Posts Tagged ‘Montreal Canadiens’
Ovechkin Adds a “C” to His Jersey
Alex Ovechkin made his debut as captain of the Washington Capitals last night in a game against the Montreal Canadiens. Ovechkin, 24, of Moscow is the 6th Russian native to be a captain in the NHL. He is the Capitals 14th captain and the second youngest captain in the team’s history. The youngest captain at the age of 21 was Ryan Walter in the 1979-80 season. Ovechkin takes over from Chris Clark who was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on December 28th.
Washington general manager George McPhee and coach Bruce Boudreau made the decision to name Ovechkin as the new captain. Ovechkin told them to talk to his teammates first before he would accept the position.
“Our team has adopted Alex’s personality and the energy, passion and drive to win that are his hallmarks have become our team’s as well,” GM George McPhee said in a press release. “He sets the tone on the ice as well as off. He’s respectful to everyone and a great ambassador for our team and our sport. We look forward to him leading the Washington Capitals for a long time.”
With Ovechkin’s new position, I’m sure that the Ovechkin jerseys will be selling like hot cakes!
Habs Win In Shootout
With the Montreal Canadiens dressed in the uniforms worn in the 1912-1913, they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in a shootout. Although they won the game, they certainly didn’t win on the looks department. Their uniforms have definitely changed for the better over the last 97 years! Maybe being that it was Halloween, they could get away with it!
The Leafs managed to go from 2 goals down to tie the game in the final few minutes of the game. With two goals scored by Canadiens Mike Cammalleri and Scott Gomez, the Canadiens managed to pull off the win.