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Summary:

Bood:
Have you looked through our schedule yet?

Rozanov:
Shane is dissecting it now
I know better than to interrupt calendar time
Or I won’t get my reward

Bood:
Not touching that
Look at our first road day off

Rozanov:
Are we going to be stuck in Winnipeg for three days again?
I will sue

Hollander:
Oh God

Rozanov:
What???

Bood:
We have a day and a half off in Las Vegas
On Halloween
Y’all are sorting out the bail funds right? With all that endorsement money

Hollander:
Maybe it won’t be that bad?
Our guys party a lot less than the rest of the league

Rozanov:
You have met Bergy and Young, yes?

Bood:
Don’t forget Pointy
And Dillon
Honestly Haasy could be a wild card too
Rozanov:
Do not worry Shane
Will be good practice for having kids, yes?
Drunk hockey players are just large toddlers

Hollander:
It’s going to be a nightmare

Bood:
Lmao yep we’re so cooked 😂

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OR

The Centaurs have a night off in Las Vegas on Halloween. It goes about as well as one would expect. Told through group chats and social media posts

Notes:

Hello everyone! This is set in the 2022-2023 season, which is Shane's second season with the Centaurs. I'm assuming that Ilya is captain and Shane and Bood are both Alternates.

I love the Cens, and I especially love writing the dynamic of Shane and Ilya being older brothers/"parenting" the younger guys. This was mainly born as an excuse to get to write more of that.

I marked this as crack because it's not at all realistic that the boys would be babysitting their teammates to this level, but I was having fun with it so why not.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

July 16, 2022 - Schedule Release Day

 

HORSE WRANGLERS (CENTAURS CAPTAINS)

 

Bood: 

Have you looked through our schedule yet?

 

Rozanov: 

Shane is dissecting it now

I know better than to interrupt calendar time

Or I won’t get my reward

 

Bood:

Not touching that

Look at our first road day off

 

Rozanov:

Are we going to be stuck in Winnipeg for three days again?

I will sue

 

Hollander:

Oh God

No

Absolutely not

 

Rozanov:

What???

 

Bood:

We play the Golden Knights on 10/30 and don’t fly out until early afternoon on 11/1 

We have a day and a half off in Las Vegas

On Halloween

Y’all are sorting out the bail funds right? With all that endorsement money

 

Hollander:

Maybe it won’t be that bad?

Our guys party a lot less than the rest of the league

 

Rozanov:

You have met Bergy and Young, yes?

 

Bood:

Don’t forget Pointy

And Dillon

And Stubbsy

Honestly Haasy could be a wild card too

He can be a menace when he wants to be

 

Rozanov:

Do not worry Shane

Will be good practice for having kids, yes?

Drunk hockey players are just large toddlers

 

Hollander:

Fuck

It’s going to be a nightmare

 

Bood:

Lmao yep we’re so cooked 😂

 

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October 31, 2022 - 11:36 AM

 

CENTAURS GROUP CHAT

 

Harris:

Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃

I hate to be the fun police, but please remember tonight (and all other nights) you are public figures representing your team 

Have fun, drink responsibly, but DO NOT post anything on social media that you wouldn’t want to say in front of a group of grandmothers 🙏

If you have any questions or need help temporarily singing out of any accounts, please reach out to me 

And if something does happen, I’ll be on call tonight ready to help you through it

 

Barrett:

Aka don’t create extra work for my boyfriend or I will make sure you can never post again

 

Dykstra:

Jesus Barrett

 

Barrett:

Too much?

 

Harris:

Just a bit bud

 

Rozanov:

Please listen to Harris

Club reservation at Synth starts at 9 PM

Bood, Shane, and I will be organizing private cars back to the hotel throughout the night

If you leave club for other parties, do not embarrass me

I will be very unhappy man if I have to hunt you down all over the strip 

 

Hollander:

Don’t forget to grab some electrolyte mix from the trainers if you plan on drinking tonight!

Start hydrating now if you haven’t already 

 

Bood:

And if I see any of you fuckers without a costume on you’ll be taking a greyhound bus to Arizona tomorrow 

 

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8:48 PM

 

INSTAGRAM

 

[Image - Ilya dressed as Edward and Shane as Jacob from Twilight. Ilya has the peacoat with no shirt underneath and his whole chest covered in glitter. Shane is wearing a cutoff grey tank top with a pair of jeans.]

