Olympic cross-country ski champion Alexander Legkov believes that if the captain “Washington » Alexander Ovechkin If he overtakes Canadian Wayne Gretzky in the list of the best snipers in the history of the NHL, it will become one of the main events of the century in Russian sports.
On Tuesday, Washington defeated Detroit in the NHL regular season (2:1), Ovechkin scored his 30th goal this season eight seconds before the end of the second period. The Russian now has eighteen seasons in which he has scored at least 30 goals, which is a new NHL record. Ovechkin surpassed Canadian Mike Gartner, who had a similar 17 seasons.
— I see Ovechkin is catching up to Gretzky, and he doesn’t have many goals left to break the record. I would be happy if he could do that. The news indicates that Ovechkin is one of the few athletes to score more than 30 goals each season. I will support Alexandre.
I hope he continues his career and surpasses Gretzky. I think that if he breaks the record, it will be one of the main events in Russian sport of the 21st century. Today it is being talked about not only in Russia, but also all over the world. “We will wish him to become the best hockey player in the world,” Legkov told Metaratings.ru.
Ovechkin increased his number of goals in regular NHL championships to 852 and reduced the gap with Canadian Wayne Gretzky’s sniper record (894) to 42 goals.
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