The 34-year-old captain of Washington shared the first place in abandoned goals with Czech striker Boston David Pastrniak, who became the first player in the history of his team to win this award. Both players recorded 48 goals each; Maurice Richard Trophy has been awarded since 1999. Similar cases have already occurred in the history of the NHL – in the 2003/2004 season, Russian Ilya Kovalchuk shared the prize with Jerome Iginla and Rick Nash (41 goals each). In the 2009/10 season, Steven Stamkos and Sidney Crosby (51 goals each) became the best.
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On Tuesday, the NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced the early completion of the regular season due to coronavirus pandemics. The season will continue in format playoffs of 24 teams (12 clubs from each conference – approx. TASS).
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Ovechkin has been playing for Washington since 2005, and in 2018 he won the Stanley Cup. The Russian striker also three times became the most valuable player in the regular season, three times won the prize “Ted Lindsay World” (awarded to the best hockey player of the season according to NHL players – approx. TASS) and once – “Art Ross Trophy” (prize for the best scorer of the regular season – approx. TASS).
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During his career in the NHL, Ovechkin scored 706 goals in regular championships and is ranked eighth in league history for this indicator. Canadian Wayne Gretzky is the leader with 894 goals. In 2018, along with Washington, Ovechkin won the Stanley Cup.
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