On the same day we celebrate the first all-female spacewalk, we honor the anniversary of another historic flight: three years ago today, Dmitry Orlov sent Matt Duchene into orbit with an unbelievable hipcheck.
Despite a rough landing in Ottawa on the ice, Duchene was fine, so we can enjoy watching this hard-hit over and over and over and over again.
Ah, hockey.
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It’s so beautiful, it should be celebrated as such. According to theknot.com, “The traditional three-year anniversary gift is leather, which is symbolic of the marriage reaching a stage of flexible durability.”
Seems like the perfect present for this particular situation.
happy 3 year anniversary of matt duchene's launch into space @russianmachine @ianoland @Capitals pic.twitter.com/RIcWxx59cm
— dmitry scoarlov (@h__steele) October 18, 2019
Orlov’s hips don’t lie, they just make men fly.
I spent way too much time on this but here ya go pic.twitter.com/kzMFdyv0EF
— Corsi King 👑 (@AWallace39) February 26, 2017
Headline image: Sportsnet
