Marching toward history: Alex Ovechkin visited the United Center on Tuesday on the doorstep of major milestone, writes johndietzdh.
Once a year, Alex Ovechkin -- the most prolific goal scorer of this generation -- visits the United Center to battle the Blackhawks. After all, it's not often we get to see someone march toward a record that many believed to be unreachable.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service And guess what? "It's like Tom Brady-ish in football. It's like Aaron Judge in baseball," said Hawks coach Luke Richardson."You don't think you're every gonna see that again, but he's a guy that's been consistent.
Ovechkin has nine seasons of 50-plus goals, with a high of 65 in 2007-08. Four times he's had 20 or more power play goals in a season, and he has 291 on the man advantage in his career. Then along came Gretzky. All the Great One did was score 51 goals as a rookie, 55 in his second year and an astounding 92 in Year 3. His most remarkable stretch came from 1981-85 when he poured in 323 goals in 314 games.
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