Great that Gretzky was there - he and Alex both class acts.
(So much better than watching long time women’s records being wiped out by Trans)
Take away all of Gretzky’s goals and he still has the most points of any NHL player in history.
Oveckin told his coach he didn’t want to go out on the ice and score the record breaking goal on an empty net. He wanted a goalie in the crease.
Alex Ovechkin? Is he an American? I had never heard of this guy till now. Guess I’m not much of a hockey fan since the 1975 Philadelphia Flyers. But if you can beat a Gretzky record, it means your really good.
Yeah, but Gretzky did it on beer and hotdogs.
Ovechkin is strongly suspected of using performance drugs. The NHL doesn’t ( or didn’t) test for them but the Olympics did. His performances famously went down before the Olympics and up afterward. One time his suspected supplier was arrested and the joke going around about a goal scoring drought was that he had to find a new pharmacist.
To me he’s like Barry Bonds, a cheater. Some are saying to let players use drugs, if someone dies, it’s on them.
Was this one of the NHL records that was set by Gordie Howe and broken by Gretsky?
Definitely not the Greater One, he’s no where near Gretz in assists. Nobody is. But to pull this off in a career that started in neutral zone trap era when scoring plummeted is pretty impressive. And he’s learned to be a good guy too.