As there's a woeful lack of hockey where I am, tomorrow, I'm going to at least enjoy the world championship in figure skating! I was about to cheer for Malinin anyway, but after seeing this picture it's even better haha! I thought he was a caps fan

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  1. Not sure if he’s a Ducks fan specifically but he does train at Great Park Ice

  2. Looks like he might have been honored at a game looking at that pic. Maybe the celebrity who gets the crowd fired up before each home game?

  3. Is ilia from SoCal or orange country specifically or is he just a fan? I knew Alyssa Liu is from the Bay Area but I didn’t even think about Ilia. I know hockey and figure skaters often cross paths in training so I’d not be surprised if some of the guys are friends.

  4. No. He rocked a ducks jersey a couple months back and did a backflip on the ice for the ducks socials

  5. Ilia trains out of the Ducks’ main practice facility (Great Park Ice) part-time, as do several other Olympians + many high level world competitors past and present (full and part-time), plus one of his main coaches is there (same guy who coached Nathan Chen).

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