This was a very exciting week in hockey, as you may know. Martin Brodeur won his 552nd game to become the all-time winningest goaltender in NHL history. Alex Ovechkin, now league-leader in goals by 9, scored his 50th of the season. Evgeni Malkin, now league-leader in points by 10, surged ahead with 5 points in a single game, passing the 100-point mark for his second consecutive season.
There's a regular poll on every page of NHL.com weekly, asking the public who their "Fan Fav" is (clearly "Fav" is short for "Fave," which is in turn short for "Favorite"). It lists 3 players and their big accomplishments for the week, then asks fans to vote for their favorite.
The three listed this week are:
-Martin Brodeur ("Three games, three wins, one shutout and an NHL career record for most victories. Not a bad week.")
-Sidney Crosby ("NHL's No. 2 scorer had two goals and eight points for red-hot Penguins.")
-Roberto Luongo ("Won all three games, allowing just four goals and posting his 44th shutout for surging Canucks.")
Hmm, that's weird. Ovie's 50th didn't make the list. Also, Malkin scored 5 points in a single game and now has 102 on the season, breaking 100, but they chose to highlight Crosby, at 92 points on the season, instead. That's really weird. How remarkably arbitrary and not-at-all-obvious.
If you still don't get it, I'll do the very easy research for you. Alphabetically:
Martin Pierre Brodeur was born in Montréal, QC, Canada
Sidney Patrick Crosby was born in Cole Harbour, NS, Canada
Roberto Luongo was born in Montréal, QC, Canada
Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin was born in Magnitogorsk, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin was born in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
OH WOW WHAT A BIZARRE AND INTERESTING COINCIDENCE THAT MUST BE HUH
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