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SUMMARY:alexander-ovechkin-washington-capitals-2010-11-game-used-jersey-pho
 tomatched-to-four-nhl-playoff-games-2-goals-2-assists - Date de vente : 30
 /09/2025
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : Alexander Ovechkin Washington Capitals 2010-11 Ga
 me-Used Jersey | Photomatched to Four NHL Playoff Games | 2 Goals | 2 Assi
 sts\n\nReebok\, Reebok Hockey Jersey\n\nRed Knit Pullover\n\nPolyester\, S
 pandex\n\nSize 58\n\n2011\n\nThis Red Away jersey was worn by Alexander Ov
 echkin on May 1\, 2011 in Game 2 of the 2011 Eastern Conference Semifinals
 . Ovechkin recorded a clutch goal with just over a minute to go that sent 
 the game into overtime. The Lightning ultimately prevailed in overtime\, 3
 -2.\n\nThis jersey was also worn by Ovechkin during the following games:\n
 \nApril 15\, 2011\, when the Washington Capitals played the New York Range
 rs in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2011 Stanley C
 up Playoffs. The Capitals won 2-0\, and Ovechkin recorded one assist.\n\nA
 pril 23\, 2011 in Game 5 of the first round against the Rangers. The Capit
 als defeated the Rangers 3-1\, clinching the series\, and Ovechkin recorde
 d a goal and an assist in the closeout game.\n\nApril 29\, 2011 in Game 1 
 of the 2011 Eastern Conference Semifinals\, when the Capitals took on the 
 Tampa Bay Lightning. The Capitals lost 4-2. Ovechkin did not record any po
 ints.\n\nThis jersey accompanied Ovechkin through much of his fourth Stanl
 ey Cup Playoff run in the NHL and his second since being named Washington
 ’s second youngest captain in January of 2010. It saw him demonstrate th
 e skills and fortitude that had already made him an NHL superstar and cont
 inued to serve him as he became an all-time great\, namely his unprecedent
 ed ability to score and his ability to remain cool\, calm\, and collected 
 in the clutch.\n\nAfter tying Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfina
 ls in the latter stages of the third period\, which sent the game to overt
 ime\, Ovi and the Capitals held on to win in the extra period. Ovi added a
 n assist in Washington’s Game 2 victory in this jersey\, giving them a c
 ommanding 2-0 lead going to New York.\n\nWhen the series returned to Washi
 ngton\, the Capitals held a 3-1 lead and the opportunity to advance to the
  second round for only the second time of the century so far. Ovi did not 
 let the chance slip. In this jersey\, Ovechkin assisted the first goal of 
 the game before scoring what would become the game-winning goal in the sec
 ond period. Ovechkin finished with a series-leading six points\, and the C
 apitals advanced.\n\nThe following round saw the Capitals play the Lightni
 ng\, and while the Capitals lost the series\, Ovechkin’s skill and love 
 of the game shone through. After being held scoreless in Game 1\, he made 
 his mark on Game 2 in dramatic fashion. With just over a minute to go in r
 egulation\, the Capitals trailed 2-1. Ovechkin took matters into his own h
 ands. After slamming defenseman Victor Hedman and allowing the puck to fal
 l back to teammate Jason Arnott\, keeping possession with Washington. Ovec
 hkin circled around as multiple shot attempts were made to no avail. After
  a brief moment\, Washington secured possession and circled the net\, with
  Ovechkin closing in fast on the front of goal. Arnott found Ovechkin and 
 laid the puck off for Ovechkin to fire the tying goal into the net\, sendi
 ng the game to an overtime period. Ovi threw his hands in the air as he wa
