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Alex Ovechkin wins Rocket Richard Trophy for 8th time

By Peter Hassett

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April 7, 2019 12:36 am

Though it was close, no one in the NHL scored as many goals as Alex Ovechkin this season. With 51 goals, his highest total in five years, Ovechkin wins the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy. It’s his 8th time doing so.

Leon Draisaitl hit 50 goals in the final game of the season but failed to catch Ovechkin. John Tavares scored 47 goals for Toronto, and Steven Stamkos scored 45 for Tampa.

At 33, Alex Ovechkin is the oldest player ever to win the Richard. He has passed Alex Ovechkin at age 32.

Here is every winner since the award’s inception.

Season Winner(s) Goals Age
2018-19 Alex Ovechkin 51 33
2017-18 Alex Ovechkin 49 32
2016-17 Sidney Crosby 44 29
2015-16 Alex Ovechkin 50 30
2014-15 Alex Ovechkin 53 29
2013-14 Alex Ovechkin 51 28
2012-13 Alex Ovechkin 32 27
1999-00 Pavel Bure 58 28
1998-99 Teemu Selanne 47 28
2011-12 Steven Stamkos 60 21
2010-11 Corey Perry 50 25
2009-10 Sidney Crosby (tie) 51 22
2009-10 Steven Stamkos (tie) 51 19
2008-09 Alex Ovechkin 56 23
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 65 22
2006-07 Vincent Lecavalier 52 26
2005-06 Jonathan Cheechoo 56 25
2003-04 Jarome Iginla (tie) 41 26
2003-04 Ilya Kovalchuk (tie) 41 20
2003-04 Rick Nash (tie) 41 19
2002-03 Milan Hejduk 50 26
2001-02 Jarome Iginla 52 24
2000-01 Pavel Bure 59 29

Ovechkin hit the 50-goal mark at the end of March, and celebrated at a hibachi restaurant. This week Sportsnet published a compilation of every time Ovechkin hit 50 goals. Ovechkin has more 50-goal seasons than all other active players combined (or at least he did until Draisaitl did it; now it’s a tie).

Ovechkin will be presented with the trophy at the NHL awards this summer.

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