Ovechkin hits 50 in style

Alexander Ovechkin joins On The Fly via phone.

Alexander Ovechkin is quickly becoming the most popular and most hated player in the NHL, in the short term that is great for the league. His amazing goals and big hits bring publicity to the league which is something the NHL desperately needs. Adding to the publicity craze is Ovechkin's recent run in with flamboyant analyst Don Cherry who swears the young star is too flash...

With the news today of Alexander Ovechkin signing the richest contract in NHL history and becoming hockey's first $100 million dollar man, I thought I'd post a video of the Top 10 Alexander Ovechkin goals.Sure they're all pretty flashy and there's no disputing that he's got skill and can score, but w...

As tonight's NHL Awards show draws near (6pm on VS), two things are certain: bad comedians hosting, and horrible rock bands most Americans outside of Buffalo, Minnesota, Michigan and Washington haven't heard of.One thing is certain though, Alexander Ovechkin has already won two awards, an...

Congrats to Alexander Ovechkin and his 50th goal of the season. But did you see the celebration afterwards? I'mfine with it, but why doesn't anyone complain about it? If TerrellOwens or Chad Johnson score a TD and did that, there would be peoplecrying about it. If a baseball player hit a home run, placed his batdown and did the same thing Ovechkin did, there would be a riot on thefield.

Who? Oh, yeah. Alexander Ovechkin has completely lit up the NHL since his arrival after the lockout, starting with 2 goals in his debut. He won the Calder his rookie season, and finished 3rd in the scoring race. A slump in the middle of his second season left him with a "measely" 94 points last seaso...

Alexander Ovechkin scores 50th goal, Stick On Fire, Video. I will spare you my hockey analysis. I will tell you to go to my buds blog Capital Outsider for that. Ovechkin scores his 50th goal of the season and then pulls a Chad Johnson-ish trick out of his helmet, and he acts like his stick [...]

Evgeni Malkin gets my MVP vote this year, and Jerome Iginla is my runner-up (more on that in the next couple days). People can gush over Alexander Ovechkin all they want, but Iginla is so much more and if someone told me the Pens could acquire Iginla or Ovechkin, I would take Iginla in a heartbeat.H...

As we turn the calendar page to February, it is time to look back on the first month of 2008 and name the NHL Team of the Month.Center: Evgeni Malkin (13 GP, 12 G, 5 A, +8, 6 PPP, 1 GWG)Right Wing: Shane Doan (13 GP, 7 G, 12 A, +7, 6 PPP, 2 GWG)Left Wing: Alexander Ovechkin (13 GP, 13 G, 9 A, 8 PPP, ...

Not to take anything away from Alexander Ovechkin’s impressive performance against Boston last night, but did the Bruins really have to make Tom Glavine their starting goalie?

The occasion of Alexander Ovechkin's 50th goal last night led Mike Vogel and Steve Kolbe on the game's radio broadcast to reflect somewhat whimsically on a flight of extreme fantasy they'd heard bandied about the press earlier this season: could Ovi actually tally 1,000 goals in his career? I shook my head. A thousand? With so many of them needing to be scored on our...

A month ago, league-wide consensus was that Alexander Ovechkin was pretty much a lock to win another Hart Trophy. Today, perhaps not so much. Alex has done nothing wrong since, and his Hart candidacy remains stellar. But his countryman Geno in Pittsburgh is going to win the league scoring title, comfortably, and he more so than his more hyped teammate pivot is having his name fairly...