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Detroit’s head coach McLellan: “Ovechkin will beat Gretzky’s record, and we do not know if Ovechkin’s record will beat”
Detroit Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan before the NHL regular championship match against Washington Capitals commented on the pursuit of Alexander Ovechkin behind the record of Wayne Gretzka.
On the account of the 39 -year -old Ovechkin 887 goals in the regular NHL championships for the entire career. It takes the second place in the list of the best snipers of regular seasons in the history of the League, second only to Gretzky (894).
– I hope Ovechkin will not beat the record in the next match with us. Skip eight goals would be disgusting. I did not think that the fall of the Gretzki record is generally possible. This could not occur to it. Now I believe that the record will fall. The question arises, will Alexander Ovechkin ever fall? – quotes McLellan press service “Detroit”.
“Washington” remains to spend 15 matches in the current regular season. Ovechkin needs to score eight goals to beat the record.
Source: Sportbox
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