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Ovechkin became the finalist of the ESPN Award named after Mohammed Ali

The captain of the NHL Club “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin was among the nominees for the ESPN Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award 2025, the club’s press service reports.

The award is awarded to an athlete whose “demonstrated leadership in sports had a significant positive impact on society.” The prize is named after the legendary boxer Mohammed Ali.

Also, this award is claimed by basketball player Xi Jay McColluum and tennis player Sloan Stevens. This year, the Sports Humanitarian Awards awards will be held on July 15.

Ovechkin created the project “The GR8 Chase for Victory Over Cancer” to increase the awareness and raise funds for cancer research in children. Ovechkin, starting from his 885th goal in his career, sacrifices money in an amount equal to the number of his next puck in his career.

In the season – 2024/25 Ovechkin became the best sniper in the history of regular NHL championships with 897 goals. Previously, the record belonged to Canadian Wayne Gretzki (894). Given the playoffs of the 39 -year -old Ovechkin 974 goals in the NHL, according to this indicator, he goes the second after Gretzka (1016).

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Junior World Hockey Championship. Great comeback from the USA, 9 goals and hat-trick from Canada

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Junior World Hockey Championship. Great comeback from the USA, 9 goals and hat-trick from Canada

Another day of play in the elite league of the World Junior Hockey Championship has ended.

The USA team beat Slovakia with a score of 6:5, with big problems. The host team of the tournament lost 0:2 and 1:3 but managed to come back and win.

Forward Tomas Hrenko scored a double for the Slovaks, scoring three goals in the last match. And the Americans have a double thank you to James Hagens.

USA and Sweden are leaders in the group with 9 points.

In the other group, Canada beat Denmark 9-1, while forward Gavin McKenna is expected to score a hat-trick and become number 1 in the 2026 draft.

In another match, the Czech Republic defeated Finland 2:1 in overtime.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Slovakia – America 5:6 (2:0, 2:4, 1:2)

Discs: 08:53 Pitka – 1:0, 11:15 Khrenko – 2:0, 21:50 Spellasy – 2:1, 26:46 Belushko – 3:1, 38:33 McBorrow – 3:2, 31:00 Riker – 3:3, 34:44 Svrchek – 4:3, 39:15 Hagens – 4:4, 40:18 Hagens – 4:5, 44:34 Zellers – 4:6, 58:06 Khrenko – 5:6

Goalkeepers: Pradel – Hale

Group B

Finland – czech republic 1:2 (extension) (0:1, 0:0, 1:0, 0:1)

Goals: 01:52 Kubiesa (Galvas) – 0:1, 59:10 Hemming – 1:1, in extra time 03:39 Jiracek (Sikora, Chinar) – 1:2

Goalkeepers: Rimpinen – Orsulyak

Canada – Denmark 9:1 (3:0, 2:1, 4:0)

Washers: 03:17 McKenna – 1:0, 08:36 Coates – 2:0, 10:03 Parek – 3:0, 20:28 Cliveau – 3:1, 26:11 Martone – 4:1, 35:03 McKenna – 5:1, 44:11 Misa – 6:1, 45:45 McKenna – 7:1, 54:16 Aitcheson – 8:1, 54:40 Martone – 9:1

Goalkeepers: George – Tijen

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Junior World Hockey Championship. A landslide victory for one of the favourites.

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Another match day has started in the elite league of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship.

The Swedish team, one of the favorites, beat Germany with a score of 8:1. This was the team’s third victory after matches against Slovakia and Switzerland.

Swedish leaders Frondell and Björk scored a double each.

Sweden is leading the group with 9 points.

The German team is still scoreless and in last place in the group.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Germany – Swedish 1:8 (1:1, 0:4, 0:3)

Discs: 01:45 Frondell (Frey, Eklund) – 0:1, 07:04 Poole (Shafer) – 1:1, 21:03 Bjork (Erqvist) – 1:2, 29:11 Berglund (Salin, Carell) – 1:3, 35:26 Bjork (Salin, Danielsson) – 1:4, 39:29 Erqvist – 1:5, 45:34 Frondell (Frey) – 1:6, 57:25 Danielsson – 1:7, 59:59 Pettersson – 1:8

Goalkeepers: Willard – Liv

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NHL. 7 goals for Pittsburgh, hat trick for forward, wins over Detroit and Tampa Bay

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NHL. 7 goals for Pittsburgh, hat trick for forward, wins over Detroit and Tampa Bay

Detroit beat Toronto 3:2 in overtime in an NHL regular season match. The Wings came back twice and won thanks to a goal from young defenseman Simon Edvinsson.

The team leads the East with Carolina.

Tampa Bay is in the top 3 in the conference after beating Montreal 4:3 in the penalty shootout. This is the Lightning’s fourth straight win.

Pittsburgh defeated Chicago 7:3 and forward Justin Brazeau scored his first hat trick of his NHL career. That’s right, the Penguins are second to last in the standings.

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Tampa Bay – Montreal 5:4 in the shootout

columbus – New York Islanders 4:2

of Detroit – Toronto 3:2 in overtime

Chicago – pittsburgh 3:7

Seattle -Philadelphia 4:1

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