Ovechkin's "Sequel," Ron Jaworski Style
by J.P. on Feb 19, 2009 10:27 AM EST
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[Rage's employers have decided to block this site, so he passed along this breakdown of "The Sequel" via an email entitled "Here's the goal, Jaworski style." Enjoy]
Roman Hamrlik races up towards his own blue line to gather a loose puck resulting from a pass that got away from him and out of the zone. Hum dee hum, just a regular day on the ice. No big deal.
Alex Ovechkin streaks in, Hamrlik freezes as he gives up on getting to the puck. "Oh crap, who’s that guy? Ovechkin. Oh crap."
Ovechkin realizes this. This is the most brilliant part of the play. He starts to turn knowing that he can probably play the puck off the boards, and thus needs to be facing forwards. The screen grab below is after Ovechkin has initially played the puck (hence why Hamrlik is turning around).
You can’t really see the puck but it’s basically just above and to the left of Ovechkin’s knee. Notice how Hamrlik has the gait of one who just got tooled by the greatest hockey player since Lemieux/Gretzky. Kyle Chipchura is the Hab on the right. His ruling is still to come.
Chip prepares to engage Ovechkin, but Ovie has the inside edge and is so much stronger than the majority of the NHL that he will be difficult to knock off his path. At this point it’s 100% that the outcome is either a goal or a penalty. Notice how Ovie is cradling the puck with his LEFT HAND here. Away from the reach of the d-man.
So the defender engaged Ovie, lost the angle as I mentioned above, and Ovie still has the puck. At this point, Carey Price, Chipchura and Mathieu Dandeneault (on the right) are saying "oh s**t oh s**t oh s**t".
Look at Ovie’s legs. Look at Carey Price’s positioning. Ovie at this point plays the puck and beats Price before sliding into him. Also, Chipchura has officially been ruled at this point.
LOOK AT THE CARNAGE. DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE. (You can see Ovechkin’s hand in the air in front of Alex Semin. He is sitting on his bum with his legs out in front of him, as if he was drinking a mojito on the beach.)
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Excellent commentary. Jaws would be proud, but he’s a philthy faithful so he thinks its showboating to pull a spin move in the open ice like that.
by vt caps fan on Feb 19, 2009 10:35 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
OMG LOOK AT THE CARNAGE AND DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE.
Haha! I couldn’t stop laughing at the game last night after he scored. It was just too amazing. When he did the ear cup thing I lost it again.
by zephyr on Feb 19, 2009 10:39 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
And Malkin's lead for the Ross is now at SEVEN
Ask not for whom the red light tolls Geno…….
by Wisper on Feb 19, 2009 10:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
+1
kudos to rage for evading The Man. they blocked SBN at his workplace?? i hope they weren’t tracking his individual traffic. man, i would be in some serious S.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 19, 2009 10:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yo Rage: Proxy Server.
Russian Machine Never Breaks
by macvechkin on Feb 19, 2009 11:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Most companies smart enough to block sites for content (such as SBN), should definitely be smart enough to block all proxy servers.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Feb 19, 2009 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
Most companies block proxy servers like that. In fact, it’s so common that some corporate web proxy servers provide default filter lists that include stuff like that as examples. I work in the field and have dealt with them before.
by gotsparkly on Feb 19, 2009 12:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Without turning this into slashdot, let me tell you it’s extremely easy to set up a tunnel out of 99.9% of corporate networks.
Set up a SSH server at home, run it on port 443, map your ports.
Russian Machine Never Breaks
by macvechkin on Feb 19, 2009 2:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure it is.
I guess I’m more used to government networks, where you simply don’t allow external routes to touch your local devices. You stop outbound tunnels and the like through routing, not firewalls.
by gotsparkly on Feb 19, 2009 7:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
sadly i didn’t include govt networks because i was just assuming they weren’t properly administered. ;-)
Russian Machine Never Breaks
by macvechkin on Feb 19, 2009 10:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
nice, but
Chip isn’t really a D-man, is he?
by bilspacecadet on Feb 19, 2009 12:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
No, not at all.
Rage was ref’g to him as such to indicate that he was the defender there, but I’ll go in and tidy it up.
Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world
by J.P. on Feb 19, 2009 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, I still like my “charging like a wolverine on crack” line… ;)
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Feb 19, 2009 12:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
My coworker watched this goal
He plays rec league hockey, and his reaction was “I HAVE GOT TO TRY THAT”.
Here’s hoping he doesn’t hurt himself.
by gotsparkly on Feb 19, 2009 12:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I feel sorry for his goalie
when his bank-pass to himself in the offensive zone goes awry and gets scooped up for a full-speed odd-man rush going the other way.
The “But I saw Ovechkin do it” rationale is going to be cold comfort to his teammates when they are lining up at Center Ice for the faceoff.
by Wisper on Feb 19, 2009 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Awesome. Rage, my hat’s off to you.
by Gould Old Days on Feb 19, 2009 12:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it’s kind of like looking at frames of the Zapruder film.
"And there’s Ovechkin, with the puck going back… and to the left… back… and to the left… back… and to the left…
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Feb 19, 2009 12:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think I can make out Don Koharski on the grassy knoll getting ready to disallow the goal and send Alex to the box for goaltender interference.
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by J.P. on Feb 19, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
On this play the record is clear
Alex Ovechkin acted as the lone shooter.
(No Assists)
by Wisper on Feb 19, 2009 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1s
Instead of writing it out, recommend it so that it stays at the top of the fanpost list for a while.
Zapruder would have been proud.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Feb 19, 2009 1:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
rec’d!
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
by marky narc on Feb 19, 2009 1:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
A month ago they had a Photo shop contest to see who could put together the best pic making fun of #8. Now, last night’s goal is at the top of their page. Gotta love it.
by Leif on Feb 19, 2009 2:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
For those of you unfamiliar with Kyle Chipchura, here’s his website.
Pick SPG for your chance to win probably nothing.
by xiix on Feb 19, 2009 2:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Unbelievable goal – it’s like something out of a video game. Great breakdown of it too
by Matthew Dirt on Feb 19, 2009 4:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Is it kosher for me to rec my own work? Talk about pissing in the wind.
by RickyRage on Feb 19, 2009 10:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Kosher as bacon-wrapped shrimp (mmm… sacrilicious…).
But go right ahead – everyone likes their own brand, don’t they?
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by J.P. on Feb 20, 2009 7:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, he raided every cemetery in Chicago for voters :)
by gotsparkly on Feb 20, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s all about the W. Wait…no!
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Feb 20, 2009 11:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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