Ian Oland

About Ian Oland (@ianoland)

Oland, a 2006 graduate of UMBC's art school, is a co-founder of RMNB and serves as an editor, publisher, and author. During his time with RMNB, he has done features for the Caps' TV show CRL, written a story for the print edition of the Washington Post, and helped first-report the Chelyabinsk meteor in the English language. Oland's favorite blog memories include raising enough money to get reader Ryan Ellis into a NASCAR race with a RMNB sponsored car and holding the Stanley Cup for the first time. Follow Ian: Twitter | Instagram

Capitals and Audacy reach agreement to keep airing radio broadcasts of games on 106.7 The Fan

The Washington Capitals will remain on 106.7 The Fan for the 2021-22 season.

Tuesday, the team and Audacy, announced that they extended their broadcast partnership for another year. 106.7 The Fan will serve as the flagship station for the Capitals and carry pre- and postgame shows.

Play-by-play man John Walton will return for his 11th season while Ken Sabourin will serve his 19th season as analyst.

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By Ian Oland 7 days ago

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Pipe bursts at FedEx Field possibly spilling sewage on Washington Football Team fans during season opener

Washington Football Team fans have long been critical of the game experience at FedEx Field. Sunday, it got even worse for fans sitting in one particular section of the lower bowl.

During WFT’s season opener against the Los Angeles Chargers, a pipe burst, purportedly spilling sewage on fans in the seats below. The incident occurred in the first half of the game.

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Design of Philipp Grubauer’s first Seattle Kraken mask revealed

Former Capital and 2021 Vezina Trophy finalist, Philipp Grubauer, signed a six-year, $35.4 million contract with the expansion Seattle Kraken on the first day of free agency, leaving the Colorado Avalanche — the team Washington traded him to after he won the Stanley Cup in 2018 as a backup.

In late August, Grubauer first toured Seattle’s new facilities. Now, he has the equipment to play the part. Sunday, Grubauer’s longtime mask designer, David Gunnarsson, released the design of his first mask.

“I am very happy to release the first Kraken mask for my friend Philipp Grubauer,” Gunnarsson wrote. “It is a design built on the awesome team logos, loaded with 3-D effects and vintage style. Thanks Grubi for the paint adventure!”

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Alex Ovechkin attends Washington Football Team’s season opener against Los Angeles Chargers

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin returned to the ice in DC earlier this week and now he is hoping to see some ~~Fitzmagic~~ Heinicke heroics today from his favorite football team.

Sunday, Ovechkin brought his family to FedEx Field to see the Washington Football Team take on the Los Angeles Chargers — WFT’s opening game of the 2021-22 NFL season. He wore a customized number 8 Ovechkin jersey, just in case anyone was confused about who he was.

Ovi’s son Sergei can be seen clutching a Stanley Cup championship bobblehead of his dad as the legendary hockey player takes a call on his phone outside the gates of the stadium.

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The flooding from Hurricane Ida was so bad that Bruce Boudreau had fish swimming in his backyard

A week before training camp opened for the Hershey Cubs, Tropical Storm Ida rolled through Pennsylvania and dumped up to eight inches of rain across the state.

The flooding was so bad that Cubs owner and former Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau had fish swimming in his backyard.

Boudreau is back in the area after founding the Cubs — a junior hockey team in the USPHL — that helps develop 17 to 20-year-old hockey players. His son Brady is a minority owner and an associate coach of the team.

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Dmitry Orlov says he’s unvaccinated, believes 85 percent of Capitals were vaxxed before 2021 playoffs

A recent report from The Athletic divulged that 95 percent of NHL players have been fully vaccinated ahead of training camp, either receiving a single dose of Johnson & Johnson or two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.

According to defenseman Dmitry Orlov, the Capitals are one of the teams behind the curve and he’s part of the reason why. During a September 6 Russian language podcast interview with Mikhail Cherkasov, Orlov explained his perspective. He believed that being vaccinated with such stringent NHL protocols didn’t make “much sense.” Orlov is quarantining in Washington DC after flying across the pond from his native Russia ahead of training camp.

As a reminder, per the CDC, vaccines are highly effective at protecting people from COVID-19, especially severe illness and death, and that vaccines reduce the risk of spreading it to others. The AP reported that nearly all COVID deaths in the United States now are among people who have chosen not to be vaccinated.

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By Ian Oland 1 week ago

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Here’s what the championship shirts looked like if the Capitals won the Stanley Cup in 1998

The Washington Capitals made the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in team history in 1998 but were swept by the Detroit Red Wings in four games.

But what if they didn’t? What if we lived in the Upside Down and Esa Tikkanen actually buried that breakaway? What if Dale Hunter was handed the Stanley Cup from a 46-year-old Commissioner Bettman and celebrated on the ice with Olaf Kolzig, Peter Bondra, Joe Juneau, Brendan Witt, and the rest of those Capitals legends on the ice?

Now, thanks to Capitals fan Michael Alper, we can see what the Championship Caps would have looked like on the ice if they did win it all that year.

Alper recently shared a photo of one of his prized possessions: a Capitals 1998 Stanley Cup champions shirt.

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Capitals single-game tickets for the 2021-22 season are now available

The Washington Capitals made single-game tickets for the 2021-22 season available to the public on Friday.

For the first time since the pandemic started, the NHL will play a full 82-game schedule at teams’ home arenas this season.

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By Ian Oland 2 weeks ago

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Alex Ovechkin returns to MedStar Capitals Iceplex for first informal skate ahead of 2021-22 season

Fresh off signing a five-year extension, Alex Ovechkin is back in DC to rebegin his chase fora second Stanley Cup and that Gretzky guy.

The Capitals posted photos of a very excited Ovi taking the ice for the team’s informal skate on Thursday.

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By Ian Oland 2 weeks ago

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Peter Laviolette boxes at Tom Wilson’s gym, BASH

Here’s something that isn’t going to stay in the room. Peter Laviolette is boxing.

The 56-year-old Capitals head coach worked up a mean sweat after being a guest at Tom Wilson’s gym, BASH, on Wednesday night. The trendy Arlington boxing studio posted a photo of Lavy posing with the COO of the company, Nick Robbins, on social media.

“Good news Caps fans, it looks like Coach Laviolette is already in mid-season form,” BASH wrote. “@tomwilson, we told him we’d keep an eye on ya.”

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