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Give ’em the bird: Behind the scenes of this Caps fan’s viral, moving signs

Evgeny Kuznetsov giggled as he stretched, noticing the sign along the glass during warmups in Toronto last Thursday. The poster read Give ‘Em The Bird and featured Kuznetsov’s signature bird walk celebration.

Except, this was a next level sign. The arms on the sign actually flapped.

Not only did the sign catch Kuzy’s attention, but the rest of the hockey world too, as the posters went viral late last week. The sign and the Alex Ovechkin Hot Stick sequel were covered by NHL, NBC Sports, and TSN.

The maker of the signs, Julia Pettella, a Brock University goaltender, said she can’t believe the reaction her signs have gotten over the past couple of days.

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By Elizabeth Kong 5 months ago

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9 years ago, Alex Ovechkin did the hot stick celebration

Thanks to Capitals Radio’s Ben Raby, we now know that Monday was a very special day in Caps history. March 19, 2018, marked the nine-year anniversary of Alex Ovechkin’s hot stick celebration.

On March 19, 2009, Ovechkin sniped a shot past Tampa Bay goaltender Mike McKenna to score his 50th goal of the season. With the tally, Ovechkin became the first player in Capitals history to record three 50-goal seasons. Ovechkin dropped his stick as if it were aflame and warmed his cold Russian hands with the imaginary burning kindling. Meanwhile, none of Ovechkin’s bashful teammates, such as Mike Green or Nicklas Backstrom, joined in despite the Russian machine calling them over.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Alex Ovechkin’s hot stick celebration is in NHL 17

Alex Ovechkin did the hot stick celebration in 2009. Seven years later it has finally ended up in an EA Sports video game.

NHL 17, which was released Tuesday, features Ovechkin’s signature celly as an unlockable celebration.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Jose Theodore Says He Came Up With the Idea for Alex Ovechkin’s Hot Stick Celebration

On March 19, 2009, Alex Ovechkin scored his 50th goal of the season in a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ovechkin became the Capitals’ first ever three-time 50-goal scorer (which he has done three more times since), but it was what he did after the goal that became legend. To celebrate, Ovechkin dropped his stick to the ice and warmed his hands as if the stick were on fire.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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My New Favorite Video: Alex Ovechkin Does The Robot

Two seasons ago after Alex Ovechkin scored his 50th goal of the year against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Russian Machine celebrated by doing the “Hot Stick.” This led to a week’s worth of controversy, a Coach’s Corner by Don Cherry telling the GR8 to “get some class” & Ovechkin responding to the criticism by calling Cherry an “old guy” and proceeding to mock him by doing the robot in an ESPN interview with Rachel Nichols.

Well, if Ovechkin doing the robot wasn’t funny enough, YouTube user ElevateYourLevel did us the favor of creating the greatest Music Video of all time from the footage. He brilliantly combined Ovechkin’s greatest goals with an autotuned Rachel Nichols and an electronica beat made out of the Ovechkin phrase “don’t celebration when you score goal.” Which leads me to believe, bad grammar + house beat = win everytime. ElevateYourLevel, consider my level elevated. Everyone else, please enjoy.

Stick tap to Lindsay Novak for pointing out the video to me.

By Ian Oland 9 years ago

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