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The response from last week’s video filled Harris with inspiration for his next one. In contrast to how he felt last week, when he couldn’t think of a single idea, now he had way too many. He couldn’t settle on just one idea, so he wrote them all on the whiteboard in his office, hoping it would help him narrow things down. Instead, it only made each idea clamor for his attention, and there were just so many good ones to choose from. He could ask Boyle for a story time about how he got stuck in an elevator, ask Troy and Shane to film another cooking video and get Ilya to do the voice over. Fans seemed to really like that one.
He sipped his Frappuccino, eyes lingering on the board for a few more moments before a knock at the door pulled his attention away. “Come in!” he called, turning to see who it was. Coach Wiebe stepped in. “Hey, Brandon,” Harris greeted as he settled into his chair, while Wiebe took the seat across from the desk. "What can I help with?" he asked as he took another sip from his drink, Wiebe sigh before he spoke "I got a call from Crowell" he stated solemnly and this time Harris sighed and whispered "Oh fuck". Wiebe nodded "Yeah, he had some complaints about the language used in your last video".
Harris shook his head "No, I made sure I bleeped or put a noise over every swearword in that video, trust me it took at least a day just to do the bleeps", Wiebe reached into his pocket and pulled out a note written on a piece of paper "It wasn't that" He pulled the piece of paper closer to his eyes; internally scolding himself for leaving his glasses in his office. "It was the use of the phrase 'Canada down, you mean you go down on a Canadian?'" He read making air quotes with his other hand "I don't know what Canada down means, but i do know what the second part of that means".
Harris scoffed "You have to admit that was funny" Wiebe nodded with a small smile on his face "And that wasn't even Roz who said that, that was Cliff Marleau. He's not even on this team, and he was just here for a social visit. Please tell me he's getting a talking to about this as well". Wiebe shrugged "I'm not sure if he's getting told off, probably is, but Crowell didn't like how this made the Cens seem less than family friendly". Harris rolled his eyes "Great, so the team's getting penalised for something someone on another team did in a video for social media, we both know it's cause Crowell hates Shane and Ilya".
Wiebe took a sip of his coffee and nodded "Yeah, I think the feeling is mutual. Anyway, the good thing is: we're not getting in any trouble for it, just a warning this time". Harris rolled his eyes "Great, a warning", Wiebe nodded "Yeah I know it's not much, but he said he's not keen to speak to me again and doesn't want the publicity he would get from scrutinising players like ours". Harris rolled his eyes for the second time "well we both know what that means" Wiebe laughed and nodded "Yeah, which brings me to an idea I have for you". Harris leaned in to listen closer to Wiebe "Tell me your idea, Brandon".
"Well, I was thinking, people really loved Dykstra going around and asking players questions, so why don't we do something similar?". A huge smile came over Harris' face as he launched himself out of the chair and over to the white board "It's funny you should say that, because I have just the perfect idea" he pointed to an idea on the board and Wiebe leaned in to get a closer look "Harris you're gonna have to read that out, I left my glasses in my office". Harris laughed "We get the players to ask Hollanov questions".
"And what is Hollanov" Wiebe asked, Harris scoffed "Shane and Ilya, Hollander plus Rozanov equals Hollanov". Wiebe nodded "Okay and what do you think we should get the boys to do?" Harris sat back down in his chair "Well I was thinking after practice I could give each one them the microphone and film them asking Hollanov a question, could be for the both of them or just for one of them". Wiebe shrugged "That sounds like a great idea, as long as it's appropriate, I really don't want that gremlin or any of his associates on the other end of the phone again or sending a VERY strongly worded passive aggressive email". Harris nodded "Don't worry Brandon, I'll make sure I edit or bleep out anything that could be deemed inappropriate".
Harris paused for a moment before speaking "Or what if we do two versions of the video?", Wiebe leaned in closer with a small smile on his face "I'm listening". Harris took another sip of his drink before talking again "What if we do the normal family friendly fluffy nice version of the video and then do like a not safe for work video?". Wiebe shook his head and sighed "I don't know about that Harris, I really don't want anyone from the league marching up hear and telling me that the team is full of sexual deviants and aren't portraying themselves in a way in line with the league's values".
Harris let out a scoff "Crowell literally stood by Dallas Kent until he was put in prison and left a press conference when a reporter asked a question about that situation. Also if we make it very obvious the other version of the video shouldn't be viewed by under 18s and has explicit language and content, people cannot get mad. Fuck it. I'll even make sure it gets age restricted on TikTok, Instagram, whatever". Wiebe nodded "Okay, fine then. However, if I get anything from the league or that fucker, I will be pointing them in your direction".
