Hockey
“Ovechkin is in good shape and doing what he did well before” – Plyushchev
Former Russian national team coach Vladimir Plyushchev told Match TV that Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin is in good shape.
This season, Ovechkin has scored 12 goals and provided 14 assists. He updated his own record for goals in the NHL regular season – he scored 909 goals. Taking into account the playoff matches, the Russian has 986 goals, according to this indicator he is second only to Canadian Wayne Gretzky (1016).
— If a person scores regularly and is noted for his good actions on the court, then we can probably say that he is in good shape, that he is doing what he did well before and is doing now. Everything is going in the positive direction in which, probably, the club’s leaders wanted to see him, and he wanted to see himself on the court. He shouldn’t be a statist.
— Will they be able to take the Stanley Cup this season or is it too early to talk about it?
— The NHL season has just begun, so you can talk about anything, draw conclusions… You can dream. To do the analyzes professionally – no, of course,” Plyushchev told Match TV.
Source: Sportbox
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