All NHL goaltenders know how and where to shoot. Alexander Ovechkin but can’t handle snaps from the Washington captain, former Russian hockey player Valery Ivannikov said.
Ovechkin had a hat trick and provided an assist in the NHL’s 7-3 road game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. The 37-year-old Russian became the third player in NHL history to score 800 goals. The second place in the list of snipers is occupied by Gordie Howe (801), Wayne Gretzky is in the lead (894).
– His throw is very strong, instantaneous. Everyone knows how he throws, from where, but no one can handle it. They fail to react. It looks like the goalkeepers are taking the right position. But they can’t follow the throw, RB Sport quoted Ivannikov as saying.
– Despite the fact that the puck flies to different points.
– So if he threw at some point, there would be no problems. Everyone would have taken their bearings. But, even knowing where he is throwing from, there is nothing they can do.
– Ovechkin has a “straight grip” of the stick. Does it matter?
– Not. And with a different grip, players score a lot of goals. It’s just that it is more convenient for Ovechkin to throw from the left “office” – the stick hook is closer to the center. From there, he throws a lot of goals.
What would you do if you saw Ovechkin getting ready to quit?
– Everyone knows everything. But you don’t know where he’ll lay just yet. It should also be taken into account that in the NHL not all goaltenders are short – less than 190 cm. But they still don’t work. And Ovechkin gets where he wants. He also looks at what position the goalkeeper is in, how he moves.
RB Sports
Source : MatchTV
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