Wearing a T-shirt and reclining in his home in Northern Virginia, Alex Ovechkin logged online to answer reporters’ questions in a teleconference arrangement that’s fast becoming part of the “new normal” in the sports world.
Ovechkin, joined Thursday by representatives of three other teams and an NHL public relations rep, discussed the league’s hockey hiatus and said personal goal-scoring milestones aren’t on his mind at this “scary moment for people all around.”
When the NHL season was suspended March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Capitals star stood at 48 goals on the year, two shy of becoming the third player in league history to record nine 50-goal seasons.