Screencap via Reddit user domaa

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin may not have had his best game on Sunday, but one super fan managed to get the Great 8 into the highlight reel anyway. During a stoppage in play, a man with a giant “8” shaped and colored into his epic beard saluted the Colorado crowd and the CSN cameras. One of our readers, @pthompsonktown, tells us he’s a DC transplant who now lives out in Denver.

This moment in facial hair history is definitely not brought to you by Gillette.

@russianmachine ESPN 8 THE OCHO pic.twitter.com/ZnnT0Q8wwL

— Patrick Thompson (@pthompsonktown) November 11, 2013