895 goals is a massive number. Unfathomably huge. Simply getting to that number, surpassing the greatest offensive talent the league has ever known, and standing alone atop the mountain? That’s a pretty wild, supremely impressive, and absolutely absurd achievement for one Alex Ovechkin. And speaking of absurd, numbers like that can be sliced and diced to pretty comical … [Read more...] about Crazy 8s: Some Wild Stats About and Around Alex Ovechkin
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Alex Ovechkin Breaks All-Time Goals Record
With his 895th career goal today against the New York Islanders, Alex Ovechkin has surpassed Wayne Gretzky and is now the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer. It was Ovechkin’s first goal against Islanders star goalie Ilya Sorokin, coming on Ovechkin’s first shot of Washington’s first power-play. In classic fashion, he beat Sorokin with a hard wrist-shot from the tops of the … [Read more...] about Alex Ovechkin Breaks All-Time Goals Record
RFK Jr. to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he's assembling a task force to focus on the issue. … [Read more...] about RFK Jr. to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
Nicklas Backstrom helped Alex Ovechkin chase history. Then he watched him make it.
“As soon as I saw Nicky, I just want to cry,” Alex Ovechkin said Sunday, after he broke Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record. … [Read more...] about Nicklas Backstrom helped Alex Ovechkin chase history. Then he watched him make it.
Could Alex Ovechkin’s season for the ages also be his NHL farewell?
Having passed Wayne Gretzky for NHL goal-scoring supremacy, the Washington Capitals captain has nothing more to prove. So … … [Read more...] about Could Alex Ovechkin’s season for the ages also be his NHL farewell?