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Ovechkin Nominated For Two ESPYs


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"ARLINGTON, Va. – Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin has been nominated for two ESPY Awards – Best Play [below] and Best NHL Player – with the winners determined by fan voting that is open now at ESPYS.tv. Voting continues in 37 categories through 11:59 p.m. ET on July 11.

These are the fourth and fifth ESPY nominations of Ovechkin’s career, as the two-time NHL MVP hopes to win for the first time at The 2009 ESPYs when the show is televised Sunday, July 19, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN HD. A one-hour nomination special will be broadcast tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Ovechkin is the only hockey player and one of a select group of athletes nominated for two ESPYs." 

Also nominated twice are . . .  some other people . . .

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And the winner is…

Alex Kovalev!

by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lived up to my callsign with a sweet header fail

by Cluster on Jun 26, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You are aware that we are talking about internet voting, right?

by gfcaps fan on Jun 26, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, then never mind. Hasn’t got a chance in hell.

by Cluster on Jun 27, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

remember how the voting turned out last year? Ugh.

by RedBirdie on Jun 27, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just for yucks, I went and voted. Discovered that I had been already registered at some point. I guess I tried a couple of years ago and gave up. A problem is that you have to vote in every friggin’ category. I don’t know anything about a bunch of them, but had to make a vote. So there’s your major problem right there, because you have to assume that most of the voters are guessing at many of the categories. Not to mention that if there’s anything that pits hockey against other sports, it’s going to lose. Sorry, Alex.

Also, the above video is not the nominated play, it’s the one against the Rangers in game 5. Idiots.

by gfcaps fan on Jun 28, 2009 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the dipsy doodle goal? That wasn’t even his second best goal of the year! The poke check belly slide against Buffalo was better.

by RedBirdie on Jun 28, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How does this get nominated and not Varlamov’s save on Crosby? Maybe Kipper’s save from out west is, but I have never seen a save quite like Varl’s on Crosby.

I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.

by Whiter Mage on Jun 27, 2009 1:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

still can’t believe AO wasn’t nominated for “best play” ESPY the year of the coyotes goal.

by Natty Bumppo on Jun 27, 2009 4:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

me either, but then again, it’s the ESPYs. someone who can bare to watch: let me know what happens.

Russian Machine Never Breaks

by macvechkin on Jun 27, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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