 

@IlyaRozanov - Perks of being a better hockey player than your husband: getting to pick the Halloween costume #TeamEdwardAndJacobShouldKissInstead

 

Comments:

 

@ShaneHollander - Who’s winning the points per game race again? You’re only up for now because I was out for a few games 🙄

 

@IlyaRozanov - you should have thought about your weak ankle before you made the bet 

 

@RoseLandry - Shouldn’t Shane be shirtless for canon compliance? Give the people what they want!

 

@IlyaRozanov - he will be by the end of the night 😈

 

@ShaneHollander - not if you keep commenting 

 

@IlyaRoznaov - 🤐

 

@ZaneBoodram - 🦮

 

@JackiePike - 10/10 no notes 🔥

 

@CliffMarleau - bro what is that hashtag 😂😂😂

 

@KyleSwift - I would actually watch this version of Twilight 😘

 

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9:52 PM

 

TWITTER

 

@HockeyUpdates - Ambulance called to Las Vegas nightclub where Ottawa Centaurs are celebrating. Winger Tanner Dillon took a stumble in VIP and required medical attention. No updates on the extent of his injury yet. 

 

[Video - Tanner Dillon, yelling across the VIP section as he walked backwards. He did not realize he was at the small set of stairs of the section and stumbled backwards. He flipped over the railing and crashed loudly onto the table below, his head hitting a beer bottle at the perfectly wrong angle. Blood poured out of his head as he tried to sit up.]

 

@CentaursKatie - Poor Dillon, hope he’s okay!!! wtf is he dressed as tho???

 

@HollanovHoe - I think he’s The Dude from The Big Lebowski. Idk what else could explain the jelly shoes 

 

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10:14 PM

 

HORSE WRANGLERS (CENTAURS CAPTAINS)

 

Bood: 

Dilly and I are in the ambulance now

He keeps bleeding through bandages but it’s mostly under control otherwise

The man is definitely concussed though

He’s trying to explain his costume to the EMT but he keeps confusing himself

He’s described a mix of plots of The Matrix, Reservoir Dogs, and The Godfather instead of the Big Lebowski 

 

Hollander:

Thanks for the update

Let us know if you need anything 

 

Rozanov:

Yes thank you Bood

I called Wiebe. He is on the way to the hospital with Dr. Terry

When he is healthy again we must burn those fuckass shoes

They are so stupid they caused catastrophic injury

Cannot believe someone wanted to go home with him dressed like this

 

Bood:

Thanks Roz

Apparently she’s a Letterboxd influencer

He’s cried about her twice already. Doesn’t think he’ll ever meet someone that hot again 

 

Hollander:

What does that even mean?

 

Bood:

No fucking clue 🤷🏽‍♂️

 

_____

 

11:41 PM

 

Harris Drover -> Ilya Rozanov

 

Harris:

Can you confiscate Bergy’s phone? And maybe the alcohol? 

[Image - Screenshot of Bergy’s Instagram story. He’s chugging straight from a handle of tequila. I Hate U by Sza is playing over it]

 

Rozanov:

On it 🫡

 

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11:51 PM

 

Ilya Rozanov -> Mason Holmberg 

 

Rozanov:

Bergy where did you go?

 

Holmberg:

Rozzzzzzozzoozzzz

Ur suchaaaa good daddy

U should have lots of babieeeees with hollllzzy

Think of the hockey 🥺😭🥺🥺🥺

Im never gonna be as good of a dad as uuuuuu 😭😭

 

Rozanov:

Are you outside? 

I need a location

 

Holmberg:

I don’t even know how to do any dad things

I’m scared of lawn mowers

I don’t understand any of the settings on the laundry machine

I flooded our apartment when I tried to change them

Bood made me help with the grill once and I wanted to cry

Pointy makes all my dentist appointments for me 

 

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11:55 PM

 

Ilya Rozanov -> Luke Stubbs

 

Rozanov:

Please tell me you have eyes on Bergy

 

Stubbs:

CAPPY CAPPPPPPPP CAPPPPPPERRRRSSS

We are at the strip club next door

SHHHH it’s a secret tho

🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

Rozzy nbd but I fell in love 🥵🍑🥰💍

 

Rozanov:

Do. Not. Move.

