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ange; ~pronouns~ a rotating collection of things i'm into. currently: hockey (and a little baseball)

[zoctopode]

can you imagine being a parent in the pokemon world and your kid comes home with one of those straight up basically human pokemon. i know those motherfuckers can talk.

its morning. i see my childs Throh getting some oj from the fridge. 'morning', i say. he doesnt catch himself in time and says 'morning' back. he freezes and we both stare at each other knowingly. 'throh,' he says, but its too fucking late

[beauvilliers]

STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP | June 14, 2026

[mira-marbles]

"only shooting stars break the mold"

Wrong

Haxorus

[urie]

being obsessed with a hockey player is just like i love my Some Fucking Guy thats my baby his name is Some Guy i love you Some Guy i see you in every sunset Some Guy

[urie]

some of you guys are reblogging this post and the Some Guy youre talking about is sidney crosby. respectfully that is not Some Guy. thats sidney crosby. youre not appreciating the spirit of Some Guy

[mack-will]

(x)

specifically for @wshockey

[cardboardpucks]

what if i told you that will was at the cuda game bc its a thing he and his dad usually do when his dad is in town and there's a game they can go to and this is a very normal thing that happens multiple times a year. but yeah tune into the cuda games, big series this weekend with massive playoff seeding implications 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[melonkai]

Here is the NCAA hockey primer! This is a very basic guide in case you’ve ever wanted to get into men’s college hockey. (Apologies if there are any mistakes, this is not a comprehensive guide)

Resources:

CHN App to keep up with schedule and scores

Men’s College Hockey Streaming Guide: includes which networks to watch and TV schedule

NCAA Tournament Primer: how it works and more details on NPI

Thank you to everyone who helped on this primer, you know who you are.

[andreisvechnikov]

Whalers Night 2026

[helaenadreamer]

lately i feel like a plague has settled into the willmack corner of the fandom and i’m gonna be a hater about it for a second lol

there’s been this wave of people who don’t watch a single game, don’t know the roster, couldn’t name three players on the San Jose Sharks if their life depended on it, but somehow exist purely as “willmack truthers.” and the way the ship burst the bubble and landed straight into the hands of a new generation of larrie-style fandom is… kind of wild to watch in real time.

everything now gets screenshotted, ripped out of context, reposted here or on twitter (i hate that place) with zero fact-checking, just so someone can go viral or prove they “noticed” something first. it stopped feeling like silly, fun rpf brainrot and started feeling like people are trying to build cases. like it’s less about enjoying the dynamic and more about proving something.

and the thing is if you’ve been in rpf spaces long enough, you know the unspoken rule is that the healthiest version of it is a little bit of gatekeeping, a little bit of self-awareness, and a LOT of keeping it contained. but willmack got so out of hand that even sharks media clearly knows what willmack twitter wants to hear which… yeah, not shocking. part of their job is literally monitoring fan engagement online. of course they know what gets clicks.

also, obviously will came back a bit different after the shoulder injury. if i had to guess, he probably opened tiktok, saw 500 untagged edits of himself and his friend (yeah, friend. not best friend. like yes, will and mack are close, nobody’s denying that. but that video where he hears best friend and looks like he has to physically restrain himself from rolling his eyes says enough lol) set to romantic music and went “okay. maybe let’s cut this off at the root.” honestly? good for him. i wouldn’t blame him.

at this point i half-jokingly feel like the only thing that would calm people down is either; their friendship getting visibly more distant, their on-ice chemistry cooling off or will getting photographed kissing some random blonde girl on a beach

(and even then people would say she’s a fake girlfriend hired to cover the relationship, because that genuinely feels like the current level of conspiracy thinking in this fandom 💀)

idk. i just miss when shipping them felt fun and a little delusional in a harmless way, not like a competition to decode their real lives. maybe i’m just grumpy. but wow.

[moncuries]

Vincent Desharnais on Mack at the Olympics

Le Retour E103

translation: VD: In the morning we were watching the game, and I dunno if it was his first goal or -- I think -- Ah, it was MacKinnon's goal assisted by Celebrini and McDavid. And the boys, they said, Mack's gonna come back to us, he's gonna be fricking (tabaroutte lol) disappointed. He's gonna pass to Desharnais and he's not Makar. He's gonna be disappointed. He's gonna be disappointed as fudge. Smith, Smitty, said YUP, he's gonna see that I'm not McDavid.

