The video was posted on the official NHL YouTube channel.
The National Hockey League (NHL) has named the puck of the Russian Washington Capitals striker Alexander Ovechkin against the Phoenix Coyotes on January 16, 2006, in the list of the best moments in the history of the tournament.
“Brendan Witt threw the puck into the middle zone. I picked up speed and picked it up. He put the puck under him, rolled on his back and somehow scored. The goal turned out to be beautiful, but here I was lucky. It was just luck. Luck? Craftsmanship? I dont know. Call it whatever you want, ”Ovechkin said, commenting on that episode.
It is noteworthy that that intcbatch the puck, by the way called "Goal", celebrated its tenth anniversary on January 16.
YouTube VIDEO: Ovechkin's goal went down in NHL history
Note that in the 100-year history of the NHL, there were several goals that have become icons. So, the puck of the great defender Bobby Orr, abandoned in the 1970 Stanley Cup final against St. Louis. reports about it "Soviet Sport". It was named the Flying Goal. After receiving a pass from Derek Sanderson, he scored a goal for goalkeeper Glenn Hall. Blues player Noel Picard tripped him. Orr soared into the air and froze in the famous pose, as if he were hovering over the landing.
There is a Golden Goal in modern history - this is the puck abandoned by Sidney Crosby at the Vancouver Olympics. It was the overtime final against the USA. Watch the video, remember that match again.
The Washington Capitals ice hockey player Alex Ovechkin is a superstar and phenomenal ice hockey player. The Russian's presence on the ice has instilled fear in every rival team in the NHL since he made his league debut in 2005. It is hard to believe that Ovechkin is only now reaching his so-called "age peak" despite the fact that next month he will turn 30 years old.
Thus, given that this list will change over the next 10 years, we bring to your attention the top 5 goals of the G8.
5. Goal after cheating 4 hockey players against the Montreal Canadiens
In fifth place is the goal, which is not so much spectacular as a demonstration of Ovechkin's persistence. I'm not sure what the Montreal coach said to his hockey players after the match, but it must have slipped between the lines that “it was a beautifully performed version of the musical Corps de Ballet. After Ovechkin got the puck on the right flank, he forced four Canadiens players to move to the left, and then shot past the goalkeeper over the sticks of two of them.
4. Goal after going from gate to gate against the Chicago Blackhawks
Ovechkin is renowned for accelerating quickly from his blue line, but the No. 4 goal demonstrates this better than any other of his goals. Having picked up the puck in his zone (not far from his goalkeeper), Ovechkin flies the entire area in 7 seconds (past three Chicago players), and then hits the goal after an offensive feint with the puck thrown between his legs. He scored this puck in the 2011-2012 season.
3. Goal "Kneeling" against the New York Rangers
That goal was scored by Ovechkin in a match lost to the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup conference semifinals, but that doesn't make him any less extraordinary. When a hockey player scores a goal while on his knees and slipping past two of the best defenders in the league, he deserves to be included in the top 5.
2. Goal in the fall against the Montreal Canadiens
In the 2008-2009 season, Ovechkin scored another beautiful goal that must be seen to be believed. The Montreal hockey player's pass was intercepted by Ovechkin at the center line, and after a stunning turn, he was already rushing towards the Canadiens goal, leaving behind a somewhat discouraged Roman Gamrlik. However, this is just the easy part. Ovechkin scored this goal after he had already fallen on the ice. This proves that Russians are capable of a lot even while lying down.
1. Goal after slipping between two defenders against New Jersey
There are many Capitals fans who will shout that this a goal against Phoenix, scored from behind, should not only be included in the top 5, but also be in the first place in it. As cool as this goal was, let me say that in that case there was an element of luck. It seems to me that the New Jersey goal in 2014 demonstrated all the qualities of a left-handed striker: perseverance, power, skill, and, it seems, an acquired quality of resistance to gravity (almost).
Almost 13 years have passed since the famous goal Alexandra Ovechkina into the gates of the Phoenix Coyotes. As soon as this moment was not called in January 2006, which instantly became a famous page in the history of the NHL: a goal from behind the ear, a goal back to the goal, a prone goal, or simply, but respectfully The Goal. Then the cocky Russian newcomer made a laughingstock of the Phoenix defender Paula Mary and in an acrobatic fall sent the puck into the team goal Wayne Gretzky.