 s mobbed by his teammates amidst the thunderous cheers of the Washington f
 aithful. Ovi\, the captain\, had given his team a chance to win with a sig
 nature clutch goal. His face was one of ecstasy\, with Ovechkin letting ou
 t a scream as he skated away\, captured in a photo that would go on to gra
 ce the cover of Red Rising: The Washington Capitals Story.\n\nThis jersey 
 is accompanied by a letter from Sports Investors Authentication with regar
 d to the photomatch. The note references a tag that has been sewn into the
  jersey by MeiGray\, with MeiGray certificate number H00072.\n\nGoing Deep
 er - Alexander Ovechkin\n\nAlexander Ovechkin entered the NHL at a turbule
 nt time for the league. After being drafted first overall by the Washingto
 n Capitals in 2004\, a labor dispute erupted that\, for the first time amo
 ng the four major North American Sports leagues\, resulted in a lockout th
 at forced the cancellation of a full season of play. When play resumed in 
 the fall of 2005\, there were two freshly minted number one picks on the i
 ce\, with his 2005 counterpart being his soon-to-be career-long rival Sidn
 ey Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins.\n\nOvechkin proved worth the wait fo
 r Capitals fans. Ovi made his NHL debut on October 5\, 2005\, and immediat
 ely let the hockey world know that an elite scorer had arrived in Washingt
 on. With 12:39 left in the second period\, Ovechkin fired a laser from the
  middle of the ice to score his first goal to tie the game\, and then came
  back four and a half minutes later to tie the game again with a lightning
 -fast rebound shot. Thus began the most prolific scoring career that the N
 HL has ever seen. Ovechkin set his pace with 52 goals\, the third best tot
 al for an NHL rookie on his way to the Calder Trophy for Rookie of the Yea
 r.\n\nHis extraordinary abilities were on full display when he scored what
  has since been called simply “The Goal\,” in front of Phoenix coach W
 ayne Gretzky no less. Already up 5-1 with 8:12 left in the third period\, 
 Ovechkin took the puck from the Caps’ side of center ice\, skillfully ma
 neuvered around Paul Mara\, and then as he fell to the ice released a rock
 et of a backhand to score Washington’s sixth goal of the game. The Great
  One remarked ““That was pretty nice…He’s a phenomenal player. He
 ’s that good. He deserves all of the accolades he’s getting.” Auston
  Matthews\, a player many see as a potential successor to Gretzky and Ovec
 hkin’s goal scoring prowess\, also witnessed the goal as a fan in the st
 ands and said it was the best that he had ever seen. Glen Hanlon\, the goa
 lie who Gretzky had scored his first NHL goal against and was now coaching
  Ovechkin\, looked on in awe and could only muster “holy mackerel.”\n\
 nDuring the 2007-08 season\, Ovechkin made his next step toward all-time g
 reatness. Ovechkin became the first player to score 60 or more goals in th
 e 21st century with 65\, played in his second NHL All-Star game\, earned t
 he Hart Memorial Trophy for MVP\, and earned a playoff berth for the first
  time in his career while leading his team to their first playoff appearan
 ce since 2002-03\, all the while negotiating the largest contract in NHL h
 istory to date\, a $124 million\, 13 year deal. It was clear that\, to Was
 hington\, Ovechkin was the future. Of Ovechkin\, owner Ted Leonsis said at
  the time “if you’re going to make a long-term investment\, who else w
 ould you do it with? This takes away any of the issues of how committed we
  are to winning a Cup\, how committed we are to keeping a team together.
