crosby vs. Ovechkin

THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL…
THE RIVALRY BETWEEN CANADA AND RUSSIA HAS MORE HISTORY THAN PARIS HILTON…
BUT TONIGHT’S “SHOW DOWN” IS ALSO A “SHOWCASE” FOR THE TWO BEST PLAYERS IN THE GAME…
SIDNEY CROSBY AND ALEXANDER OVECHKIN…
EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM IS IN CONTRAST…
CROSBY BELONGS ON A BOX OF WHEATIES…
OVECHKIN BELONGS AT THE “BACK BAR” AT THE ROXY…
BUT WHAT IS TRULY GREAT ABOUT THESE TWO…IS THE SIMPLE FACT…THEY HONESTLY DO NOT LIKE EACH OTHER…
AND BECAUSE OF THAT…
THEY SEEM TO SAVE THEIR BEST FOR EACH OTHER…
THEIR FIRST MEETING WAS AT THE 2005 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS…
CANADA BEAT RUSSIAN IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME…
IN THE FALL…THEY BROKE IN AS ROOKIES…
AND ON NOVEMBER 22ND…THEY WENT HEAD TO HEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME…
EACH SCORED AND GOAL AND COLLECTED 3 POINTS AS THE PENGUINS WON 5-4…
BUT BY THE END OF THE SEASON…IT WAS OVECHKIN WHO TOOK HOME THE CALDER…
IN THEIR FIRST 3 YEARS IN THE LEAGUE…
CROSBY HAS WON BOTH THE HART TROPHY…AND THE ART ROSS…
OVECHKIN HAS 2 HARTS AND 1 ART ROSS…
LAST SPRING…THESE TWO FINALLY MET IN THE PLAYOFFS…
GAME 2…DEFINED WHAT THESE PLAYERS ARE ALL ABOUT…
EACH SCORED A HAT TRICK…AS WASHINGTON WON 4-3…AND TOOK A 2-0 LEAD IN THE SERIES…
BUT CROSBY AND PENGUINS FOUGHT BACK…
IN GAME 7…CROSBY SCORED 2 GOALS AS THE PENGUINS BLEW OUT THE CAPITALS 6-2…
PITTSBURGH THEN WENT ON TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP…
THEIR LAST MEETING…WAS JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE START OF THE OLYMPICS…
IN FRONT OF A NATIONAL AUDIENCE ON NBC…CROSBY SCORED 2 GOALS TO LEAD PITTSBURGH TO A 4-1 LEAD…
ONLY TO WATCH OVECHKIN SCORE 3 OF HIS OWN…
AS THE CAPITALS BEAT THE PENGUINS 5-4 IN OVERTIME…
NO QUESTION…TONIGHT’S GAME IS ABOUT CANADA AND RUSSIA…
BUT IT’S ALSO ABOUT CROSBY AND OVECHKIN…
THE BEST RIVARY IN SPORTS…