Alexander Ovechkin Goal

Alexander "the great" Ovechkin is a left wing and alternate team captain for the Washington Capitals. A review of Alexander Ovechkin's biography will reveal a deep love of hockey from an extremely early age, and this love has translated to incredible talent on the ice. Ovechkin has become well known for several remarkable goals which demonstrate both his skill and tenacity.

Ovechkin's gung-ho style have translated to several NHL records including most goals in one season (65) by a left winger, most shots on goal by a rookie in a season (425), fastest overtime goal (six seconds), and several others.

However, statistics alone cannot begin to describe Ovechkin's skill, since statistics make no distinction between how different goals are scored. One of Ovechkin's most spectacular goals was during a 2009 game against Montreal. Roman Hamrlik of the Canadiens was driving the puck down the right side of the ice. Ovechkin came across right in front of him, and batted the puck into the wall at a 45 degree angle, and simultaneously spun away from and around Hamrlik, with Hamrlik between him and the wall. Once past Hamrlik, he intercepted the puck, which had gone around the other side of Hamrlik, and bounced off the wall. Picking up speed, Ovechkin outran Kyle Chipchura who, in lieu of being able to actually retake possesion of the puck, body checked him from behind, and knocked him over. Ovechkin was now sliding on his back, feet first toward the goal at high speed, but managed to maintain control of the puck. He shot the puck right past goalie Carey Price, who subsequently got hit by Ovechkin and Chipchura.

Even more impressive, and sometimes known as The Alexander Ovechkin Goal, is a shot he scored against the Phoenix Coyotes on January 16, 2006. This event was so unbelievable that it is difficult to imagine how the puck actually got in the goal. Ovechkin was driving the puck toward the Coyotes goal, and coming fast up the right side. As he crossed to the center, he collided head on with Paul Mara and was knocked to the ice. Several Coyotes dove for the puck, and Ovechkin was nearly buried in a pile of bodies as he slid backwards on his back toward the left side of the goal. However, undaunted, he still sort of had possession of the puck, which was sliding along behind his head, and managed to whip it sideways into the goal above his head.