 

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12:09 AM

 

lya Rozanov -> Evan Dykstra & Nick Chouinard 

 

Rozanov:

Are you guys still awake?

 

Dykstra:

Yeah Chou’s on the phone with Selena

Need us to come help with the children?

 

Rozanov: 

Can I drop Bergy off at your room?

He is very drunk

And needs advice from fathers

Which I cannot give because Shane will not let me get him pregnant :(((

 

Dykstra:

LMAO I’m telling him you said that

But sure

We’ll try to help if we can I guess

 

Rozanov:

We will be there in 15

Have to return Stubbsy to Synth first 

He tried to propose to the dancers 

 

Chouinard:

Rookie mistake 😂

 

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12:12 AM

 

GREATEST BEARS OF ALL TIME

 

Rozanov:

The child spent 14k and proposed to two different dancers after only 45 minutes in strip club

I am raising a baby Connors 🙃

[Image - Stubbs looking very drunk, throwing up a peace sign standing in a parking lot]

 

Marleau:

If he breaks Connie’s record of 25k in 25 minutes he legally has to be traded to us 😅

 

Connors:

You promised we’d never talk about that again!

 

St. Simon:

Shouldn’t have done lines of coke off of a stripper’s tits in front of your boys if you wanted discretion 🤷‍♂️

Talk about a Miami cliche 

 

Carmichael:

Remember that “yacht” he rented later that night? 😂😂😂

 

Marly:

It was slower and uglier than my grandpa’s pontoon boat 💀

I thought we were gonna have to get rescued by the coast guard 

 

Hammersmith:

I could’ve swam back to shore faster

And the girls never even showed up to party with us

Just us sad fucks drinking brews on the ocean 

 

St. Simon:

Ah I had forgotten why we never let him plan anything anymore 

 

Connors:

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

Fuck all of you 

At least I swung big 

 

Carmichael:

Best decision you ever made was stopping the blow 

 

Rozanov:

Yes remember the terrible shirts. Like if magic eye paintings met fraternity chic  

How you met your wife during this time I have no idea 🤔

 

Connors:

She saw a diamond in the rough 🥰

 

Marleau:

Bring your rook out the next time you’re in Boston! We can see if he’s dumber than ours  

 

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12:28 AM

 

TWITTER

 

@HockeyUpdates - WNBA team Las Vegas Aces are partying at the same club as the Ottawa Centaurs. Players Joey Young and Naomi Washington were seen leaving together hand in hand. 

 

[Images of the couple giggling, holding each other, and kissing as they got into an Uber]

 

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12:43 AM

 

HORSE WRANGLERS (CENTAURS CAPTAINS)

 

Hollander: 

Young left with one of the WNBA players and called Stubbsy from a wedding chapel

Stubbsy tried to sneak out to be their witness

I’m heading there now to make sure he doesn’t actually get married

Wyatt is holding down the fort at the club

 

Bood:

Fucking hell

 

Rozanov:

Let me know if you need backup

I dropped Bergy off with Dykstra and Chou

I am outside club, Pointy found litter of kittens abandoned and wants to take them home

Going to handle that now

 

Bood:

Jesus Christ

So much for thinking I was having the worst night sitting in the ER

I’ve never seen so many black out drunk people in such a small space btw

Wait what happened to Bergy?

 

Rozanov:

He found out he might have gotten his ex-situationship pregnant

 

Bood:

Ooooooof

 

Rozanov:

How is Dillon?

 

Bood:

Had to get fifteen stitches

Has a moderate concussion and lots of bruising but no broken bones

We’re waiting for a CT scan to make sure there’s no internal bleeding

 

Hollander:

Could have been worse

Hope they get him in soon

 

Bood:

Thanks, sounds like it’ll be a few more hours at least

 

Hollander:

Ah sorry man

 

_____

 

1:01 AM

 

INSTAGRAM

 

[Image of Pointy holding four orange kittens in his arms chaotically, overwhelmed with cuteness]

 

@IlyaRozanov - Anyone in Las Vegas area that works at cat rescue please help us find place to take these babies. Otherwise @JordanLaPointe will smuggle them into Canada and the paperwork that will cause will kill me

 

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1:25 AM

 

