05 Apr
Ovechkin Gets 500th Shot, No One Notices
With 11 shots on goal Sunday against Atlanta, Alex Ovechkin became the second person in NHL history to surpass 500 shots on goal in a single season (Phil Esposito once had 550, the record). Ovechkin entered the game with 496.
Only one thing. No one seemed to notice. No announcement. No mention of it in the locker room afterward or during the press conference. No ‘hot stick’ celebration. What’s the deal?
Anyway, congratulations, Alex, for surpassing 500 shots on net.
[...] With 11 shots (tying his third-highest single-game output of the season) in Sunday’s 6-4 win over Atlanta, Alexander Ovechkin became the second player in NHL history to top 500 shots in a season. With 507 shots on the year, Ovechkin needs 43 more in the Caps’ final three games to tie Phil Esposito’s record of 550, which he set in 1970-’71. Esposito scored 76 goals that year, so Ovechkin better catch up. Slacker. [Capitals Outsider] [...]
April 6th, 2009 at 11:23 am