Ex-NHL goalies honoured for shutting down Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Ovechkin has cemented his legacy, surpassing Wayne Gretzky's all-time scoring record. Alexander Ovechkin has had a legendary career in the NHL, scoring on roughly 200 different goaltenders -- an astounding number, to say the least. That said, only a small number of goalies over the 20 years can say they've never been scored on by Alexander Ovechkin.
That said, only a small handful of goalies over the past 20 years can say they've never been scored on by Alexander Ovechkin-and hilariously, Budweiser has decided to give them an award for it.
Budweiser Canada sent 28 different goaltenders a celebratory can with the title "Zero of 895" to celebrate the goalies who faced shots from Ovechkin during his chase of Wayne Gretzky's record, but gave up zero goals to the all-time goals leader.
Budwesier gifts former NHL goaltenders unique award
According to sources, The label on each can reads, «The greatest goal scorer of all time couldn't score on you,» and includes jersey numbers specific to each goalie. Every can also includes the number of Ovechkin shots that the goalie saved and a goalie mask logo surrounded by text that reads «nothing got past you.»
Among the former NHL goaltenders who received the are Curtis Joseph, Manny Legace, and Mike Condon.
You can see their reaction is the links provided below:
«Congrats, Ovi, on 895,» Condon said. «That's a significant number, but as all my fellow goalies would attest, zero is a much more significant number. And, I'm really glad that they don't count preseason.»
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