S.L. Price of Sports Illustrated had nominated Alex Ovechkin as SI’s Sportsman of the Year; as most would expect, Michael Phelps was announced this week as the 2008 winner. Regardless, Price’s justification for nominating Ovechkin is a terrific endorsement of the Capitals’ star:
“In the 2007-08 season Ovechkin scored 65 goals — the first player to do so in 12 years — broke the NHL scoring record for a left wing, tallied 112 points and won the Hart Trophy. But he wasn’t just about numbers. Ovechkin did all that after signing the richest contract in NHL history, in a style that left mouths agape and eyes popped; night after night he scored in ways you hadn’t seen before, hit opponents with joyous abandon, pounded his fists on the glass in celebration and made it seem like he wanted every screaming soul in the arena out there with him.”
Check out the full text of Price’s nomination of Ovechkin here.
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Yeah! What he said!
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