DISCLAIMER: before anyone RPFs too hard, the tone here is VERY lighthearted throughout. Vinny is being self depricating, laughing and really being happy for Mack and the future of the Sharks. No weird/bad faith takes please, anglos.

Also of note from this interview:

when bratt scored for cze, the americans and everyone non-canadian were excited bc they were all cheering against canada. and everyone hung their heads when canada won and canadians went wild

VD, comparing Mack and Connor McDavid: Mack does not have a Leon Draisaitl, i have nothing against our players, we have good players but, but they're young. Apart from toff, he hasnt had a linemate older than like 25. You put him with mackinnon, mcdavid, wilson, he will surely be good. (note the tone here is very much just, who is surprised that mack is doing so well when he is with players like natemac, mcd, etc this is not a diss to will as some of u will take it lol) Host: we didnt know if he would be generational VD: you have your answer now

every day, the sharks ask the players to weigh in, say how much sleep they got, how they feel (stressed? overwrought?) and if they have 4 days of bad sleep or whatever, they check in with them and vinny says this is on his mind during break bc hes thinking about how he will have to get back to baseline if he eats like shit/etc lol specifically, eating poutine and st hubert chicken lol

the host talks about vinny hitting mtkachuk and says they call the Tkachuks beevis and butthead and vinny goes: who??? who did i hit?? who are we even talking about ;) and host goes: hah, exactly.

Vinny says LOTS of people wrote to him and said it mmade them happy. Tampa players the next day came to see vinny to say omg great hit on mtkachuk "we fucking hate him"

Vinny called the "Gentle Giant of the Sharks" by the host

[keelpay]

so what's the story behind them wearing jerseys with the other's name on them?

The short of it is that BC beat BU (Will and Mack's respective alma maters), so Mack wore Will's jersey and then a few weeks later, Will wore Mack's when BU beat BC. Sheng wrote some articles about it:

Mack wearing Will's jersey

More details on that bet plus the next one

Will wearing Mack's jersey

~ See below for a deep-dive ~

Some background if you're unfamiliar:

Mack went to Boston University and Will went to Boston College. They played against each other their one year in college. BC beat BU in the Hockey East tournament in a crazy game where Will got 4 goals. Here's a funny video of Mack angrily shooting Will's last goal out of the net.

January 24, 2025 - BC beats BU 6-2

(source)

January 27, 2025 - Mack wears Will's jersey

(source)

Fun additional notes:

this was during the Dad's trip

this was to the game against the penguins (that the sharks won btw)

(this is referenced in fics bc mack did the hockey girlfriend trope of wearing will's name but it was in front of his dad and sidney crosby and also god but most importantly, all of our salads)

Mack's wearing the jersey that Will beat him in from that Hockey East tournament

(gifs by @starrynet, full post, full video)

February 10, 2025 - BU beats BC 4-1 (willmack are in attendance)

(source)

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March 22, 2025 - Will wears Mack's jersey

(source)

(extended moments from @starrynet, full post)

(source, part of the postgame interview where mack said will liked his jersey better)

Fun additional notes:

the sharks also won this game, and whatever that tweet is that's like the sharks always win whenever willmack are involved in some sitcom b-plot shenanigans continues to ring true

Colleen supposedly said that Mack is too easy on Will (this isn't confirmed since it's just someone on twitter making the claim but it is accepted in the fandom)

mack took a while to make will pay up (source, another part with mack making excuses for why he took so long)

apparently there's a tiktok of a fan asking will when mack would make him pay up on the bet and he says that he doesn't know and he'll have to set a deadline (haven't been able to find this so far)

also on the rpf side of things, much to consider about what more mack had will do for the bet

(source)

humongous shout-out to everyone who helped me out: @murphyatthemagpie, @aquilotti, @thefaultinourjohns, and Lennon!

[pewpewshooter]

Waves hand vaguely. The 1724 2444 of it all

[pewpewshooter]

THE 2444 OF IT ALL.

[vivi-mire]

I like how in pokemon normal type is either indicative of "this is just a pretty standard rat or whatever" or "we literally have no idea how to classify this little freak"

[sharksgoss]

genuinely some of you guys are fucked up for doing that to jacket girl. She literally makes bracelets for free, does jacket giveaways cause she knows her jackets are expensive, and she auctions them off for charity. Idk how anyone could ever think she was a self centered human. And now she’s not making content actually some of you guys need to touch grass and realize your favorite players don’t like you

^ !!

[leafsleafsleafsstuff]

[sinkersunday]

^_^

[urdeadbestfriend]