The Ottawa Centaurs love a bet, at any moment there’s at least 2 running and a score board kept in their locker room of who’s winning.
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How long before Wyatt brings up the latest superhero film during practice?
5 minutes and it’s a rant about a change they made to the villain’s powers which ruined the plot
How many times can someone flirt with Haas before he realises?
Unknown, LaPointe takes pity on the woman after her 7th line and tells a blushing Luca that “she’s not asking about your stamina because she cares about hockey”
How many things can they stack on a passed out Chouinard at Bood’s BBQ before he wakes?
33, and he only wakes because a rookie yelps and he jerks up thinking it’s one of his kids
Before the ‘video that changed the world’ drops, there’s a season long bet on who Ilya’s mystery partner is.
Troy wins - ‘I think someone who works in hockey’ - but Ilya tries to claim he cheated with insider knowledge.
“How could I? You walked away any time I got close to the topic.” Ilya’s dignified response is to stick his tongue out and demand half Troy’s winnings.
After Shane joins the team their bets become ways of affectionately chirping the couple.
How many times will Ilya say ‘my husband’ during a post-game interview?
24 times in a 4 minute clip, Shane is beet red in the locker room as his friends cheer and groan every time another mention is made, but grins as he adds another tally mark next to his name on the score board.
Which rook calls Roz or Hollsy dad first, and who do they say it to?
Luca to Roz, cue Ilya following him around for the rest of the practice
Ilya: “do you see me as a father figure Haas?”
Luca: “Fuck off”
Any other Centaur: “Don’t talk to your father like that!”
How many times can someone flirt with Ilya before Shane gets his ‘murder face’?
1.5, Dykstra starts skating away in fear half way through his second line as he feels the death glare from half the rink away
It’s their favourite way of showing love and even if Wiebe maybe wishes they’d focus more on the game than their bets, he’s more than happy to collect the end of season winner’s prize money.
