Russian hockey team wins second championship in a row, goalkeeper immediately drops the trophy

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: the Russian Kontinental Hockey League couldn’t be more like the bizarre NHL.

Over the years we’ve had dogs attacking players after ceremonial confrontations, guys dropping cell phones on the ice and coaches with downright absurd haircuts.

Now they apparently have the heaviest trophy in all of sports, as evidenced by a goalkeeper who fell over as soon as he tried to lift it.

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Yaroslavl Lokomotiv goalkeeper Alexei Melnichuk struggled as he lifted the KHL’s championship trophy, the Gagarin Cup. (Photo by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teams in the KHL play for the Gagarin Cup, which is of course named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

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That’s super cool by the way. Hey, American Leagues, you all missed the boat by not naming a trophy after an astronaut.

Anyway, the winner of this year’s Gagarin Cup was Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, who defeated Ak Bars Kazan in Game 6 of the final to win their second championship in a row.

Just like in the NHL with the Stanley Cup, players hand the Gagarin Cup to each other and skate it around a bit.

Well, when it was Lokomotiv Neminder Alexei Melnichuk’s turn to drive the Gagarin Cup, he had a little problem.

After waving the cup over his head, he seemed to underestimate how heavy the trophy was, and at one point gravity took over.

It was very cool of Melnichuk to use himself to break the Gagarin Cup fall.

Luckily the trophy was still intact after that fall and I’m sure it only took another 20 minutes or so before it was full of beer.

Or, let’s be honest, vodka.

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The Gagarin Cup is the top prize in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League. (Photo by Mihailicenko Sergey/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Melnichuk played three games in his career with the San Jose Sharks and the Lokomotiv roster has a few names that will be familiar to NHL fans.

Richard Panik, who has played in more than 500 NHL games, is on the team, as is former Montreal Canadiens and Dallas Stars forward Alexander Radulov, who led the team in points this season.

Matthew Reigle is a writer for OutKick.

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