The two of them nodded at each other for a few seconds before Harris spoke again "So when can I film this?", Wiebe took his phone out and scrolled through his calendar "Well, it's Monday now, I've got a morning practice scheduled on Thursday and neither of the husbands will be there so-". "Oh how come?" Harris interrupted and Wiebe laughed for a second "Roz has to get one of his teeth replaced. Again. There's still part of the broken on in his jaw so he's gotta go under anesthetic and get the rest pulled". Harris nodded in acknowledgement "And I'm guessing Shane's going to hold his hand and drive him home". Wiebe laughed and nodded, "Yeah, or to hold him down and stop him from biting the dentist".
A sarcastic look of disgust spread across Harris's face "Ewwwwww, you think Ilya is the biter out of the two of them". Brandon laughed "Nahhhh, I know they're as bad as each other" he leaned in closer and whispered "I once saw Roz' back in the locker room and it was covered in scratches and bites. The pair of them are freaks, but it's nice that they're freaks together".
The following Thursday Harris was sitting leaning against the gate of the rink watching the team practise their goal accuracy, Wyatt successfully defending the goal against almost all of their shots. A jolt of pride surged through him as Troy nailed the shot into the goal and was instantly cursed out by Wyatt. The practice session lasted another twenty minutes until Wiebe called them all to the middle of the rink to discuss the next week's road trip, praise Wyatt for his excellent goal tending and go over general notices "And one final thing, Harris would like a moment of your time to film another video for TikTok. I already know what this is, all I ask is that you keep it appropriate".
The team skated over to Harris, many of them taking off their helmets and gloves along the way. “Harris,” Bood said with a clap, “what delightful things are you going to make us do for the internet?”. Harris laughed "It's not gonna be anything weird, I'm not gonna get Dykstra to harass you all about music again" the team jeered and laughed at Dykstra.
"If i remember correctly, you all seemed to like that and I have not received a single complaint about the locker room music since Harris and I made that video" He defended, Harris laughed again "Nah, its gonna be something similar, but not exactly the same". Troy chimed in now "Oh, god are you're not gonna make me do another cooking video with Holzy are you?", the group laughed again "Oh that was so funny to watch before cap did the voice over" Bood remarked.
"Yeah, it was really weird, you guys were just cooking salmon and vegetables in silence" Wyatt added and Troy rolled his eyes. Harris shook his head with a smirk on his face, "Don't worry babe, I'm gonna make you and Shane cook again. It's funny you should mention them actually, cause my idea for this video actually revolves around them".
"Oh god what are you gonna make us do?" Bood mock yelled and the group laughed again. Harris burst out into giggles "It's nothing weird, after people really liked that video Dykstra did I wa-" Harris was cut off by Dykstra "It's cause I'm cool as fuck that's why people liked it". Harris nodded "Yeah, sure, I was thinking cause Ilya and Shane aren't here at the moment, why don't I record you guys asking them questions about their relationship and then i film them answering them".
The players looked amongst them selves, as if they were silently asking each other if it was a good idea, the silence lasted a few moments until Boyle put his hand up and spoke "I'm guessing we have to ask appropriate questions?". Harris nodded "Yeah, I'm afraid so" a collection of groans came from the team "but, I did have the idea of doing an appropriate version and then doing a more not safe version". Nick Chouinard raised his hand and talked this time "Would that be allowed? cause I heard that coach got some shit from what Marleau said in the last video".
Harris nodded again "Yeah, Brandon got some shit from that fossil, so when we do the other version of the video, I’m gonna make it crystal clear that it’s not for anyone under 18 and is meant for adults only; stuff like that". All the players seemed to like that, Harris pulled the tiny microphone out of his pocket and connected it to the camera before speaking again "So what I'm gonna get you guys to do is line up, I'll give whoever is at the front the microphone you ask your question, give it to the person behind you and then go and skate around in the background and when you've all done it once I'll shout you all back and then we'll do the other version".
"Okay, boys, lets go!" Bood yells out and the team forms a line behind him, Harris passes him the microphone and presses record on the camera. "Harris what do you want me to say?" He asks looking at Harris behind the camera, Harris shrugs "Just say what's happening and then ask your question, just do what feels natural". Bood nods "Okay, gotcha" He brings the microphone to his face "Hi, I'm Bood with the Ottawa centaurs, boys give 'em a wave" the team wave their hands behind him "and we're asking our delightful other alternate captain and his husband, our captain questions about their life and what it's like to play on the same team as your partner".
"My question for Hollanov, cause that's what people on the internet and sometimes we call them, is who is the best player out of the two of you?" Bood says with a smirk and then passes to the microphone to Dykstra and skates away. Dykstra laughs "Starting off with an easy question" he examines the tiny microphone "I love this little microphone, I'm gonna steal this one day. Anyway, my question for Shane and Ilya is: What is your favourite meal to cook together? what do you like to cook together and what do you like to cook for each other?".
