Washington Capitals popular Alex Ovechkin has no reason to let what happened in Vegas stay in Vegas. There is every reason for both Ovechkin and the Capitals team to happily let the world know that Ovechkin has captured several of the sports most prestigious awards -- the Hart Trophy, the Lester Pearson Award and the Maurice Richard Trophy.
For the second year running, Ovechkin won the very prized Hart Trophy, awarded to the player deemed most valuable to his team by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. In fact, this year was the first time in NHL history that all nominees, including Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and Detroit's Pavel Daatsyuk, were natives of Russia.
It is especially impressive that Ovechkin, 23, is the first player in more than a decade to win the Hart Trophy in consecutive seasons -- and the first non-goaltender to win since the Wayne Gretzky captured the prize from 1980-1987. The Capitals' left wing actually garnered 115 of a possible 133 first-place votes -- and was presented the trophy by Capitals teammate and former recipient Sergei Fedorov.
Adding icing to the cake, Ovechkin also garnered the Lester B Pearson Award -- presented to the most outstanding player chosen by members of the NHL Players' Association. This trophy was presented by Vladimir Konstantinov and Igor Larionov.
And for the second year in a row he received the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy.
Ovechkin, thriled with his abundance of top awards, explained their meaning to him -- and how there is one elusive prize that he very much wants to win. "I don't want to stop," he enthusied. "I want to be the best again next year. I want to be in the same situation as Pittsburgh was. Personal stats is good, personal award is good. I just want to win one award, and that's the Stanley Cup." Sphere: Related Content
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