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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

Tom Wilson chirps back at Andre Burakovsky: ‘Who’s the child now? 😂’

It’s summertime and the living’s easy… unless you’re Andre Burakovsky and you’ve provoked Tom Wilson on social media.

Sunday, we documented Andre Burakovsky’s latest Instagram Story where he posted a photoshop of himself holding Tom Wilson as his man baby. “Me and my son,” Burakovsky wrote.

Tuesday afternoon, Wilson clapped back by going deep into his library of embarrassing Andre Images to figuratively KO his former roommate.

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Here’s Alex Ovechkin dancing after winning bronze at the World Championship

Alex Ovechkin, along with his Russian Caps teammates, won bronze at the 2019 IIHF World Championship on Sunday.

Before flying home, Team Russia celebrated its third-place finish at a reception. Nastya Ovechkina took her followers inside the party on her Instagram Story.

And you guys, there was a lot of seated dancing and fantastic off-pitch singing.

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New Upper Deck trading card set features replica Alex Ovechkin nameplate on Conn Smythe Trophy

On May 22, Upper Deck debuted a new set of trading cards entitled 2018-19 Engrained Hockey. According to Beckett, the cards are inspired by hockey players’ sticks and the design uses wood as its focal point.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has several stunning cards in the set, but I want to first point you to the Honorary Engravings insert featuring the Caps forward.

Upper Deck has created a replica of Ovechkin’s metal nameplate affixed to the Conn Smythe Trophy for being named NHL Playoff MVP in 2018. There are only 100 of these Ovechkin cards in existence and several have already sold north of $100 on eBay.

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Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom featured in NHL Stanley Cup commercial narrated by Wayne Gretzky

The NHL has released a series of brilliant Stanley Cup commercials over the years. And, ahead of Game One of the Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues, the league posted another instant classic narrated by Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky.

From Ray Bourque to Mark Messier, Gretzky spoke about the magical and meaningful moment when the captain of the victorious team passes the Stanley Cup off to who he believes is the most deserving teammate.

“Sometimes the choice is obvious,” Gretzky said as a clip of Alex Ovechkin handing the Stanley Cup to Nicklas Backstrom played.

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Video appears to show Evgeny Kuznetsov with cocaine

A video posted to Twitter on Monday by user @Thesavspb appears to show Evgeny Kuznetsov in a hotel room with several lines of what looks like cocaine.

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Andre Burakovsky posts photoshop of himself holding Tom Wilson as his son

Andre Burakovsky and Tom Wilson’s long simmering internet beef continued over the weekend.

The silly back-and-forths usually go like this: Tom notices something funny about Andre and chirps him in epic fashion. Andre then responds, trying to save face, and ends up looking even sillier. It’s one of the most entertaining parts of being a Caps fan.

But this time, something different happened. Andre got Tom.

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NBC Sports remixes Blades of Steel intro to promote Stanley Cup Final between Bruins and Blues

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[SWORD SWOOSH] BLADES! OF! STEEL!

One of the weirdest and greatest hockey games in videogame history just got a fantastic remix by NBC Sports.

To promote Game One of the Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues on Monday, the @NHLonNBCSports Twitter account released a video featuring an “update” to the mid-90s Nintendo game Blades of Steel

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Alex Ovechkin face-washed Jakub Vrana during a Czech-language interview

Russia defeated the Czech Republic in a shootout of the bronze-medal game on Sunday. The contest pitted five Washington Capitals players against each other.

After the game, Czech Republic forward Jakub Vrana did a Czech-language interview with sport.cz in the Mixed Zone.

Alex Ovechkin walked by and gave him a face wash.

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Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Dmitry Orlov win bronze at 2019 World Championship

Five Washington Capitals players went toe-to-toe in the bronze medal game of 2019 IIHF World Championship: Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Dmitry Orlov for Team Russia and Jakub Vrana and Dmitrij Jaskin for the Czech Republic.

The Russians would be victorious in the shootout.

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This photo-realism tattoo of Alex Ovechkin holding up the Stanley Cup is incredible

We first learned of Washington Capitals superfan Eric Brooks several years ago during a Colorado Avalanche game. Molding his hair follicles into the shape of an eight, Brooks became a viral sensation for his gr8 beard and was nicknamed the Ovechkin Beard Guy.

But last week, Brooks managed to find a way to go even more next level with his fandom and got an ultra-realistic tattoo of Alex Ovechkin holding up the Stanley Cup on his leg.

It’s incredible.

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