Goal of the Year: Malik or Ovechkin?

This is a toughy. We have Marek Malik, a defenceman for the New Your Rangers, and Alexander The Great for the Washington Capitals. Both scored completly amazing goals this year. Lets start off with Malik's goal. This is his 1st goal of the year came via a shootout on Washington's goalie Olaf Kolzig. Its a beauty, through the legs, jaw dropping goal. Now normally someone like him, Defenceman with 0 goals, wouldn't get a shot in the shootout with the Likes of Jagr, Rucchin, Straka, Prucha, Rucinsky or Nylander ahead of him, but it went to the 15th shooters. Heres a look.

Then there is Ovechkins goal. A crazy on his back, over his head, one handed, oh did i mention that it was on the backhand WITH a goalie in the net!? You can take a look, but make sure you are sitting down for this one.


Now you can look at it this way. Malik is a defenceman and not what you would call a "highlight" goal scorer. Really a nobody to the average hockey fan. To score a goal like that is pretty amazing for him and that Ovechkin's goal really is flukie. But thats not what I say. Malik had time to think about what he was going to do, 14 shooters per team, gives him a bit of time. Ovechkin, he did that in the middle of a game, no time to prepare at all. I say give the goal of the year to Ovie!
Thank you to VSocial for providing the video for me.