Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin just accomplished something that practically guarantees his admittance into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Russian machine scored his 500th career goal in his 801st game, becoming the fifth fastest player in NHL history to reach that milestone.
The goal, a power play tally, came on Senators goaltender Andrew Hammond. Jason Chimera and Andre Burakovsky assisted on the goal.
The Caps bench emptied and joined Ovechkin in a huge celebration at center ice.
Ovechkin getting mobbed by his teammates pic.twitter.com/Uh4rdERKat
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 11, 2016
Ovechkin’s father Mikhail took video on his iPhone. Ovechkin’s mother Tatyana cried in the stands. According to RMNB’s Rachel Cohen, Ovechkin blew her a kiss.
Mikhail and Tatyana Ovechkin react after Ovechkin's 500th goal. Ovi's mom was crying. pic.twitter.com/0UtMVZTkCW
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 11, 2016
The celebration and standing ovation lasted nearly three minutes. Ovechkin concluded it by clapping at and waving to the crowd.
Now let me blow your mind on just how amazing this accomplishment is.
Here’s the full 500 member club list.
On top of that, Alex Ovechkin has been inarguably the greatest goal scorer of this generation.
We say this a lot, but never take this player for granted. He’s good.
In fact, he’s one of the gr8est of all-time.
Congratulations, Ovi.
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