Since the start of the Magnus League final, it has been enthroned at the entrance to the ice rink (Pôle Sud or IceParc depending on the match) and attracts attention. ” She shines say-so! is perhaps the most heard reflection near a trophy which spectators are asked not to get too close to, all watched by a security guard.
– Antonin Kermen
Alcohols of all kinds and even child seats
If Grenoble beats Angers again this Wednesday evening, Joël Champagne, the Grenoble captain, risks not recognizing the cup he has already lifted in 2019, because in the meantime, the federation has made it. redo. Appeared in 1987, on the initiative of a journalist from The Teamthe original Magnus Cup lived well, and ended up can’t stand festive evenings which accompany the title of champion of France. Fringes that leave traces and whose haircut is a major player “great pleasures, with beer or champagne in it “recalls Willy Libert, historical steward of the Burners of Wolves, who saw “the Magnus” in funny situations like “players’ children photographed in the cup“. This haircut is therefore just as much loved as it is abused and it is very much loved… But Willy Libert refutes any ill will: “she is mostly mistreated because she goes from arm to arm, from party to party, she goes everywhere, in cars and she is not easy to fit in.”
– Fabien Baldino Wolf Burners
New cut, new rules
Heckled, but somehow respected. Nevertheless the French Ice Hockey Federation wants to protect a cup which tries to put it at the center of its communication, with for example these pre-match presentations. So for the new trophy to age well it has been made a little more solidly and above all accompanied by stricter regulations. Éric Ropert general manager of the FFHG warns: “the winner of this year, if he breaks it, if he damages it, if he loses it, it is up to him to replace it and finance it, because it is still worth nearly 20,000 euros.“
The Federation also wants limit who can wear itfor Eric Ropert “it is part of the creation of a myth to say this trophy is special and only those who have won it have the right to wear it.” A rule directly inspired by the tradition in the NHL, the best championship in the world, where the famous Stanley Cup is indeed very protected, it is even always accompanied by several security guards, which will not be the case with the Magnus Cup, even brand new, it could therefore live a lively spring, in Grenoble or in Angers, that is still to be decided.