Dykstra passed the microphone to Boyle, who was behind him and skated away laughing to join Bood skating around behind the line. "Hi, I'm Boyle and I just wanna know what is what is you guys' love language? like are you guys more into words of affirmation, gift giving, acts of service, that kinda stuff" He passes the phone to Hayes and skates away to join Bood and Dykstra who had just started building a puck tower and seeing who could build the tallest one. "Oh god, what do i ask Hollander and Rozanov, uhhhhh" he chuckled "Do you think playing on the same team as each other has made you better players and better partners for each other? And do you think that the secret to being multi-Stanley cup winning captains is kissing dudes?"
Wyatt skated away and passed the microphone to Troy "Dude, that's such a weird question to ask" Wyatt skated back over and grabbed Toy's arm to bring the microphone top his face "Listen, not a weird question, the cup has exclusively been won by teams with dude kissers as captains since 2014, so clearly kissing other guys and being the team captain at the same time has it's advantages" Wyatt let go of Troy's arm and skated away. Troy rolled his eyes and laughed "He's so damn weird. Anyway, I have two questions for Shane and Ilya, first do you feel pressure to represent the gay community and be role models? cause for me that's something I get, so I feel like it's probably more for you guys".
Troy swallows and then asks his next question "And how did Scott Hunter's coming out effect you guys and your relationship with each other?" Troy smiled at Harris behind then camera and then passed it to Chouinard and skated away. Chouinard paused for a moment tyring to think of a question "I dunno, I don't wanna ask anything too invasive but uummmmm. I guess what is a thing you do to each other to kinda annoy or rage bait each other? Not in a purposeful piss off way, more like a playful kinda way or both" he finished his question with a shrug.
"Anyway, here’s your son, Luca Haas," he says, passing the microphone to Luca, who mutters, "They’re not my dads." Nick shoots him a questioning look paired with a smirk before skating away. "Anyway, I have several questions for Shane and Ilya," he continues, holding up three fingers. "First, how did you decide whose last name would come first when you got married?" He drops one finger. "Second, do you have any issues with language barriers?" He lowers another finger "Thirdly do either of your reputations impact how people view you as a couple?".
Luca passed the microphone to Tanner Dillon and skated away. Dillon brought the microphone near his mouth and sighed "I don't really have a question, I just want Shane to drop the skin care routine" he sighs again when Bood shouts as he skates by "That's not a question Tanner". Tanner laughs and shrugs "I don't know, tell us the story of your proposal then. Anyway, here's three children that refuse to be separated" he shoves the microphone to Young, who is at the back of the line with Holmberg and LaPointe.
"Hey guys, I just wanna ask if you guys talk about hockey at home as much as you do here? like do you discuss strategy over breakfast?" Young asks and then holds out the microphone for LaPointe to talk "Does the fact that Ilya is the captain and Shane is the alternative captain cause any friction between you guys?". Young then reaches past LaPointe and holds the microphone out for Holmberg to speak "We know Roz has several tattoos, he has that horrible bear and that weird bird and the trashy tramp stamp. So I wanna know if you guys have any tattoos or body modifications we don't know about? And do you have any dedicated to each other?".
The team finishes asking their questions so Harris uses the time to capture some background footage of the team skating around, building piles out of pucks and generally messing around on the ice until he asks Wiebe to gather the boys up again so they can ask their inappropriate questions. A week later he's in the WAG suite of the rink with Shane and Ilya sat on a couch with their backs facing the ice, that has a few players practicing their shooting on it. Shane and Ilya were dressed in their gym clothes with their jerseys thrown over the top of them.
A laptop had been placed on the coffee table in front of them and Harris had given them both a tiny microphone to talk into "What is it you want us to do exactly?" Shane asks, Harris gives him a smile "Well, when you guys were at the dentist last week I got the team together to ask you guys some questions". Shanes face looks a little shocked and Harris notices this "don't worry Shane, it's nothing too invasive or weird, they all kept it very respectful". Ilya bumped his knee against Shane's "Moya lyubov, don't worry yourself, it will be fun" Ilya reassured.
Shane nodded and let out a deep breath "Alright Harris, lets do this" he declared, Harris went behind the camera on the tripod and pressed record. Shane and Ilya held the microphones to their mouths and began speaking "Hey I'm Shane Hollander" Ilya said with a smirk. Shane side-eyed him and smirked as well "And I'm Ilya Rozanov" they both laughed "and today we're answering some questions from our lovely teammates, the Ottawa Centaurs". "AKA the best team in the league" Ilya adds "let's freaking do this" Ilya says and presses play on the computer.
