Including tonight, Ovechkin has played in 1,573 of Washington’s 1,649 games (95.4%) since making his NHL debut on Oct. 5, 2005. Just 51 of Ovechkin’s 76 missed games during his 21-year career have been due to injury.
Alex Ovechkin playing all 82 games, at age 40, the season after breaking what many thought was an unbreakable record, and leading the team in goals (32) and points (63) is so, so impressive #AllCaps
Tom Wilson on the uncertainty surrounding Alex Ovechkin’s future: “Obviously, no one’s got a crystal ball, no one knows what’s happening in the future. But there will never be another rivalry like that, there will never be Ovi and Crosby ever again. It’s just two legends coming in at the same time and going at it for their whole careers. And both having such longevity, and both carrying the weight every single season and putting up superstar numbers, same division…That duo has been so good for the game of hockey and what they’ve done for the game, I don’t think is ever going to be recreated.” #ALLCAPS
THIS is the guy that has:
- 928 goals
- 1682pts
- 3864 hits
- most 30, 40, AND 50-goal seasons all time
- 1 stanley cup
- 1 conn smythe
- 1 art ross
- 3 mvps
- 9 scoring titles
- 13x all star
- most PPG’s, GWG’s, OT goals, shots on net in history
Peak male performance. #ALLCAPS
@dude_ab1ded @Jo_Steel83@Hockey_FRA There’s a difference between sending a message in a blowout game and targeting an opponent’s head with your elbow. That is gutless and the true example of hockey culture was Wilson stepping in after that French pussy started running around like an idiot