“Even the opponents commented on this! As Alex rolled over to his bench to receive congratulations, Gretzky said, "Nice goal," the former Capitals manager proudly recalled. Glen Hanlon.
“Of course, I was lucky, but I accept such luck. It was an incredible time. My dream came true completely, I play in the NHL, I scored such a special goal and Gretzky was there. I felt that I needed to quit when I was falling, ”Ovechkin himself recalled later.
It seemed that it was already impossible to repeat this goal - too much had to happen so that someone else could score while lying on his back, and all the goalkeepers in the world probably overlooked Ovechkin's famous puck more than once. However, the good thing about records is that someday their power comes to an end.
In the match between the New York Islanders and the Vancouver Canucks, viewers saw a complete repetition of Ovechkin's goal against the Coyotes 13 years ago. The author of the new masterpiece was the German striker, who in the sixth minute of the first period left out of work and the defender of the Canucks Ben Hutton, and the goalkeeper Jacob Markström... The angle at which Künhackl inflicted a "throw from behind the ear" was even sharper than that of Ovechkin, and if Tom had not scored, no one would have thought to scold him, especially since the opponent had a delayed penalty.
Künhakl's goal allowed the Islanders to score 1: 1, and after such beauty, the Islanders expectedly added and made a decisive effort to win. Kühnhackl himself, inspired by the success, scored a brace, and after that Vancouver got unstuck and scored into their own goal - the goal recorded for forward Josh Bailey was actually scored by Vancouver defender Chris Tanev.
As a result, the “islanders” won a convincing victory with a score of 5: 2, and Künhackl received a portion of glory in full. The 26-year-old German has scored more than one goal per game for the first time, but the point is, of course, not in quantity, but in how he did it.
“Great goal. And at the same time incredibly nasty and even ugly. Handsome in the sense that the striker was able to throw, even when he fell and was lying on the ice with his back to the goal. Ugly because goalkeeper Jakob Markström had no right to miss such a shot, "- said the columnist for NBC Sports Adam Gretz.
"Did Kuenhackl overthrow Ovechkin from the throne, scoring the same goal as Alexander 12 years ago?" - asked the publication Yahoo Sports. We propose to answer this to our readers.
Ovechkin scores a mega goal in overtime, Kucherov leads among the scorers (video)
In the heading "Three nails of the NHL", the columnist for "Soviet Sport" talks about the most interesting events of overseas hockey.1. THREE STARS OF THE DAY
Now there is a good reason to explain how we count these three stars of the day. What are the principles? Look here.
Today is a very difficult day to choose. Five Russian players at once scored 2 (1 + 1) points in the match. And how do you choose the top three?
Let's see whose team won. It turned out that all these points brought victories to their clubs. Labor has not been wasted.
Then let's see who scored the winning goals. It turned out three. Evgeni Malkin was very good (1 + 1). He went to the gate like a tank, almost crushed it. I stuffed the puck into the meat net. Straight out of the gate area, although he was pushed in the back. But this goal was not victorious.
Although 15 seconds before the end of the third period, with the score 2: 2, Malkin made a standard pass along the blue line, but the shot from the Finnish defender Olli Maatta turned out to be so luxurious that the puck flew into the net. And that decided everything.
Nikita Kucherov is just a god. Leading the league's top scorers debate (46 points), leading in goals (23). Now I have scored two points, having opened an account in the 30th minute. There, the Fetis broadcast from Victor Hedman is delighted. Kucherov ran away one to zero and scored. This is not a winning goal either, although the whole combination is a masterpiece.
So, we have three Russian hockey players with winning goals. They entered the top three stars. How to arrange them? Of course, the beauty of the pucks.
Third place - Vladimir Tarasenko. Although the first star of St. Louis was the goalkeeper Carter Hatton, who made a crack with 48 saves. Just a plague!
Tarasenko, on the other hand, distinguished himself in the majority, when the puck bounced to him, and Volodya delivered an accurate wrist shot. The great master has realized his moment.
Second place - when a defender gains 2 (1 + 1) points, this is already an event. When Mikhail Sergachev does this, you are amazed at how great the 19-year-old is playing! In terms of points, he is at the level of Pavel Buchnevich, and he is a forward.