They both laughed as they watched the team introduced themselves and wave at the camera, the first question came from Bood asking who the best player out of the two of them is, Ilya laughed and pointed to himself "I am". Shane shook his head "I'm pretty sure I'm the best player out of the two of us". Ilya rolled his eyes and scoffed "How so? Justify your statement" he commanded with a smile on his face. Shane giggled "First I won five Stanley cups, two with you on and three on a different team, I won Rookie of the year during our rookie year, multiple MVPs and I was listed first when ESPN did their article about players with highest hockey IQs".
Ilya scoffed again "Okay, so you make a good point, true I only have three cups; two of which I won with you. However, I have been the captain of two Stanley cup winning teams, also won MVP multiple times, I was first draft and I was ranked first by ESPN for players with aggressive playing styles". The two looked at each other in silence and shrugged at each other, Shane spoke "We're both great players that have a long list of achievements and have different playing styles that play to our strengths and makes us both great players. Right Ilya?"
Ilya nodded in agreement. “Yes, we’re both great players, but we both know I’m the better one,” he said with a grin. He laughed as Shane playfully elbowed him in the ribs, and they both burst into laughter. "Shall we see who's asking the next question and give them the answers?" Ilya asked and Shane nodded and pressed play on the computer. It was Dykstra asking what food they liked to cook together and what they liked to cook for each other. "Do you wanna answer first?" Ilya asked and Shane nods.
"So for me I like to eat a lot of very healthy food, I used to eat a macrobiotic diet, which is a bit of a weird diet that really limited what I'd eat. When me and Ilya cook together I really like it when we do our meal prep together, so like salmon and rice, pork and beans, lasagne, zucchini pasta, ya know stuff like that" Ilya nods as he acknowledges what Shane is saying "And when it's just me cooking for Ilya I really like just doing something simple and easy but still really good so like ginger-beef or peanut butter dumplings and of course B.C. Rolls".
Ilya tapped his knee against Shane's "I do really love it when you make your B.C. Rolls" Shane blushed and buried his face in Ilya's shoulder for a moment and Ilya pressed a kiss to Shane's head. Shane looked at Ilya and asked him to tell the audience his answer "I think for me I also really like when we do our meal prep together. I really like when we both get to research new recipes and try them together, it's the quality time we get to spend together that makes the cooking more fun" Ilya smiles "And then for what I like to cook for Shane, a lot of traditional Russian dishes, but my most favourite thing to cook for Shane is actually meatloaf".
Shane nods "Yeah, I really like it when you cook that". Ilya smiles "Good, I really like cooking it for you, it was one of the first meals I had when I first moved to America and got invited to dinner at Cliff Marleau's house and his mother cooked it for us and I was like 'holy fuck this is amazing' and now I like to cook it for Shane" Ilya finishes his sentence and presses another kiss to Shane's cheek. Shane presses play on the computer again and it was Boyle asking what their love language was; Ilya shrugs "My first language is Russian, I don't understand what people don't understand about that".
Shane, about to take a sip of water from his bottle, laughs when he hears Ilya say this and shakes his head "No, no, no Ilya" he keeps laughing and Ilya shoots him a look of confusion, Shane realising his husband is annoyed at the language barrier slows his laughing "Boyle means like what do we do to show our love to each other without just saying 'I love you'". Ilya nods in acknowledgement "I love you too, oh yeah he literally says that but I couldn't hear over your silly giggles" he states with his eyes full of love for his husband.
"For me, love language to Shane is tactile, I like it when we're just cuddling, holding hands while we're watching tv or when your legs are on my lap or the other way around and we're just doing stuff on our phones" Shane nods in agreement. "Yeah I think I'm the same, I love it when we're just together and yeah we're almost always together whether that's playing hockey, doing stuff with the foundation and obviously we live together as well; but I just like it when we're spending time together like when we're walking Anya or playing video games".
"Shall we answer the next question?" Ilya asks as he presses play on the computer again, it was Wyatt asking if the fact that they were married made them better players and the secret to winning a Stanley cup was being a dude-kisser. They both nod enthusiastically "Absolutely" Ilya says as he keeps nodding "Kissing other men makes you better at hockey, Shane what is your opinion?". Shane laughs for a second "Yeah, I'd say being gay and married to a teammate has defiantly made us stronger players and stronger partners for each other, especially cause we're together all the time. Strong bonds between teammates are always important in any sport, but with hockey cause we play for short shifts on the ice it's extremely important to be close with your linemates and understand them and I think cause you're my husband it helps us have a stronger line".
