Why is the Russian hockey player "Washington Capitals" so cool

Because Ovechkin many people fell in love with hockey

Ovechkin's appearance in the NHL is perhaps the best event in the league since Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and other great Canadians left. Ovechkin not only scores a lot, he scores with inspiration, and every time he has a puck, viewers start watching hockey even more carefully - and what will he throw out this time?

To score in the fall back to the gate - please. Run an element of figure skating to get away from the defender, - without ceremony. “Pochekanit” washer outside the gate and only then hammer it into the net - and so can. Little in hockey can be more beautiful.

Ovechkin got involved in the main standoff in the NHL in the 21st century

Canadian Sidney Crosby vs. Russian Alexander Ovechkin - this motto for many years has been overtaken by the ratings of NHL TV broadcasts and sports sites, about it filmed advertising. Formally, Crosby won in the standoff - he has the Olympic gold and the Stanley Cup; but Ovechkin cannot be called a loser. Unlike Crosby, he is stable, almost does not miss games because of injuries and scored 1.5 times more pucks. In the history of their confrontation, there was a match that became one of the best in the history of the NHL as a whole: Ovechkin and Crosby scored three goals in it. It was the 2009 playoff of the year.

Ovechkin is almost always a goal. Or a few

Alexander Ovechkin for less than 800 games in the NHL scored almost 500 pucks and gave a little less than 450 gear. Detractors say that his main weapon is a predictable shot from the circle of the left throw-off, but, despite the predictability, the goalkeepers have not learned to cope with it. “Guys like Ovechkin snap so hard that you feel like a baseball batter. You see a puck frame approaching. The first frame, the second ... on the third she already bumps into you. If you try to react to Ovechkin’s throw, you’ve already lost. ” explained recently Los Angeles goalkeeper Jonathan Quick. Playing "Washington" without a point from Ovechkin is a rare thing. Suffice to say that four matches without a Russian sniper head, preceding the record (in fact, Ovechkin scored twice during this time, but both times his goals were canceled by the judges after watching video replays) were perceived as sensational in the NHL.

Ovechkin is not only a goal

Very often, the leaders of the team do not take part in the power struggle - their business is to score, and not to push around the sides. Ovechkin is a completely different matter. He is one of the leaders in “hits” (read: playing in the body), and in fact stiffness is an important component of hockey, which distinguishes it from less contact football or basketball. Viewers go to the hockey to see tough skirmishes, and Ovechkin does not dodge them. Sometimes his tough game helps the team shake things up, sometimes it frightens rivals, and sometimes it brings results. Czech hockey legend Jaromir Jagr will confirm: Ovechkin's “hit” at the Olympics-2010 has become both spectacular and effective.

Ovechkin is a genius. And it is always interesting to watch a genius.

«I can be mistaken, but I think that when Ovechkin leaves the ice, he doesn’t watch a lot of hockey ", - сказал recently about his team-mate Washington defender Brooks Orpick. Ovechkin really knows how to relax and does not hesitate to show his life in «Instagramme. He can take and call an ordinary fan - simply because it occurred to him when he was sitting in a restaurant.

Ovechkin does not need to be forced to appear in commercials, including the one that simply popularizes sport - He starred in dozens of videos. He is better than many other athletes able to draw attention to charity. Every year something happens to Ovechkin that draws attention to some kind of children's hockey school, then to sick children. is he can go on a date in a sushi restaurant with a girl with Down syndrome. Or win on any event that is broadcast on TV, a car for children's school.

In a sense, Ovechkin is a man show, and not just on the ice. When Ovechkin finishes his career, it will still be interesting to watch him. True, we hope that this will not happen very soon.

Previously "Forum" писал about another Russian hockey player, Vyacheslav Voinove, who served a term in the USA for beating his wife and returned to Russia.