Was Alex Ovechkin’s knockout of Andrei Svechnikov just part of hockey?
The Washington Capitals star left a 19-year-old rookie in the concussion protocol after they came to blows. But fights in the NHL are not what they once were
Just past the halfway point of the first period in Monday night’s game between the defending Stanley Cup champions Washington Capitals and the upstart Carolina Hurricanes, Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin got into a fight.