INSTAGRAM

 

[Image - Ilya hugging the kittens goodbye]

 

@IlyaRozanov - Thank you so much @LasVegasCattyShack for taking in these babies. Jordan, Ilya, Shane, and Wyatt will be available for adoption soon. Reach out to them for more information. ❤️

 

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1:29 AM

 

HORSE WRANGLERS (CENTAURS CAPTAINS)

 

Hollander:

Young lost his ID god knows where, so they can’t legally get married

But they already paid so they’re just going to do a ceremony for fun without any paperwork

I’m helping him pick a suit but the options are tragic

What do we think? 1, 2, or 3

[3 images]

 

Rozanov: 

They are all very stupid

 

Bood:

💯

2 is maybe the least terrible

 

*Hollander liked this message*

 

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2:13 AM

 

Joey Young -> Zane Boodram

 

Young:

WIFED UP BABYYYYYY

[Image]

 

Bood:

Congrats bud! You didn’t waste any time 

 

Young:

She is too perfect and gorgeous and funny and smart and perfect to wait

Can you ask Cassie to add her to the wag chat pls

[Shared Contact]

 

Bood:

I’ll text her first thing tomorrow morning 

 

Young:

🙌🙌🙌

 

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2:21 AM

 

Troy Barrett -> Ilya Rozanov

 

Barrett:

Please don’t be mad

But I might have lost Haasy

 

Rozanov:

What do you mean you lost Luca???

That kid is so blonde he glows in the dark like flashlight

 

Barrett:

I went to the bathroom and then he was just like gone

I can’t find him, this place is too packed

 

Rozanov:

Where are you?

 

Barrett: 

Piranha

 

Rozanov:

We will be there in 20

 

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2:21 AM

 

HORSE WRANGLERS (CENTAURS CAPTAINS)

 

Rozanov:

The Pointy situation is handled

Wyatt and I just got back to the hotel with most of the guys

Had to put Stubbsy on makeshift leash since he kept trying to run away

And Mickelson got sexiled by Boyle but we figured it out

Barrett and Haasy are the only two still out

They’re at a gay bar apparently

 

Bood:

Basically everyone in bed before 3. Not too bad

 

Hollander:

Thank God

We’re leaving Taco Bell, should be back in like five minutes

 

Bood:

Omg Hollzy did you indulge in t bell? 🤯

 

Hollander:

Lmao definitely not

@Rozanov don’t worry I got your usual

 

Rozanov:

Ahhh thank you my beautiful perfect husband!

I will reward you later 😘

 

Bood:

You know the rules!

Take that to your private chat please

 

Hollander:

Any updates from the hospital?

 

Bood:

Dillon is finally next in line for the CT

They said it should be within the next hour

 

Rozanov:

Barrett just texted. He lost Luca

 

Bood:

😂😂😂

What did I say?

That kid is trouble

Too slippery for his own good

 

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2:37 AM

 

GAY + BI CENS

 

Harris:

TROY NATHANIEL BARRETT

WHY ARE THERE VIDEOS OF YOU IN A GO-GO CAGE ALL OVER BEYONCE’S INTERNET

[Link]

 

Hollander:

Barrett what the fuck???

You’re supposed to be looking for Luca

(Please @Haas call us when you see this)

 

Barrett: 

I’m so sorry baby please forgive me 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I was trying to find him!!! 

I’m alone and maybe a little too tipsy and I panicked

I bribed a dancer to let me up there so I could get a better vantage point

But I didn’t see him anywhere :( 

Harris I love you so so so much please let me make it up to you 

I’m so fucking sorry for giving you more work 😭

 

Harris:

Aw baby don’t worry, we’ll talk about it later

Love you too ❤️

Did anyone think to check Luca’s socials?

He just posted an Instagram story tagged at Hamburger Mary’s about five minutes ago

 

Barrett:

THANK YOU BABE!!!!!

You are so smart and talented I love you so much

@Roz @Hollzy Looks like that place is only a few blocks from me. I’ll meet you there

 

Rozanov:

Please FaceTime with Harris for the walk so I don’t have to worry about you dying in the street

 

Barrett:

You got it Cap

 

Rozanov:

Also where did you get the harness?

And do they have one in Shane’s size?

