Alex Ovechkin Did It...895

[Hawk Tuah]

What was considered an unbreakable record with modern day butterfly goalies was broken today.

I'm a Blues fan, but it is hard not to like this guy.

He scores, he hits and he fights.

895.

Holy shit.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

 

[Wildabeest]

Class act. And great celebration by NHL. #GreatestSportThereIs.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Class act. And great celebration by NHL. #GreatestSportThereIs.

Agreed. The league did a very nice job honoring his accomplishment.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

I must be one of the few that has never liked him.
Can't fault the skill but I'll keep my negative comments to myself on this day of holy days

 

[seeth07]

Class act. And great celebration by NHL. #GreatestSportThereIs.

I really did like how the game went today with the celebration. It was well worth doing and done with grace

 

[Wildabeest]

No offense to The Great One (Gretzky), but Ovi has never needed goons on his team to stand up for him.

This was against my team - a rookie Russian with aspirations to be like Ovi decides to challenge him to a fight. And soon regrets it. Out for 3 games with a concussion.

The fact that Ovi has played as physical of a game as he has and scored that many goals so late in his career is beyond impressive.

 

[Wildabeest]

I must be one of the few that has never liked him.
Can't fault the skill but I'll keep my negative comments to myself on this day of holy days

He won’t win any awards for his plus/minus.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

No offense to The Great One (Gretzky), but Ovi has never needed goons on his team to stand up for him.

This was against my team - a rookie Russian with aspirations to be like Ovi decides to challenge him to a fight. And soon regrets it. Out for 3 games with a concussion.

The fact that Ovi has played as physical of a game as he has and scored that many goals so late in his career is beyond impressive.

I had this posted on my IG page saying the same thing. He takes care of his own business and it is so damn respectable.

He is near a league leader in hits.

Absolute unit.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

I like that almost every time he scores a goal that isn't an empty netter he celebrates as if it's his first NHL goal.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

 

[mtmuley]

Alex who? mtmuley

 

[mdhunter]

He has been incredible to watch thru the years. Team player and a class act.

 

[Schaaf]

He’s just like me for real, except I shoot about 40% on an open net in my driveway.

 

[Bob-WY]

Read that he passed up a freebie open net goal to pass Gretzky.

Gretzky needed goons cause he is a tiny little guy by NHL standards

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Am I the only one that is weirded out by them stopping in the middle of an NHL game to roll out the carpet and have an award ceremony? Just odd to me.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

It is absolutely uncanny how good he is at burying the puck from left of the slot. I used to get so pissed when he'd ring up goals on the Wild from the same spot time after time. Everyone knows it's coming yet he gets open looks from there over and over. Record tying and beating goals from there was fitting.

 

[Wildabeest]

It is absolutely uncanny how good he is at burying the puck from left of the slot. I used to get so pissed when he'd ring up goals on the Wild from the same spot time after time. Everyone knows it's coming yet he gets open looks from there over and over. Record tying and beating goals from there was fitting.

I’ve watched him live many times. One reason he was so successful from that spot is his ability to get there before defenders can adjust to cover him. He can go from standing still to covering 30 ft and being in a different spot faster than any player I know. He’s not the fastest flat out skater, but his power allows him to be really quick at covering short distances.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I’ve watched him live many times. One reason he was so successful from that spot is his ability to get there before defenders can adjust to cover him. He can go from standing still to covering 30 ft and being in a different spot faster than any player I know. He’s not the fastest flat out skater, but his power allows him to be really quick at covering short distances.

Record breaking goal was a good example. Getting a puck through to him there and the fact that he wasn't there until he needed to be. Good screen from a teammate as well.

I wonder how many setup "Ovi Plays" the caps have to get him looks from the left circle..

 

[Wild Bill]

Am I the only one that is weirded out by them stopping in the middle of an NHL game to roll out the carpet and have an award ceremony? Just odd to me.

I don't think it's weird at all. Guy broke a record that many thought would never be broken. It was a moment to celebrate not only the new record, but also the old record with Gretz being there, and celebrate the game itself. It's a record that may very well stand for another 30 years like the previous records but Gretz and Howe.
I had no issues with it.
And yes, he elected to stay on the bench the game prior when the Blackhawks had an empty net. After the Caps got an empty netter to go up by 2 the 'hawks put the goalie back in and Ovi went back out and rifled a few shots in the last couple minutes.