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Top 100 host Jon Hamm awkwardly refers to Ovechkin as 'Sergei'

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Jon Hamm's foot, meet Jon Hamm's mouth.

During the actor's hilarious monologue - which even included an Atlanta Thrashers joke (they were a joke) - Hamm took a shot at the Washington Capitals and their tendency to choke in the playoffs.

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Following the joke, Hamm apologized to Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin. Unfortunately, he couldn't help calling him "Sergei."

Later in the show Hamm would awkwardly open up to his mistake.

But how mad could Ovechkin really be? After all, he made the top 100 list.

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