Shane thinks for a moment and then speaks again "also I'd love to point out we're not the first married couple to play hockey together", Ilya nods "Yeah, the Montreal Victoire has the wife line, so i guess we're the husband line?". They both nod and laugh "I think the men's game defiantly has a long way to come in terms of out players, but things are starting to get better and hopefully soon we'll be like the women's game where players can be out and nobody really cares if you have a husband or a wife" Shane states.
"And what about Evan asking if kissing other dudes is the secret to winning Stanley cups?" Harris asks from behind the camera, they both nod again "Absolutely the secret" Shane says and Ilya adds to Shane's answer "hockey is already a very gay sport, so I think when team captains just so happen to being also kissing other dudes, does it create an advantage? Look at who has won the cup since 2014 and you'll have your answer". Shane plays the computer again and they both laugh as they watch Wyatt try to justify his reasons for his question to Troy.
"That's literally what I said" Ilya shouts as he points at the computer, Shane puts a hand on his shoulder and shushes his husband. The two of them listen to Troy's questions about being role models for the gay community and if Scott's coming out had any effect on their relationship. Shane swallowed and nodded, choosing to answer first "For me being a role model to people has always been something that I've had since the beginning of my career. Whether that's just to younger hockey players, Asian-Canadian kids and players and I guess now to gay people in general. I've always kinda understood what comes with that many eyes on you so I guess I've always understood that pressure and I do feel more pressure to represent the gay community and I guess in a way prove that hockey players can be gay".
Ilya nods listening to what Shane is saying and interjects "I do think it's important for people to understand that yeah you're gay, I'm bisexual and we do represent the queer community, but we're also just hockey players and we're not the spokesmen for the community". Shane nods in agreement "with Scott Hunter coming out, that defiantly changed the course of our relationship, we'd been seeing each other for a long time and when I was injured in one of our games and sent to the hospital Ilya came to see me and I, whist very high, asked him if he'd come to my cottage for the summer".
"I said maybe, because I was actually planning on going back to Russia and the night I was packing I was watching the final and saw Scott very bravely take that leap of faith, amazing he can still leap at his age, kiss boyfriend; now his husband, on the ice in front of the whole hockey world and not really give a damn about what could happen and for me that was the moment when i decided that I should also take that leap of faith" Ilya added and Shane nodded recalling Ilya's phone call moments after that infamous kiss. "Okay, next question" Ilya declared and played the computer.
It was Nick Chouinard asking what they do to rage bait each other, Ilya pretended to crack his knuckles and laughed "I think I can answer this", He glanced at Shane, who gestured toward the floor, encouraging him to respond to the question. "I love rage baiting people" Ilya stated with a laugh, causing Shane to laugh as well and nod "Ilya is the biggest rage baiter I've ever met, nobody is immune". Ilya shook his head "hey, that is not true, I would never make any attempt to bait your parents or our daughter", Shane roles his eyes "Ilya, people will think we've had a baby cause you keep saying Anya is our dau- oh, I see what you did there" Shane cuts himself off realising he's just fallen for his husband's trick.
"I love annoying Shane by just doing whatever I want, within reason obviously, whilst he's trying to be serious or focus. So like playing ridiculous music in our home-gym whilst he'd doing squats or that one time I did a stupid dance whist he was agonising over solving the wordle" Ilya laughs and Shane just gives him an annoyed grin "Ilya love to just do stuff to piss me off whilst I'm already at my wits end, like chewing with his mouth open or scrolling TikTok on maximum volume whilst I'm trying to read my book"
"And what do you do to annoy Ilya?" Harris asks and the two men on the couch laugh "I put on my glasses when I'm mad at him and that's it" Shane says with a grin. "NEXT QUESTION" Ilya shouts as he presses play on the computer again and lets out an awww sound when he hears Nick call Luca his son and Luca frantically denying it. They both listen intently as Luca asks his three questions, Ilya speaks first "We decided on the order of our last names by just using the alphabet, right?". Shane nods "Yeah, we just did it by alphabetical order. We still use our original last names on the back of our jerseys just so things are easier".
Ilya laughed "Could you imagine if we didn't do that and the commentators had to say 'Hollander-Rozanov passes the puck to Hollander-Rozanov' it would be absolute chaos". Shane laughed "Oh god, shall we answer his next question?" and Ilya nodded "Yes language barrier sometimes can be a problem, when we first met I spoke pretty terrible English and Shane spoke literally no Russian". Shane smirked "Yeah, but then your English got better and I learnt Russian, so now our language barrier isn't really a problem; apart from those times when Ilya pretends he doesn't understand English".
