Humangous-big universe lover Ilya Bryzgalov covered Games One and Two of the Stanley Cup Final for the Players’ Tribune. Bryz was funny in that weird Bryz way where you’re not really sure what’s happening, but you never quite want it to stop either.
Bryz caught up with Capitals Russians Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov in the locker room.
Launched in May 2016, Overwatch took the gaming world by storm, gaining millions of fans around the world and winning over 100 “Game of the Year” awards. And now it’s even better. In a limited time seasonal update, the game has introduced a random nod to Ilya Bryzgalov.
The multiplayer first-person shooter is set sixty years in the future and thirty years after the end of a failed robot uprising known as the “Omnic Crisis.” There are currently 25 playable characters in the game, ranging from Ana, an elderly Egyptian woman who literally snipes medicine into you to heal you, to Winston, a genetically engineered gorilla from the moon.
But the character we’re focusing on today is Aleksandra Zaryanova aka ‘Zarya‘, a Russian weightlifter-turned-soldier with a powerful particle cannon. On August 8th the Overwatch team at Blizzard Entertainment launched their summer seasonal event for 2017: the Summer Games. As with all their seasonal events, players can earn “loot boxes” which unlock event-specific skins/outfits, emotes, and voice lines (among other prizes). And hockey twitter noticed Zarya’s new unlockable voice line sounded… A tad familiar.
By Rachel Cohen 6 years ago
Universe lover Ilya Bryzgalov is back in the NHL, this time as a journalist.
Saturday after Alex Ovechkin’s media availability, Bryz conducted an “edgy” interview with the Russian machine.
Ilya Bryzgalov sound bytes are the gifts that keeps on giving. Earlier this week, coub.com posted a remix of the EA Sports’ introduction that plays before every one of their video games.
It features Bryz and it’s so amaaaaaazing.
Way back in 2006 and before he became hockey’s version of Neil Degrasse Tyson on HBO 24/7, Russian goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov — then playing with the Anaheim Ducks — gave an interview to The Score in which he was asked a simple question: “What are your thoughts on Chris Pronger returning to Edmonton?”
A few months earlier, Pronger helped lead the Edmonton Oilers to their first Stanley Cup Final since the Gretzky era. After the Oilers lost in 7 games to the Carolina Hurricanes, Pronger requested a trade for personal reasons. Local media reported that his wife Lauren hated the city. So GM Kevin Lowe shipped Pronger off to the Ducks a month later for Joffrey Lupul and a whole bunch of spare parts.
So here we find Bryzgalov trying to defend his teammate and diffuse the situation ahead of his first game back at Rexall Place. In broken english, Bryzgalov takes the mic and spectacularly fails.
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Over the last week, CSKA general manager and former Capital Sergei Fedorov has been a busy man, signing Ilya Bryzgalov, Pavel Datsyuk, and Mikhail Grabovski to lockout contracts. CSKA’s roster, which also includes former KHL MVP Alex Radulov, is much like the New York Yankees: they are rich, and they sign the best players.
Coming into Thursday’s game with Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s Traktor Cheylabinsk, it was obvious who the favorites were. But thanks to a stunning goal by Andrey Popov in the final minutes and a meltdown by Radulov, Traktor prevailed 4-3.
Highlights below.
Photo credit: Bruce Bennett
With eight games left in the regular season and the Capitals struggling to hold onto the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, every standings point matters. So when the Caps were unable to break a 1-1 tie with the Flyers after 60 minutes of regulation and a five-minute overtime, the shootout carried high stakes.
Enter Matt Hendricks.
Dale Hunter selected Hendy as the Capitals first shooter. The Blaine, Minnesota native did not disappoint. Hendricks used his patented move, this time baiting Ilya Bryzgalov to pokecheck. Bryz missed, allowing yet another highlight-reel shootout goal for the team’s leader in penalty minutes. Video is below the jump.
After long negotiations, the Russian National Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) has secured the rights to broadcast the NHL on their sports channels (free SD Russia 2 and cable HD Sport 1).
Back when RMNB was in its infancy, I described what it was like to be a fan of the Washington Capitals in Moscow. Staying up until 6am and searching the internet for feeds of Caps games (where there’s no guarantee I will hear Joe B. and Locker), is neither convenient or healthy.
Understanding this shortfall, the NHL started offering a Russian version of their website this season, and they allowed Europeans to watch games on NHL GameCenter Live. The VGTRK deal — which was completed in November — is another step towards globalizing the NHL.
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Photo credit: Greg Fiume
One morning during high school, I dressed up like the Devil for Halloween and then got roughed up by a tough guy. I remember cowering on the floor of the hallway, dressed up like an idiot. With our site all decked out in Jaromir Jagr flamebait, I feel the same way.
The Philadelphia Flyers taught the Washington Capitals humility and shame in a 5-1 mauling. All that bravado and confidence from two wins in a row? Evaporated. Flyers beat Caps 5-1.
By Peter Hassett 11 years ago
Boudreau and Gordon look on from the bench. (Photo credit: Debora Robinson)
Photo credit: Mark J. Terrill
You couldn’t write a better script. After 24 games under head coach Randy Carlyle, Andrew Gordon had not scored a goal and the Ducks were among the worst teams in the NHL. Enter Bruce Boudreau. In the second period of Gabby’s coaching debut with the Ducks, Gordo netted his second career NHL goal — his first since December 21, 2010, which he celebrated by kissing Marcus Johansson — knocking in a rebound off of a Ben Maxwell shot past Ilya Bryzgalov. As NHL.com’s Dave Lozo observed, Gordon is probably the first player in NHL history to get his first career goals on two different teams with the same coach.
If you follow me past the jump, you can check out video of his goal.
