A good idea gone terribly, terribly wrong. (Sketch by Ian Oland)
Alex Ovechkin's bloodied mouth during the Gold Medal Game against the Czech Republic.
Tonight– thanks to our comrade at Alex Ovetjkin– we found out that the Russian Machine had more dental work done at the World Championships. TJ writes:
In the video posted at sport.rian.ru (sport.rian.ru/sport_videos/20100524/238143601.html) Tretiak says that Ovechkin has lost three teeth in addition to the one he lost a few years ago on the upper jaw.
It happened at the end of the final game vs Czech Republic when 3 teeth were knocked out of his lower jaw.
That got us thinking… What does Alex Ovechkin’s smile look like now? Here’s our best guesses using photoshop. Make sure to click on the photos to see them at full size.
Posting fan art is one of our favorite features on RMNB. It’s eminently rewarding to share the contributions of the fan community, particularly on those rare occasions when said art does not contain an illustrated Sidney Crosby getting disemboweled by Vancouver Island Marmot. Happy we are that Rachel Cohen shared these gorgeous images of Nicklas Backstrom, Semyon Varlamov, and — the Russian Machine himself– Alexander Ovechkin.
Follow us past the jump, where we get to know Rachel and her lovely artwork.
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.
Tonight during Montreal’s huuuge 3-2 victory over the Penguins, Versus blessed us with this shot of the crowd after Montreal netted the go ahead goal.
Ouch. En Francais, I think this means Crosby needs a shower.
With the Habs tying up the series 2-2 tonight, could a second upset be in the works? I don’t know. But one thing’s for sure: Though I hate the Canadiens, they are clearly the better of two evils here. Let’s go Nads!
If you need a close-up of the sign, click below! Also, special thanks to James W. for the photos.
From Japers’ Rink’s email apparently.
On April 25, 2010, In Artwork, By Russian Machine Never Breaks
If you read our interview with Miss Virginia USA, Samantha Casey, last week, you were made aware that the beautiful blonde was sharing the May Cover of Northern Virginia Magazine with Capitals superstuds Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom. Well, said cover has finally been released to the public via Northern Virginia Magazine’s Facebook Fan Page and we thought everybody should check it out. What do you guys think?
Also, if you’ve got a few minutes, make sure to check out Behind the Scenes action of the covershoot. It’s worth a look to see Green Life and Backie caked in makeup. One last thing, can someone hook us up with a copy of the magazine? Residing in Baltimore makes getting a hardcopy tough. If you can, shoot me an email.
On April 22, 2010, In Artwork, Neil Greenberg, By Russian Machine Never Breaks
For those of you who missed it, here’s how Craig Laughlin punctuated the end of his awesome telestrating during the second intermission.
Screengrab via @danaciz.
