensive grinders who allowed only seven goals in four tournament wins, a finesse team. So perhaps yesterday evening's most memorable image - the Memorial Cup lying broken on the ice, its silver chalice decapitated from its ebony base - was particularly fitting.

 
 
 
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Hail to the Chiefs, the Memorial champs...

Chris Bruton had dreamed of hoisting the Memorial Cup. But the Spokane Chiefs captain never dreamed of dropping it.

 
Spokane Chiefs goalie #34 Dustin Tokarski.

The rest is history

It will be a battle of the well-rested against the well-situated when the Memorial Cup is decided today in Kitchener, Ont.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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7/8/2008 9:40:32 PM