Shane shoots Ilya a glare and Ilya just laughs and nods "Yeah, sometimes when we're somewhere that I don't want to be I pretend I don't understand English so I can leave the conversation, but also when you're doing something you don't want me to know about you'll speak French with your dad or Pike or your friends". Shane shrugs "Yeah, I do that and? answer Luca's next question, did your reputation effect how people view us as a couple". Ilya nods in agreement "yes it absolutely effected how people see us, because you're known to be boring and I was known as a party boy, so people see us together and are like 'wow wow how do they fit together?'".
Shane also nods in agreement "Yeah, I wouldn't say I'm boring, but I always felt like people saw me as this Canadian golden boy, whilst you are a damn menace to society and also there was rumours going around for years that I'm gay. Which is obviously true. Whereas you'd been seen by a lot of people with women and people thought you were such a ladies man". Ilya laughed "yeah, even your dad mentioned it when you introduced me to your parents". Shane put his head in his hands and sighed "Oh god don't even mention that".
"People think you have tamed me?" Ilya smirked. “Shall we answer Tanner?” Shane chuckled and nodded. “Yeah, I guess we should.” They sat in silence for a moment, holding hands and smiling as they listened to the question, bursting into laughter when Luca told Tanner to ask a proper one. “I can answer both of these questions— Ilya, you can shut up for a second.” Shane playfully covered Ilya’s mouth with his hand but quickly pulled it away when he realized Ilya had licked it, wiping his hand on Ilya’s sweatpants, which made Ilya laugh.
“You’re so gross,” Shane remarked, and Ilya just grinned. “Awww, but you really love me,” he said with a blush. Shane sighed. “Yeah, unfortunately I do. I guess my skin care routine is pretty excessive, according to Ilya.” Ilya nodded with a smirk as Shane shot him a side-eye. "In the morning I use an oil cleanser and then usually a gua sha just to massage my face with the cleanser. it helps with puffiness and just feel nice, then shower so I double cleanse my face there and obviously shampoo, condition, body wash and double cleanse my body".
Ilya counts the steps on his fingers as Shane lists them. "When I’m done in the shower, I air-dry my hair while I do the rest—toner, then a serum to shrink my pores, vitamin A serum, and finally a light gel cream and moisturizer. The goal of my morning skincare is to look like I just rolled out of bed and splashed some water on my face," Shane says with a laugh. "I just wake up and throw some water on my face," Ilya smirks, but Shane shakes his head. "That’s so not true—you use my cleanser and my sunscreen".
Ilya nods and laughs. "I absolutely do. People like to say your skin care is excessive—those people being me—and I’d say your evening routine is even worse. You’ve got your cleanser again, that weird face mask stick, that retinol thing, and then like three serums." Shane giggles. "Yeah, also moisturizer, and it’s not like you don’t use that face mask stick or my eye patches." Ilya rolls his eyes and nods. "Remember when your skin care got confiscated by airport security?". Shane sighs remembering the moment and nods "Yeah, that was so embarrassing".
Harris chimes in from behind the camera, “You guys wanna tell us that story?” Shane starts to speak, but Ilya covers his mouth and says, “We were going through airport security—pretty sure we were headed to Vegas or LA. Shane had all his skincare stuffed into this giant plastic bag, and instead of packing it in his luggage like a normal person, he just tossed it in his carry-on. The security guy pulls it out of the tray, just stares at him,” Ilya mimics holding something up, “and goes, ‘Sorry sir, you can’t take this much liquid in your hand luggage,’ then throws it straight into the bin, Shane was not amused".
Shane shakes his head. “It was so annoying—everyone else thought it was hilarious—but you did take me out to replace everything when we got home.” They share a loving glance before Ilya playfully nudges Shane. “Tell them about how you asked me to marry you". Shane nods and swallows the sip of water from his bottle "Yeah, it was when you got back from Tampa after the plane incident and I decided that I couldn't go another day without asking you to be mine forever. We always joked that we'd have this huge proposal at our cottage, candles and rose petals all over the dock".
"Real sappy shit" Ilya interjects and they both laugh "Yes, babe, super sappy. So before Ilya got home from the airport I filled our house with lots of LED candles and just tried to make it as romantic and cosy as possible. Ilya then came home and I got on my knee" Shane hops off the couch and reenacts the proposal "I said Ilya Gregoryevich Rozanov will you marry me? and Ilya said" Ilya laughed at the memory "I said 'you know my middle name?' and then I said yes" Shane got back on the couch and Ilya wrapped his arm around him "Oh and you got a ring that was the wrong size and didn't get the matching one for yourself".
Shane scoffed "Yeah, cause I wanted to make sure you'd say yes" Ilya pressed a kiss to Shane's cheek and Shane blushed "and I'm glad I said yes, the best decision i ever made Moya lyubov', shall we listen to the next question? I think Harris thinks we're about to make out if we don't move on". Shane nodded and sighed sarcastically "If we must" he said as he pressed play on the computer once again and they listened as Young asked his question. Ilya was the first to answer and shook his head "Shane's parents were actually the ones to suggest that we don't talk about hockey at home-shout out to Yuna and David" Ilya pointed at the camera.
