The Gr8 Chase Is Back On. Ovechkin Is Now Just 290 Hits Away From Being The NHL's All-Time Hit Leader

Wayne Gretzky will always be the greatest hockey player to ever live.

There’s no question about that.

I’d give the nod to Sidney Crosby on that one.

But there has never been a more entertaining hockey player than Alexander Ovechkin.

He now has 3,739 hits in his career.

He’s averaged somewhere close to 200 hits per season throughout his career so far.

Hockey is a beautiful blend of grace and gore; of violence and finesse.

Nobody has managed to combine those two together quite like Ovi.

So let the countdown blog begin.

290 to go, baby.

Cal Clutterbuck better be the first guy to shake Ovi’s hand once he gets to 4,030.