Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin, ends in Wayne Gretzky’s goals record. In his quest for In the NHL Immortality, Ovechkin collects funds for the benefit of research on pediatric cancer.
According to a press release from Capitals, Ovechkin joined forces with Hockey Fights Cancer and the V Foundation to launch the “Chase Gr8 for cancer victory”.
Beginning with Wednesday’s match against the New York Rangers, Ovechkin plans to give an amount in dollars equal to his total career objective for each objective he marks for the rest of his professional career. Monumental Sports & Entertainment – which has the capital – plan to correspond to each of the donations of Ovechkin.
Ovechkin also asked fans to support it on this effort to collect funds on cancer. He suggested that fans give $ 8 in honor of Ovechkin n ° 8. According to the team, 100% of donations will benefit research on pediatric cancer through the V.
“I am proud to join the V Foundation and support their efforts to finance research on rescue cancer,” said Ovechkin. “Throughout my NHL career, I have met many courageous children fighting for cancer, and I think it is important to do what I can save more lives from this horrible disease. I want to thank the V Foundation for all their hard work, and I can’t wait to use my platform and do everything I can to help advance the mission of cancer of cancer Foundation and hockey.
V Foundations were founded in 1993 to honor Jim Valvano, a legendary male basketball coach from NC state who died due to cancer. The V foundations have raised around $ 400 million for cancer research since its creation.
Alex Ovechkin Offs Tracker: Capitals Star 11 Far from breaking the record for all time of the NHL of Wayne Gretzky
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Ovechkin scored 884 goals throughout his 20 seasons in the NHL, who are all as a member of the capital. The capital star has 31 goals this year, and he is at the rate of breaking the record for goals for all time in Gretzky before the conclusion of the regular season. Ovechkin did only 11 goals by breaking the Gretzky record with 21 regular regular games according to the Washington calendar.
Ovechkin has collected five goals in the last five games for a capital team with the most points (86) of the Eastern Conference.
