The statistics record the number of accelerations on average every 60 minutes when the player reaches speeds above 32 km/h.
Edmonton Oilers forward Corey Perry took first place in this anti-rating. They didn’t accelerate once. In second place is the Russian forward of the “Vancouver Canucks” Andrey Kuzmenko (acceleration 0.3). Jeff Skinner of the Buffalo Sabers (0.5) rounds out the bottom three.
Ovechkin took a photo with Rooney (PHOTO)
Ovechkin is fourth (0.5) and Minnesota Wild forward Patrick Maroon is fifth (0.5).
Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon has the most acceleration (23.4).
Source: Sport
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