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“The juice, the life that comes alive in the rink when he gets the puck — it’s pretty incredible,” Strome said.
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Ovechkin is about to walk through that door.
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Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career Friday night, setting off a wild celebration on the ice with his teammates and chants of "Ovi! Ovi!" by a crowd that ...

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