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
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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Not sure if he’s a Ducks fan specifically but he does train at Great Park Ice
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?
He was at a game earlier this season and they let him start the buzzer thing and he also has a video of doing a back flip in his custom jersey.
[https://www.instagram.com/p/DSf5NosEmR2/?hl=en&img_index=6](https://www.instagram.com/p/DSf5NosEmR2/?hl=en&img_index=6)
Who?
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.
No. He rocked a ducks jersey a couple months back and did a backflip on the ice for the ducks socials
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).