Joe Sakic demanded his players touch 'the damn trophy' after last night's win
Last night the Avalanche eliminated the Oilers in a clean sweep of their Western Conference Finals matchup. With the victory comes the old superstition of whether or not the team should touch the Championship trophy.
Thanks to a lip reader, we have a bit more context to why the Avalanche players touched the cup.
According to this tweet, Joe Sakic told the players to "touch the damn trophy."
I did a lip read of the Avs will they touch it moment. pic.twitter.com/Jy2H84eB0B� Nathan Rudolph (@Nathan__Rudolph) June 7, 2022
Joe Sakic had touched the trophy back in the 2001 playoffs and luck had it that the Avalanche won the cup that year. I guess for Sakic, the superstition is to "Touch The Damn Trophy."
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JUIN 7 | 531 ANSWERS Joe Sakic demanded his players touch 'the damn trophy' after last night's win Should teams touch the Conference Championship Trophies? | ||
| Yes | 430 | 81 % |
| No | 101 | 19 % |
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