Alex Ovechkin was hanging out with his dad, Mikhail, and his son, Sergei, in his pool house back at home in Russia.
While Mikhail watched his rambunctious grandson, Ovi shot video of the historic memorabilia he hung up in the room.
It’s now the holiday season. Like, I guess? I mean, it’s the holiday season, but it also feels like we’re just in March, Chapter IX. Anyway, if you are looking for gift ideas for the hockey person in your life or for the book person in your life or for the unicornishly rare hockey-book hybrid person in your life, here are some good ideas.
All the links below use bookshop.org and support independent bookstores.
By Peter Hassett 1 week ago
The NHL’s seven Central Division teams shared preview images of their upcoming Reverse Retro jerseys on Saturday. The release follows the Metropolitan Division ond Pacific Division doings so in the days prior.
The photos confirm that the Colorado Avalanche will rock Quebec Nordiques jerseys for the first time in franchise history while the Minnesota Wild seem poised to honor the Minnesota North Stars in theirs. The detail shots of the new sweaters comes after the NHL and Adidas released an animated video showing which year each jersey was inspired by last week.
Let’s take a closer look!
The Capitals have not put out a canine calendar for 2021. Their previous pup-laden stocking stuffers had traditionally been a big deal for regional animal rescue Homeward Trails. Last year’s calendar raised 100,00 dollars for the non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Missing that big pile of cash will make an already-tough year even tougher for the good people and pups and kittens of HT. We at RMNB have made a small donation to help fill the gap, but they’ll need more than petty blogger cash.
So here are some ways to support a good organization — plus eight great adoptable pups that might be the perfect addition to your home.
By Peter Hassett 1 week ago
Nineteen years ago — on November 14, 2001 — sixteen-year-old Alex Ovechkin made his professional hockey debut, playing for Dynamo Moscow’s farm team.
Right from the start, he was good as heck.
By Peter Hassett 1 week ago
During Friday’s game of Södertälje and Modo in the Swedish Hockeyallsvenskan league, a special guest popped up between the benches during the first intermission. Boston Bruins star and co-winner of ‘Rocket’ Richard Trophy, David Pastrnak, spoke to host Lars Lindberg and analyst Mike Helber. The Czech-speaking Pasta spent two of his junior seasons in Södertälje, prior to beginning his NHL career.
“Södertälje has a big place in my heart, I had some really important years that I spent here and I have several friends still on the team”, Pastrnak said, adding he has a Swedish girlfriend and regularly visits the country.
Then Pasta, perhaps entertaining the idea of a new career when he hangs up his gloves, took over the steering wheel from the announcers.
By Magnus Cadelin 2 weeks ago
Evgeny Kuznetsov was back on the ice on Friday, but not to train for next season. The 28-year-old, Stanley Cup-winning center threw on his goaltending gear at the grand opening of an outdoor hockey rink in his hometown of Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Kuznetsov, wearing a redesigned Traktor Chelyabinsk jersey he received from the team in late October and a red beanie, cut a ribbon marking the official opening of the rink.
Kuzy also signed autographs and held a master class with dozens of kids from the Valery Belousov Educational Center. Belousov passed away in 2015 and was Kuznetsov’s former KHL coach and a close mentor.
The NHL’s eight Metropolitan Division teams shared preview images of their upcoming Reverse Retro jerseys on Friday, a day after the Pacific Division posted their bad boys.
The photos confirm the Capitals red Screaming Eagle jersey and that the Carolina Hurricanes are bringing back Pucky The Whale. Some of the jersey designs are a bit different than the animated video the NHL and Adidas shared earlier in the week while also confirming some of the old logos we opined might come back.
Let’s again take a closer look!
The Washington Capitals posted three images on Friday of their upcoming Reverse Retro jersey, which is set to be released to the public in the coming days or weeks.
As first reported by RMNB in October, the Capitals’ red Reverse Retro jersey features the Screaming Eagle on the crest and the team’s old Capitol Dome logo on the shoulder.
A first look at the team’s jersey shows the Capitol Dome logo has been remixed to have red highlights.
Alex Ovechkin is back in a new commercial. This time The Great 8 reps CCM’s new SuperTacks AS3 Pro sticks.
The commercial was shot at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.
