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Misc. You Missed: All’s well that ends with bouncy goalie hugs

By Brennin Weiswerda

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March 11, 2019 12:17 am

The Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday night! Their seventh game with goalie hugs in a row! The Winnipeg Jets are basically the Washington Capitals of the West, in terms of hugging, but the Capitals got three goal hugs AND a goalie hug line, so…the Jets are, like, the lower case capitals of the west.

For a recap of all the hockey that happened, Mr. Cerullo’s recap has you covered and he’ll have the number for you in the morning! What a man, what a man, what a mighty good, etc.

For everything but the hockey (…and a little bit of the hockey when it’s relevant to emotional narratives arcs), here’s all the miscellaneous you may have missed!

Pregame

Carl Hagelin looks good in the top penalty-killing unit and this suit.

Photo: @capitals

I don’t even know what to say about Holtby in this suit. Too busy framing it to talk rn.

Photo: @capitals

It’s typically a rookie’s job to clear pucks out of the net during practice and pre-game. It’s nice of Andre to do it, and rituals become entrenched for various reasons, but…does he know he’s no longer the baby of the team? If not…let’s not tell him. Ignorance is bliss, babes.

Holtby bonked Bonky on the head with his goalie stick during warmups. (h/t @dragonscrawl for figuring out which goalie it was!)

During the “Game”

…later on, someone knocked Bonky head-first into the boards. Twice. Not as nice.

Ovechkin had a difference of opinion with a referee.

The game was relatively shenanigan-free, but this Patrick Smith shot of the one major kerfluffle is akin to a rennaisance painting. Plus, TJ Oshie protecting a fallen Ben Chiarot is a maneuver familiar to heroes and parents of small children everywhere.

Photo: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

HUGS!

The Winnipeg Jets are half-way decent huggers. We shan’t have need to discuss it any further.

#1 Nicke’s “Inadequate TV Coverage” Hug

Terrible hug coverage on both team’s feeds. Lots of back-and-forth between the Caps and bummed Jets. Here’s Nicke on the bench afterward though:

HEY WAIT I’M GETTING BETTER AT VIDEO EDITING, HERE YA GO BUDS:

#2 Hags’s “Goal is…prettier than hug?” Hug

Hagelin scored on a beautiful breakaway. The goal was so good Mr. Oland wrote a whole post about it. (Featuring: Nic Dowd, dog dad.)

Hagelin’s fast. Did y’all know that? He also had already taken two penalties, but shhhh, this is not hockey talk time.

He then chatted with Braden Holtby about it on the bench.

The hug was pretty good too.

#3 Tiger’s “Empty net, Empty Hug” Hug

Lars Eller scored an ENG goal last game too, and the Capitals are classy (at times) and don’t do their Big Best Hugs when the other team’s having a tough time.

Thursday against New Jersey, Hagelin still made sure to give the Tiger some belly rubs.

Tonight, Ovi gave Tom a fistbump for his assist and smart play towards the end of the game, and did his best to cheer up sourpuss Tiger who hasn’t gotten a good hug in quite some time.

Jakub Vrana also sang “Eye of the Tiger” in honor of Lars Eller on his way to the shower. Why isn’t there video of this? A travesty.

GOALIE HUGS!

All goalie hugs are good goalie hugs when they’re Capitals’ goalie hugs, but this TJ Oshie bounce is especially special.

Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Jets

For more content and live-updates during games, you can find Brennin on Twitter @youripides.

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