Shane rolled his eyes and nodded "Yeah, I mean we still talk about hockey and we'll watch games, but we don't talk about stuff to do with the team or games we've played, unless absolutely necessary. My parents suggested it would be a good idea cause if we weren't hockey players and just worked like a normal office job or something we wouldn't go home and talk about work, so we basically just keep work talk to the car going to and coming from the arena and our home office"
Ilya nodded in agreement. “Yeah, just seems like a good idea—our home is for resting, relaxing, and other things,” he said, raising his eyebrows and licking his teeth. “Shall we answer the next question?” Shane asked as they listened to Lapointe ask if Ilya being the captain creates friction. Once the question ended, they sit staring at each other for a moment, unsure how to respond, until Ilya finally spoke. “I think it’s definitely something that can occasionally cause friction, but now it’s fine, though we had a few growing pains in the past.”
Shane nods "Yeah, we've both spent most of our careers being team captains, whether that was when we were juniors, both on different teams, all-stars, we both have a lot of experience being captains. When I came to Ottawa and Ilya was already the captain I think there was a lot of people outside of the team that thought we'd be co-captains or I'd automatically become the alternative captain just because we're married" Shane scoffs "I had to prove myself and work hard to get where I am just like everyone else".
Ilya brings his microphone to his mouth and nods "Yeah, when Shane joined the team I made it clear to him, our coaches and our whole team that just because Shane is my husband and we're line mates, the husband line plus Troy" Ilya stops talking and they both look at each other and laugh "THE GAY LINE!!" they both yelled with a laugh and Ilya continues his earlier train of thought "I made it very clear to literally anybody that would listen that there would be no favouritism towards Shane and he'd have to work to get to where he is now".
"I think that brings us to the final question" Shane stated as he pressed play on the computer and they both listened to Holmberg ask if they had any secret tattoos or body modifications. Ilya nods enthusiastically "first of all my bear tattoo is not horrible, it is a loon and it's not a 'tramp stamp'" he uses air quotes "It is a lower back tattoo". Shane shakes his head "It's a tramp stamp, when you showed it to my parents my mom called it a tramp stamp when you left the room". Ilya scoffed "Oh my goodness, Yuna I thought i was your favourite son" he said with a mock offended tone.
"But to answer Holmberg's question, yeah, I’ve had some body modifications people don’t know about. I have a septum piercing" Ilya flips out the gold piercing "got my nipples pierced when I was a teenager, but I take the bars out during the season—just imagine otherwise," Ilya says, and they both wince at the thought "Obviously I also have a few tattoos and I do actually have a couple dedicated to Shane. The loon is actually dedicated to when Shane invited me to the cottage for the first time and there was loons all around us an-". Shane interrupted "You got frightened by the loon and thought it was a wolf. I believe your exact words were 'Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird'".
Ilya waved his hand as if shooing Shane's words away "Details, details, who cares? Anyway, we also got each other's numbers tattooed on each other as well. Didn't we Shane?". Shane nods and sighs "Yeah, I guess people would find out eventually, but we got each other's numbers tattooed on our ankles" They both rush to take off their shoes and socks and show off their ankles, Ilya has a small '24' on his left ankle and Shane has a small '81' in the same place. "We chose ankles cause it's some where small and subtle but we both know where it is"
Shane nods in agreement as they both put their shoes and socks back on "Yeah, I think we also just wanted something that would be just for us, like we got them together and they wouldn't always be visible but we would always know that we had something for each other". The two of them link hands and Shane presses a kiss to the back of Ilya's hand, Ilya in return presses a kiss to Shane's cheek; causing Shane to blush.
"Well, I guess that's the end of the questions" Shane remarked, Ilya shrugged "I guess so, goodbye people watching this instead of doing anything productive" he said with a wave and elbowed Shane "Shane you must wave at the people as well". Shane laughed and waved as well. Harris pressed stop on the camera and thanked Shane and Ilya for taking part, keeping it a secret for now that in a few days time he'd be dragging them up here again to do the same thing but more inappropriate. It took him a few days to edit together all of the video clips, making it so the player's question matched up with Shane and Ilya's answer and removing any awkward cuts.
