Ovechkin is Class Act - Won't go in to score record breaking goal on open net

[Tanko]

Told his coach he wasn't going in at the end of their game vs Chicago last night.
He didn't want to break the record on an open net.

Alex Ovechkin confirms he refused to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record with an empty net

Alex Ovechkin wants to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record the right way.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1908503587421876538

 

[malakana]

If I were him I would ask his team for 5% in marked up ticket sales

And not score the rest of the season. Just assists lol

 

[Tanko]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1908503587421876538

He already had 2 goals in last nights game so.......

 

[djefferis]

I get it - it’s a simple act of respect and speaks to his class as a player.

Cant believe he got 2 last night - should have taken advantage of the free money profit boost from DK - was boosted to like +900 to score 2.

 

[quantumleap]

You know who is a class act? Wayne Gretzky. He's easily my favorite hockey player of all time and one of my favorite sports players of all time. I even have a Gretzky sweater hanging in my closet.

But Wayne is cheering Alex on:

Alex Ovechkin ties NHL goals record: Wayne Gretzky reacts to Capitals star's 894th career goal

'It’s wonderful. I’m very proud of him,' Gretzky said after Ovechkin scored his record-tying goal on Friday.

sports.yahoo.com

Ovechkin's record-tying goal came off a power play in the third period, break a 3-3 tie with Chicago. Soon after the goal, Gretzky went on the broadcast to sing Ovechkin's praises.

"This is what the game is all about. Alex has been great for the game, great for Washington, great for his own country. It’s wonderful. I’m very proud of him. I’m proud of what I accomplished and that’s what makes our game so wonderful, the great athletes that we have and the wonderful people that they are," Gretzky said on the broadcast.

"He’s special. You know, when [Mark] Messier retired and Gordie Howe retired and [Mario] Lemieux retired and Bobby Orr retired, we thought, ‘OK, what’s going to happen to our game now?’ And then along came Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, and now we’ve got [Connor] McDavid, [Nathan] MacKinnon, Matthew [Tkachuk]," Gretzky added. "Our game just gets better all the time, and that’s why it’s so special."

 

[jjgold]

I do not think I ever saw him score a goal

 

[Tanko]

I do not think I ever saw him score a goal

Do you watch hockey JJ?
You say you never watch sports. I bet you watch hockey the least of all sports..... Well, except maybe womens top flight ping-pong.

 

[drunkenhorseplayer]

It was a foolish act. The object is to win the game regardless of any kind of statistic, there is no excuse for pulling your best sniper when the game is ripe to be iced.

 

[Tanko]

It was a foolish act. The object is to win the game regardless of any kind of statistic, there is no excuse for pulling your best sniper when the game is ripe to be iced.

Valid point. Fortunately Leonard got the open netter for the Caps to seal it.

 

[fishhead]

I do not think I ever saw him score a goal

figures

........is this why you promote BMR scams?

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

figures

........is this why you promote BMR scams?

What BMR scams?

 

[KVB]

It was a foolish act. The object is to win the game regardless of any kind of statistic, there is no excuse for pulling your best sniper when the game is ripe to be iced.

Dude is literally telilng us he's trying to shave points.

Un-fukkin-real.

 

[Reload]

It would be kind of cool to break the record with an empty net goal. And that way no goalie has to feel bad about giving up the record breaker.