“Unbelievable Twist: How Alexander Ovechkin’s Miracle Goal Defied All Odds and Captivated Fans Worldwide”
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“Obviously lucky, but I’ll take it,” Ovechkin said at the time. “For that moment, it was unbelievable time. My dream was come true: I play in the NHL, I did that kind of special goal and Gretzky was there, as well.”
The chase of Gretzky is on
Once the reality of the goal set in and the replay rocketed its way around the pre-social media sports universe, the players involved began to reckon with the enormity of the moment. “I was never embarrassed by giving up that goal,” Boucher says. “I mean, if I gave up that goal to a guy who scored seven career goals I might be embarrassed there. But he’s going to go down as the greatest goal scorer in the history of hockey, and if you’re going to score that many goals, there are going to be some that look like that.”
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