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On Star Wars Night, Liberty University used The Force to celebrate a goal as a team

On Saturday, Liberty University Men’s D1 Hockey Team faced off against New York University on Star Wars night. Liberty wore jerseys styled after Darth Vader for their 6-3 victory over the Empire — yes, NYU’s team is nicknamed the Empire — but they took the Star Wars theme to another level.

After forward Quinn Ryan scored to pull Liberty even at 1-1, defenseman Basil Reynolds led a celebration with the team bench by channeling the jersey’s namesake. Reynolds put the entire Liberty bench in a “Force choke” and lifted them, before releasing his grip and letting them fall back to the bench.

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By Donya Abramo 3 years ago

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The Bears rocked these galactic ‘Empire Strikes Back’ themed jerseys for Star Wars night

Sunday evening, the Hershey Bears traveled to a galaxy far, far away and hosted the Charlotte Checkers on Star Wars night at Giant Center. Like any good minor-league promotion, this included in-game theming, fan costumes, and, most importantly, Star Wars jerseys.

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By Brendan Doyle 5 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin is dressing up as Darth Vader to raise money for a sick child

Over the last few years, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has dedicated much of his free time to raising money and awareness for sick, disabled, or orphaned children. Today, he’s at it again.

In an auction run by friend Lena Perminova, Ovi is offering to dress up as Darth Vader to raise money for a sick child. Darthvechkin will go to a party of the highest bidder’s choice along with several other people dressed up as Star Wars characters.

The auction started at $865, and, five hours later, reached $17,241. Yana Rudkovskaya has the top bid.

Ovechkin even filmed a 50-second commercial acting out a battle with fellow Star Wars characters.

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By Ian Oland 6 years ago

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Joe Beninati’s ‘Star Wars’ Cold Open (Video)

On Thursday, Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens was released in theaters nationwide. To celebrate, CSN Washington’s Joe Beninati penned a brilliant cold open before Friday’s Caps/Lightning game. It’s almost as good as the Caps Super Friends bit he did in 2010, but please note: nothing will ever top that.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Chewbacca Was at the Caps Game Wearing a Nicklas Backstrom Jersey (Photo)

Photo: @em_ward15

Today is May the 4th, a.k.a Star Wars Day, so one intrepid Caps fan came to game three wearing a Chewbacca costume UNDER his Nicklas Backstrom jersey. RMNB reader Emily Ward first located Chewy while he was shopping for power converters in the team store. No, I do not know how he didn’t pass out from dehydration.

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By Ian Oland 8 years ago

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