Alexander Ovechkin on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

[Ovi8CCm]

If you think Ovi is a BEAST like this comment!!!!!!!

[Ovi8CCm]

Ovi is a BEAST!!!!!!

[hockeydevil18]

lol long las name for george

[gamersxs]

1) Datsyuk

2) Ovechkin

3) Crosby

[artiem222]

@gamersxs I agree but you forgot Gretzky.

[gamersxs]

@artiem222 I meant people who are currently in the game.

[Zow0zow]

haha Canada won(:

[christina7163]

Ovechkin looks like my dad and by that I mean ugly as fuck...

[svetturban]

@christina7163 Haha yeah, he is ugly as fuck. But he can play the game, which is more germane.

[bwoodfromthehood5]

i love how this video of ovi is 12 minutes long and the one of crosby is 3

[molethrower12]

russians arent better any more

[bijm007]

12 minutes seems kinda short for an hour lol

[marian18hossafan]

he said "you know" like 100 times

[JoeAverage000]

@marian18hossafan He's from another country, so its okay. Sad that Politicians say "Uhhhhhhhhh" after every third word.

[ThePENNY1999]

lol of course canada won that but never mind!~! LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[ThePENNY1999]

i have nothing agenst alex ovenchkin but... come on man!! put away your but flap!! your not getting hotter by letting it flap around on the ice!!

[purple0wnzx]

damn if only ovie was born on the 15th of september its my birthday it would of been so sick =/

[christina7163]

@purple0wnzx My best friend is born on the 17th but 6 years later. For his next birthday I'm going to write happy birthday Ovechkin on his wall :P

[TOOLCODE]

hmmm....interesting how not a SINGLE word was said about 2006 olympics at the beginning of the show, when ovie scored the winning goal against canada...ah, well, not a big deal....but handing a Canadians shirt was douche act from stroumbo...

[ty1977]

Isnt it a felony to disgrace the queen by cutting a coin???

[derkaroo]

@ty1977 fuck the queen.

[ty1977]

@derkaroo oh I agree, I was just saying

[calgaryflamesboy1497]

Sidney Crosbys the best NHL player like this if u agree

[Robanjanee]

Lol , ofc canada won that but nvm..

[stridetide155]

i wish the ads were short pornos

[aznelfboi]

am i the only person whose having trouble understanding what he's saying 

[MarcoCamoranesi]

What kind of disgrace is Stroumboulopoulos...handing him a Canadiens shirt, for a TV show set in Toronto...have some class douche...Would've been better handing a leafs shirt, at least that was OV's fave team growing up. Would of been better to see his reaction. Go live in montreal Strombo, you disgrace.

[assiconda]

fucking ads man..

[Zebra337]

It is not problem...next time Canada will be kicked......

[RockstarBurnzy]

does anyone know where i can get the tune that plays during the bio part?

[iMike95]

HA! Canada DESTROYED the russians in the olympics.

[ralphyization]

Yeah, he sounds like a nice guy, but he's eating crow, eh?? I, actually kind of felt sorry for the Russians, how they got their but's kicked by Team Canada.

[22grabage]

He is Russian and his heart lies there so thats commendable! He likes joking around! Awesome hockey player!

[dreamsofelegance]

I love how people are like still talking shit about who won the 2010 Olympics when Ovie said it was a joke. Grow up.

[TheCanadian53]

I like how down to earth, he is.... he is a talented, nice guy!

[jipmip2332]

who won the 2010 olympics? oh ya.

[nucks4thewin]

BROVECHKIN.

[AftComet]

Ovechkin needs to have many kids. He's got extremely athletic genes in his family.

[jerodirwin66]

2010 olympic gold medalist....thats right motha fuckers you know.

[mansubi51]

Why is he a lefty in the younger videos, but now righty?

[JDJAKS]

@mansubi51 to be honest i don't even think those videos are of him lol

[JBhab30]

That's why Crosby's a better , This guy's a goof . Canada ownes.cause were humble we know what we can do we dont need to anounce it we just DO IT.

[guccii666]

u know.... :D

[sweetpresidentmatt]

lol luongo his most difficult apponent

[WahooWa1819]

lol "because im cheap i dont want to pay a fuckin agent" lol hes funny as shit

[ahig89]

canada ownd u america

[fattommy16]

@ahig89 You're high right? Winning 2-1 in OT is not being "ownd"

If you can muster a 9-1 blowout, then you can talk shit like that. Tard. Get the fuck off my interwebz.

