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Ovechkin Sets Caps' ASG Points Mark, Gets Caught Lookin'

 
Alex Ovechkin scored a goal, had two assists and also netted a goal in the shootout -- against goaltending nemisis Roberto Luongo -- to help the Eastern Conference win the NHL All-Star Game, 12-11, at Bell Center tonight. But Ovechkin's most memorable moment didn't have anything to do with the game. Late in the second period, the JumboTron over center ice showed two young women holding beers and dancing to the beat during a break in the action. The camera then cut to Ovechkin, who was watching the girls on the screen and was saying, 'ooooooh'. So busted. Of course, all 21,273 fans in the building cracked up with laughter. Ovechkin, too, let out a hearty chuckle. "They were dancing pretty well, and I said, 'Wow!'" Ovechkin told me moments ago. "I don't think the camera was going to look straight at me." More important, Ovechkin is now the Capitals' (link)

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