The game against Colorado turned out to be insane, in which we saw 11 goals. Sergachev, on the other hand, scored in the 52nd minute, when he had great time to finish off the goal. At the same time, Misha was lucky that the puck ricocheted off the opponent's skate. But it's so good to quit - you still need to be able to.
First place - Alexander Ovechkin scored in overtime with Anaheim. The goal turned out to be breathtaking. Ovi dragged the puck out of his zone, went to the right flank, and made such a dashing click from mid range that the puck sank into the far nine. The goalkeeper did not even have time to react to it.
Therefore, the three stars of the day: Ovechkin, Sergachev, Tarasenko. Although after such gaming evenings, thoughts arise to determine five stars. But there are days when, figuratively speaking, one and a half Russians play in all the teams in the league. Therefore, three is the optimal number.
2. OPEN-AIR MATCH
The NHL held an open-air match on its anniversary. In Ottawa, 33,959 spectators came to hockey. And even if the owner of the club, Eugene Melnik, complains that he has poor attendance and interest in the team in the city, when a big event is organized and Montreal is invited to it, there will always be a full house.
Goalkeeper Craig Anderson made a crack with 28 shots. Erik Karlsson made eight blocks and spent 32 minutes and 55 seconds on the ice with +3 utility, assist and seven shots on goal. Apparently, Eric did all this so as not to freeze. After all, it was "-11" on the street, and I had to run a lot so as not to turn into an icicle. By the way, in the entire history of open-air matches it was colder only in Edmonton in 2003 ("-18").
“It was freezing and colder with each period, and in the second there was generally an oak tree,” said Ottawa forward Bobby Ryan.
But the match itself was historical. He recreated the very first game in NHL history, when Ottawa vs. Montreal took to the ice on 19 December 1917. This is a very cool moment.
3. BEST MOMENT EVER
God, it was very difficult! The league is already a hundred years old. A million events, goals scored, champions, victories, saves and trophies. How to determine the best one is not clear.
But the league was shortlisted for 64 episodes. And arranged the playoffs between them, making up the grid. As a result, two points reached the final. 1970 year. Bobby Orr scores the decisive puck against St. Louis in the 1970 Stanley Cup final.
In that moment everything came together. Bobby Orr greatness, Stanley Cup final, winning puck. And most importantly - the beauty of the moment, grace, aesthetic pleasure. How many photos and posters with the flying Orr have been replicated across North America! This shot became a symbol of an entire generation, that era of the NHL.
Can you find fault with this moment? No. Although if you try very hard, let's say - well, yes, Orr got a pass from outside the goal, scored and threw up his hands in the fall for joy. Now what?
But only those who do not understand the meaning and beauty of hockey can say this.
However, he lost this moment in the final, and the first match was recognized as "Pittsburgh" against "New Jersey" in 1988. It was December 31, and then the great New Year's inspiration descended on the great Mario Lemieux. He scored eight points and scored five completely different goals: in equal squads, in the minority, in the majority, free throw and in an empty net.
Watch the video - by the way, the second goal is somewhat similar to Orr's flying puck.
Lemieux himself was surprised when he was named the best: "I thought Bobby would win."
The award was presented to him by Guy Lefleur, whose matches Mario watched as a child.
And it's a pity that Lemieux played so little because of injuries and health problems. He was an amazing hockey player, capable of scoring 1,000 goals in his career. Simply space. And when you talk or write about such people, about the entire history of the NHL, you get the feeling that you are touching something great and grandiose.
