Capitals Alex Ovechkin Returns From Injury Scare Hockey Sighs In Relief
According to reporters in attendance, the 33-year-old was participating in a scrimmage when he fell awkwardly and yelled out. He was helped off the ice by his teammates, not putting any weight on his left leg. But as Ovechkin said famously in 2006, “Russian machine never breaks.” Minutes later — literally, minutes later — Ovechkin made his way back out onto the ice and rejoined the scrimmage as if nothing happened....