If Alex Ovechkin some day falls one short of setting the all-time career record for goals scored I’ll remember yesterday afternoon and still call him the greatest I ever saw.<\/p>\n
Midway through the second period the Great Eight had an easy-ish chance at a goal right in front of the net (and right in front of\u00a0me<\/em>, who got to see it in person).<\/p>\n But a few feet away was Dylan Strome, to whom Ovi selflessly flipped the puck for a goal even I could have tapped in.<\/p>\n Well, could have tapped in if I’d been on the ice. From my seat I would have had to stretch pretty far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If Alex Ovechkin some day falls one short of setting the all-time career record for goals scored I’ll remember yesterday afternoon and still call him the greatest I ever saw. Midway through the second period the Great Eight had an … Continue reading