No one, anywhere in the world, is having more fun than Alex Ovechkin right now.
The Washington Capitals captain is in the middle of what looks to be a really bloody loose party in celebration of the side’s NHL Stanley Cup victory, secured late last week thanks to a 4-1 pasting of the upstart Vegas Golden Knights.
As is tradition – and because hockey absolutely owns – the historic Stanley Cup is travelling around the traps with Ovi and the team, and is more often than not the centrepiece of celebrations.
Some players take it to their home town and show it off at local clinics. Others whisk it around the golf course. Some even fill the cup with hot dogs and chow down.
Ovi, on the other hand, has chosen to go completely boonta with it.
Ovi’s big day with the cup began at a Washington Nationals baseball game, where the big Russian – apparently unaware of how Jumbotrons at baseball parks work – began wildly waving the cup around in a corporate box at random intervals throughout the game.
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Alex Ovechkin is in a suite down the line just randomly lifting the Stanley Cup and hyping up the crowd: pic.twitter.com/koqQuEoWEy
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) June 9, 2018
Hell yeah. Hell YEAH.
From there, because it was an afternoon game, Ovechkin had plenty of time to do pretty much whatever the hell he wanted. And what he wanted to do was fill the cup up with beer and do a damned keg stand on Lord Stanley’s head.
Your average bloke would have a hard time finding something to top that, but your average bloke doesn’t have long-awaited NHL glory pumping through his veins. So as you would, Ovi then proceeded to pop his shirt off and dive into a public fountain to do some snow (water?) angels.
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin strips down to his shorts and dives into a fountain in Georgetown to celebrate winning the Stanley Cup. https://t.co/eddD7CnUbY pic.twitter.com/311ao9BPdZ
— ABC News (@ABC) June 11, 2018
It’s been hours since the Caps swam in the fountain, but this angle is new to me. And amazing. Because they’re all amazing. (via @jgboy13) https://t.co/1SicLw6jaS
— Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) June 10, 2018
You’re a LEGEND, Ovechkin!
pic.twitter.com/BdfPhxpPie— Brodie Brazil (@BrodieNBCS) June 10, 2018
important video I have acquired from the waterfront @dcsportsbog pic.twitter.com/RqsIW18Jhj
— Perry Mattern (@pmattern7) June 9, 2018
That, in turn, became an impromptu bar-wide dance party in the water as ordinary citizens slowly discovered that they too can simply get in the fountain if they want because who the hell is gonna stop them? The COPS??
and now, dancing in the fountain. (@tonyandjoes) pic.twitter.com/h4c0ydoxmE
— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) June 9, 2018
After that, Ovechkin marched the Stanley Cup into a different nearby bar, immediately becoming the King of said bar and granting him the power to do anything he liked, which in this case was go behind the bar, order someone to pour a comically large-sized bottle of champagne into the cup, and lead the entire facility in a singalong of We Are The Champions.
At Cafe Milano with the Caps and the Cup. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/hCQLWwwSbL
— Carolyn Cerbin (@carolyncerbin) June 9, 2018
@ikhurshudyan @dcsportsbog still singing We are the Champions pic.twitter.com/NLs1fvp27A
— ChrisBurger21 (@ChrisBurger21) June 10, 2018
It’s a common tune for Ovechkin throughout the celebrations, too. Here he is singing it again while attempting to cultivate a fire large enough to bring down small aircraft.
Alex Ovechkin is now casually grilling out while singing “We are the Champions” pic.twitter.com/QREwnW0kKL
— Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) June 10, 2018
You’ll be pleased to know that he did make it home safely, despite attempting to single-handedly drink Washington D.C. dry.
The cup made it home too.
Here they are safely and snugly tucked into bed together.
When you’re just now getting into bed, but also still a Stanley Cup Champ pic.twitter.com/jXJVsL7ror
— Chris Cerullo (@CJC_95) June 10, 2018
Hockey owns. Hockey players are legends. Alexander Ovechkin is one hell of a loose unit.
Unbelievable that a Russian is more universally beloved in the American capital than the President is right now.
