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A.O. Snags Pearson and Hart; Boudreau Wins Adams

 

Published 6/13/2008 by Tarik El-Bashir at Capitals Insider

Alex Ovechkin captured the Hart Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award, beating out Calgary's Jarome Iginla and Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin for both honors tonight at the NHL Awards Show in Toronto. He's the first Capital to win either award. The voting for the Hart Trophy wasn't even close. Ovechkin racked up 1,313 points to Malkin's 659 and Iginla's 565 to become the first player to capture the Hart, Pearson, the Art Ross and Maurice...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. (link)

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