 ”\n\nOvechkin continued to reward the Washington faithful with stellar p
 lay. He followed up his 65 goal season with two more consecutive 50 goal s
 easons to round out the decade and was named captain in January 2010\, the
  second youngest in Capitals history. The 2010s would see Ovechkin etch hi
 mself into the minds of hockey fans around the world and take a giant leap
  toward all-time great status.\n\nBeginning in the 2012-13 season\, the NH
 L saw Ovechkin lead the league in goals for seven out of eight years\, inc
 luding four straight between 2012-13 and 2015-16. It was in January of 201
 6\, after becoming the 43rd player to reach that milestone as well as the 
 fifth fastest\, that in the pages of the Washington Post\, speculation beg
 an on Ovechkin’s chances to claim a record once thought unbreakable: the
  Great One’s all-time goal record. More than that though\, Ovi wanted to
  win. His first overall pick rival\, Sidney Crosby\, had already won Stanl
 ey Cups in 2009 and 2012 and would go on to in 2016 while Ovi had only eve
 r made it as far as the second round. This would soon change.\n\nThe 2017-
 18 season saw the Great Eight on a mission. Ovechkin once again claimed hi
 s goal scoring crown after relinquishing it in the 2016-17 season while re
 aching another major milestone: 600 goals. The 20th player to ever achieve
  the feat\, and the fourth fastest\, Ovechkin was hardly finished.\n\nOvec
 hkin and the Capitals stormed into the playoffs\, with a number of pundits
  predicting that they would win it all. They dispatched the Columbus Blue 
 Jackets in six games before seeing off Crosby and the Penguins to reach Ov
 i’s first Conference Finals and the Caps’ first since the 1997-98 seas
 on. There they faced the Tampa Bay Lightning and\, despite falling behind 
 3-2 in the series\, Ovi and the Caps held strong and came back to win the 
 series in seven games.\n\nThe Russian Machine went on to lead his team to 
 a five-game romp over the new expansion Vegas Golden Knights\, clinching t
 heir fourth straight series on the road and Ovechkin\, as well as the fran
 chise’s\, first ever Stanley Cup and ended the city’s 26 year major sp
 orts championship drought. During the trophy presentation Ovi was called t
 o lift the cup first. His name would literally be etched into NHL history.
  He had reached the NHL summit.\n\nIn the years since\, Ovechkin’s goal 
 scoring has not let up. He put together another two straight seasons where
  he led the league in goal scoring and became only the eighth player\, as 
 well as the fastest and youngest\, to score 700 goals in NHL history in 20
 20. The COVID shortened 2020-21 season saw him score less than 30 goals in
  a season for the first time in his career and saw the end of that mammoth
  13 year contract. Ovechkin signed a five year extension that would take h
 im to age 40 and then sprang right back to his old ways\, scoring 50 in th
 e 2021-22 season before becoming only the third player to score 800 goals 
 in an NHL career in December 2022 and break Gretzky’s record for 40 goal
  seasons with his 13th.\n\n2023-24 saw Ovechkin’s longest goal scoring d
 rought ever and some began to wonder if he was finally beginning to slow d
 own. He finished with 31 goals and early in the 2024-25 season suffered a 
 fractured leg that kept him out for 16 games\, the longest stretch of his 
 career (until then he had only missed 35 games for injury in his 19 year c
 areer). For most 39 year-olds\, this may have been the death knell for a r
 ecord chase. But as Ovechkin’s loyal fans say: The Russian Machine Never
  Breaks. Ovi returned to action in December 2024 and went on a tear. On Ap
 ril 6\, 2025\, Ovi claimed his place in history\, notching his 895th goal 
 against the New York Islanders with The Great One in attendance.\n\nThe Su
 nday matineé was in many ways a pleasing bookend to Ovechkin’s career t
 hus far. 21 years to the day since the Capitals had won the draft lottery 
 that saw Ovi begin his career with the only NHL team he has ever known. Th
 e same broadcasters that had called his first ever NHL goal. The crowd may
  technically have been an away crowd\, but you would hardly know it lookin
 g at it: among the Islander fans in attendance was a sea of #8 Capitals sh
 irts\, jerseys\, and other apparel. The shot that made up almost half of h
 is career goals: from the top of the left circle. The pandemonious\, thund
 erous cheers from the crowd. The euphoric joy that clearly took hold over 
 the 39-year old Ovechkin as he belly flopped at center ice\, showing the s
 ame emotion and love for the game that Ovi has shown for decades. It is ra
 re for the world of sport to descend on a moment like it did on April 6: s
 uch displays are reserved for the highest achievement. Ovechkin now stands
  alone as the NHL’s all-time leading goalscorer\, and does not seem to b
 e slowing down. As tributes from the likes of Michael Jordan\, Simone Bile
 s\, Derek Jeter\, LeBron James\, Michael Phelps\, and Gretzky poured in ov
 er video and in person\, Gretzky issued Ovi’s next challenge: get to 900
 . As he enters the 2025-26 season\, his 21st in the league\, he only needs
  three to hit this mythical milestone. It seems not a question of if but a
  question of when he will meet Gretzky’s challenge. One thing is for sur
 e: The Great 8 has earned his nickname and then some.\n\nShould you wish t
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