THREE STARS OF THE DAY
1 * - Alexander Ovechkin (Washington)
Scored 2 (1 + 1) points in the match against Anaheim (3: 2 OT)
2 ** - Mikhail SERGACHEV (Tampa Bay)
Scored 2 (1 + 1) points in the match against Colorado (6: 5)
3 *** - Vladimir TARASENKO (Saint Louis)
Scored 2 (1 + 1) points in the match against Winnipeg (2: 0)
Overall standings by season *:
35 - Kucherov
34 - Ovechkin
30 - Radulov
28 - Bobrovsky, Tarasenko
23 - Panarin
21 - Buchnevich
20 - Kuznetsov
19 - Malkin
18 - Vasilevsky
15 - Sergachev
14 - Anisimov
12 - Zaitsev
11 - Kulikov
10 - Varlamov
9 - Governors, Provorov
8 - Yakupov
7 - Dadonov, Khudobin
6 - Zadorov
5 - Slepyshev, Antipin
4 - Goldobin, Orlov, Emelin, Burmistrov
3 - Shipachev, Mironov
2 - Kulemin
1 - Barbashev
* First place - 3 points, second place - 2 points, third place - 1 point
BOARD OF THE DAY
Colorado - Tampa Bay - 5: 6 (0: 0, 1: 4, 4: 2)
Landeskog (YAKUPOV, ZADOROV), Landeskog, Landeskog, McKinnon, McKinnon (ZADOROV) - Kucherov, Strolman (SERGACHEV), Hedman (Kucherov), Gurd, Strolman, SERGACHEV
K: Yakupov (0 + 1; 0, 0, 3, 11.26)
Zadorov (0 + 2; +1, 0, 0, 19.51)
TB: Kucherov (1 + 1; +1, 2, 4, 16.04)
Namestnikov (0 + 0; 0, 0, 1, 18.05)
Sergachev (1 + 1; +1, 0, 3, 15.37)
Washington - Anaheim - 3: 2 OT (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)
Backstrom (Ovechkin), Kuznetsov, Ovechkin - Grant, Silfverberg
B: Ovechkin (1 + 1; +2, 0, 4, 22.49)
Kuznetsov (1 + 0; +1, 0, 1, 19.11)
Orlov (0 + 0; +2, 0, 0, 24.29)
Saint Louis - Winnipeg - 2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
TARASENKO, Dunn (TARASENKO)
SL: Tarasenko (1 + 1; 0, 0, 5, 18.22)
V: Kulikov (0 + 0; 0, 2, 2, 19.04)
Philadelphia - Dallas - 2: 1 OT (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Gostisbir, Gostisbir - Smith
F: Provorov (0 + 0; 0, 0, 0, 24.39)
D: Radulov (0 + 0; 0, 4, 1, 20.31)
Carolina - Columbus - 2: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)
D. Staal, Hanifin - Wennberg
C: Panarin (0 + 0; 0, 0, 1, 24.11)
in Bobrovsky (24-22; 91.7%, 58.20)
Arizona - Pittsburgh - 2: 4 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2)
Cousins, Domi-Roney, Malkin, Maatta (Malkin), Crosby
P: Malkin (1 + 1; +1, 2, 5, 19.37)
Calgary - Nashville - 0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0)
Johansen, Fiala
N: Emelin (0 + 0; +1, 0, 4, 19.20)
Boston - Rangers - 2: 3 OT (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)
Heinen, Marchand - Grabner, Miller, Zuccarello
R: Buchnevich (0 + 0; 0, 2, 2, 13.44)
Minnesota - Edmonton - 2: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1)
Dam, Dam - Nugent Hopkins, Lucic, Pulyujarvi
Ottawa - Montreal - 3: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)
Pajo, Ryan, Thompson
Islanders - Los Angeles - 4: 3 OT (1: 2, 0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0)
Bailey, Tavares, Lee, Eberle - Fantenberg, Toffoli, Kopitar
In brackets: goals + assists; utility, penalty, throws, time.
Goalkeepers:throws - saves; % of reflected throws, time.
BOMBERERS: Kucherov Tampa Bay - 46 (23 + 23) points, Stamkos Tampa Bay - 43 (12 + 31), Tavares Islanders - 40 (19 + 21), McDavid Edmonton - 40 (12 + 28), Bailey Islanders - 40 (9 +31), Voracek Philadelphia - 40 (7 + 33), Kopitar Los Angeles - 39 (17 + 22), Gaudreau Calgary - 39 (13 + 26) ...
OVECHKIN Washington - 37 (23 + 14), Kuznetsov Washington - 36 (11 + 25), TARASENKO St.Louis - 35 (15 + 20), Malkin Pittsburgh - 30 (10 + 20), Tampa Bay Governors - 28 (13 +15), PANARIN Columbus - 28 (7 + 21), Radulov Dallas - 27 (11 + 16), BUCHNEVICH Rangers - 23 (11 + 12), SERGACHEV Tampa Bay - 23 (8 + 15).