Nearly four years ago, we reported on the gr8est hockey beard to ever be grown. Rockville, Maryland transplant Eric Brooks, whom we affectionately called the Ovechkin Beard Guy, shaped his lengthy facial hair into an eight at a Caps-Avalanche game.

The beard and the story went viral and we later learned that Brooks was an award-winning free-style beardist.

Brooks returned to Pepsi Center with the same beard last April, but he announced he has something new planned for the Caps game March 29th.

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I did a thing. A practice style for the game I'll be at on 3/29 #caps @capitals @monsportsnet @nhlonnbcsports @rmnb_blog @hockeyandbeards @hockeynight

A post shared by Eric Brooks (@brooks221) on Feb 26, 2017 at 8:14pm PST

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Test run for the @capitals game on 3/29 at the Pepsi Center in Colorado. #caps #csnmidatlantic #captials #washingtoncaps #rockthered #espn #freestylebeard @nhl #nhl @barstoolsports @sportsnation @sportscenter

A post shared by Eric Brooks (@brooks221) on Feb 26, 2017 at 8:05pm PST

What a masterpiece of hair.

We can’t wait to see it in action later this month, Eric.