 

Hollander:

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

 

Barrett:

It was part of the agreement to get on stage

I can give it to you Hollzy 🤷‍♂️

 

Hollander:

There is literally nothing I want less

 

Harris:

Sorry bud I’m vetoing that. I’m gonna need you to bring it home with you 😈

 

Barrett:

🫡🥵

 

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3:18 AM

 

GAY + BI CENS

 

Harris:

Any Luca sightings yet?

 

Rozanov:

My son decided tonight would be perfect time for debut Rocky performance 

[Image - Picture of Luca and an insanely hot drag queen posing with their arms around each other. Luca is dressed as Rocky with the tiny gold shorts and wearing a bold, wildly neon patterned facekini with a blonde tuft of hair on top. The drag queen is dressed as Frank-N-Furter.]

 

Harris:

Omg

You killed me

You hockey boys finally ended me

I’m actually speechless

 

Hollander:

I have never seen Rocky Horror Picture Show, but I liked the song they lip synced to

Something about time bending?

 

Haas:

The guy that was supposed to play Rocky got too high and they needed a replacement

I agreed as long as no one could see my face or know who I was

I figured hockey twitter would not be very kind about this 😔

 

Harris:

Taking my communications director hat off for a second, I am so proud of you Luca for pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. I’m sure you shined up on that stage 🤩🥰

But we need a new team rule. No more spontaneous performances in gay clubs, straight clubs, strip clubs, burlesque shows, community theatre, literally anything. I need prior warning so we can plan the response, okay? I would love to support you all with whatever you want to do, my blood pressure just can’t handle the surprises 😅

 

Barrett:

Of course. Sorry baby 

 

Haas:

Sorry Harris!

 

Hollander:

Sounds great to me! You don’t have to worry about surprise performances here 

 

Rozanov:

Thank you for all the work tonight Harris. I will tell team new rule tomorrow. Get some sleep 

 

Harris:

Are you all finally back at the hotel?

 

Barrett:

On our way now, except for Haasy. He went home with Dinah Mite

 

Harris:

Have fun Luca! Use protection! 

 

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4:23 AM

 

HORSE WRANGLERS (CENTAURS CAPTAINS)

 

Bood:

Dillon just finally got released 

No internal bleeding thank christ

I’m on concussion watch tonight, I’ll hand him off to you two at breakfast tomorrow 

 

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7:05 AM

 

HOLLANDER FAMILY GROUP CHAT

 

Yuna:

Good morning boys! 

If you haven’t seen it yet, a video of you two at the club last night has gone viral

But don’t worry, Farrah is on it

[Link - Video of Shane and Ilya dancing at Hamburger Mary’s. Ilya is holding onto Shane’s ass for dear life, and Shane is kissing Ilya’s neck. Shane’s shirt is covered in body glitter from where their chests were pressed together.]

 

Shane:

After everything that happened last night, THAT goes viral??? 🙄

 

Ilya:

Sorry мой любимый. I did not realize us as Jacob and Edward would be too powerful for the internet 😔

With great sexiness comes great responsibility 

 

David:

I’m just glad you boys are being young and having fun!

At least my granddaughter is unproblematic 

[Image - Anya curled up in David’s lap]

 

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7:15 AM

 

HORSE WRANGLERS (CENTAURS CAPTAINS)

 

Hollander:

Thanks for staying with Dillon all night Bood. We can take over anytime so you can get a little sleep

 

Bood:

I’ll take you up on that. Room 319

If we ever get a night off in Vegas again I’m quitting hockey

 

Rozanov:

I’ll be right there with you

I’m getting too old for these индейки

 

Bood:

For real. At least with fatherhood they’re your turkeys 😂

 

Hollander:

I can’t wait to find out someday soon 😅

 

*Rozanov loved this message*

Notes:

Thank you for reading!

Translations:

мой любимый - My beloved
индейки - Turkeys

A few notes:

The WNBA player I mentioned is made up and not meant to represent anyone real.

Luca's facekini is basically a copy of the one RuPaul wore on the runway for the Drag Race facekini episode, only with short blonde hair instead of a ponytail.

I completely forgot about Boyle until the very end, after I made Luke Stubbs up as I needed another rookie body basically.

I put Bergy through another pregnancy scare. I had more jokes I wanted to make about that basically, and for some reason that plot line really speaks to me for him