Ottawa Centaurs @OttawaCentaurs✅
This week the Ottawa Centaurs ask their team captain @IlyaRosanov81✅ and alternate @ShaneHollander24✅ some questions
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Ilya's sluttly lil chain @BottomFeeder514 This is actually so cute, you can see how much this team loves/respects each other and that's just nice
>Ilya's Phat Ass Est.1991 @RozysSweetCheeks81 @BottomFeeder514 Their photographer replied to me a few weeks ago and basically said that they were the nicest team she's ever worked for
>Juno Positions @HaveYouEverTriedHollanov @BottomFeeder514 @RozysSweetCheeks81 Just adding to my theory that the cens are basically just Ted Lasso but with hockey, gay and Canadian
Fuck Ice @rozahoe81 The bear tattoo, the bull ring, the loon, the tramp stamp, HAS HIS NIPPLES PIERCED AND HAS MATCHING TATTOOS WITH HIS HUSBAND?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
>Shane Why'd you leave @MetroHolzLuv @rozahoe81 God Rozanov has really trapped Hollander on that stupid team. Free my guy
>Marleau take me to Paris @RaiderBunBun @rozahoe81 @MetroHolzLuv Damn you're still dying on the hill that Shane's gonna come back to that stupid team after they treated him like utter shit
>Shane Why'd you leave @MetroHolzLuv @RaiderBunBun @rozahoe81 You weren't there so how can you be certain for sure that the team treated him like shit, when Shane was the captain the team literally gave interviews where they basically treated him like a god on earth
>Fuck Ice @rozahoe81@MetroHolzLuv @RaiderBunBun You also weren't there and the timing of Shane's fall and then abruptly moving to the Cens is pretty suspicious
>Fuck Ice @rozahoe81@MetroHolzLuv @RaiderBunBun Also can we please focus on the fact that Ilya has NIPPLE PIERCINGS AND A MATCHING TATTOO WITH HIS HUSBAND!!!!!!!!
2017All Game Kiss @AloneInTheVIP2018 Shane getting his skin care confiscated by TSA and Ilya taking him out when they got home to buy replacements because he know Shane was annoyed and probably upset
>Fleet or Raiders @B0stonG1rlie @AloneInTheVIP2018 To be loved is to be seen
>Centaurs Lost Boys @SwiftPuckers05 @B0stonG1rlie @AloneInTheVIP2018 Massive thank you to @IlyaRosanov81✅ for setting the bar higher than it has ever been when it comes to love
>Ilya Hollander-Rosanov @IlyaRosanov81✅ @SwiftPuckers05 @B0stonG1rlie @AloneInTheVIP2018 You're welcome 😘😊
Man In the Crease @ManInTheCrease✅ This week on @ManInTheCrease✅ we discuss the @OttawaCentaurs✅ and if they're using their star players and the so called 'Gay Line' to distract and intimidate other teams during the play offs
>First Husbands of Hockey @PikeApologist @ManInTheCrease✅ AHHHHH yeah, the most distracting thing in sport BEING GAY
>Ilya's sluttly lil chain @BottomFeeder514 @PikeApologist @ManInTheCrease✅ Lets face it @HAAAZZZYYYY✅ is correct kissing other dudes might be advantageous to winning the cup, literally every captain who's won the cup for the past few years has been kissing dudes
>Wyatt Hayes @HAAAZZZYYYY✅ @BottomFeeder514 @PikeApologist @ManInTheCrease✅I'm never wrong when it comes to the gays
>Wyatt Hayes @HAAAZZZYYYY✅ @BottomFeeder514 @PikeApologist @ManInTheCrease✅ Would like to add that I myself am not gay, but am just a very fierce ally
>Man In the Crease @ManInTheCrease✅@HAAAZZZYYYY✅ @BottomFeeder514 @PikeApologist We will also be discussing if being an 'ally' is actually a good thing to have in the locker room
>Wyatt Hayes @HAAAZZZYYYY✅ @BottomFeeder514 @PikeApologist @ManInTheCrease✅ How the hell are you guys making hour long podcast episodes based on tweets from players?Lowkey kinda sad
Fleet or Raiders @B0stonG1rlie Hollanov pointing out that they're not the only married hockey couple and shouting out the Victoire's wife line is WLW MLM solidarity
>Ilya Hollander-Rosanov @IlyaRosanov81✅ @B0stonG1rlie The Victoire is the best team from Montreal so shout out to those fantastic players
>Ilya Hollander-Rosanov @IlyaRosanov81✅ @B0stonG1rlie Before anyone asks Yes I do like to attend PWHL games with @HarrisDrover✅ cause they're always just such a fun time
Elvira Lugosi @WarrentParader5921 Troy saying that he feels pressure to be a good role model for young queer players and Shane and Ilya feeling the same, oh my poor heart can't take it @HarrisDrover✅ tell me we'll get to see Troy in more videos
>Harris Drover @HarrisDrover✅ @WarrentParader5921 👀👀👀