[42tekcor]

@ahig89 it was a close game and we beat u the first time and in the juniors so no u didnt own us hahaha

[mick5494]

hes funny.i think he is the best player in the NHL.

Go ovechkin

[001MeTaBoLiC100]

The best thing Ovechkin did was his Don Cherry impersonation "Look at him he such a clown, Russians are stupid, Russian's cant play hockey. " I think this was on the Sid the Kid vs. Alex the great video.

[chucknorris136]

....annn uuuuhh you know, uhhh you know, annnnuhhh you know....

[beejay4x01]

@chucknorris136 i like to see you speaking Russian.

[chucknorris136]

@beejay4x01 well i'm finnish. i speak finnish and i can speak english too.

[TheAceofNate]

@chucknorris136 he hasnt been speaking english very long

[LAK1NG5rule]

why was he a lefty in his earlier years?

[butlerboy66]

i agree. that makes no sence

[TheAceofNate]

@LAK1NG5rule probably wasn't him.

[Ovechkinthegreat01]

lmao "cause im cheap thats y i dont want a agent"

[jordanadult]

The guys has a wicked, albeit dark sense of humor.

[KristinaBrooker1]

Toronto TV might such adapt me to the best scarcasm. Reading The Economist helps me compare unemployment Television and entrepreneur television and bartering available emotions for cash exchange.

[KristinaBrooker1]

The best decision is to compare and talk better, I think Germans fit in so "expected to disclose" because fitting in to the Polish soap opera is worse than pergutory which is how I feel about NL TV talking, both with a reputable unemployment.

[KristinaBrooker1]

Here this is really smart:

Fitting in with TV and the employment rate of the TV viewing group. In some places they pay me enough to fit in, in some places they don't pay me enough to fit in with TV and the resulting TV talking SCARCASM, hence the SERIOUS nature of GEOGRAPHY and talking.

[atrickpay11]

his english is still pretty weak.

[MrCHEECHB]

"bcuz Im cheap , I dont wanna pay for agent " lmao he gives a funny look also

[hockeyhary]

im better then ovechkin. nah jkz

[ClassicShowbiz]

What an incredibly boring person!

[atrickpay11]

@ClassicShowbiz probably i think becuz he sucks at english...i think he owuld be pretty intersting in russian where he can communicate with on problems. he looks like he is a pretty confident alpha male type guy.

[jgrewal13]

Canada destroyed Russia at the 2010 Olympics (7-3)

[likespaintball]

i think the great 8 was more nervous in this interview than he his playing hockey. Its prob hard for him to get nervous knowing the likelyhood of him scoring lss than 40 goals in a season for the next fiew years is slim to none so no matter what he does he's helping his team.

[BjGard]

He is so much more exciting, charming, fun loving, charismatic and witty than 9999999 buck toothed whiny ugly crybaby pedophile stached bitches named Crosby

[sollostyles]

Ha looove it ! He is scared to play against Luongo !

[RobertoLuongoRox123]

idc about u ppl who think he does hockey for the love of the game, but he's just a showoff ! So go ahead, and dislike this comment. C if I care !

[MLoyaltyN]

"I lost 200$ on that game"

"I can give it to you right now"

ahahahahahhahahahahahahaha

[cnwl8]

I guess the half loonie around his neck didn't bring him much luck during the 2010 olympics. Russia sucked ass and Canada annihilated them so take your coin and shove it up your ass!

[thefightingirishman]

@cnwl8 come on let's act like a bunch of Americans, you know what i mean lol

[EpicfailProd]

am i the only guy that noticed all the videos were of leftys and he's a righty?

[JaysonHoang14]

@EpicfailProd No, he was a lefty back then.

[EpicfailProd]

@WFR implied, same dif

[xXPersephoneXx]

I love how family oriented Alexander is. His mother, father and grandmother helped him seal his deal and you can tell he loves all of them very much. When he finally settles down and gets married, I think he'll make a wonderful husband and father. :)

[LorienoftheBlossom]

Ovechkin might be over the top but I just love watching him, his energy is like infectious. He actually makes me want to go play hockey and I have to admit I have never been motivated like that by any other hockey player so that must mean something. Its good to see someone actually just having fun

[WFR]

that is one shirt that is gonna haunt ovechkin for a long time if you know what im saying

[CrazymaniacFreak]

im probly going to have thumbs down but i preffer somone who will hit you who will score on you who will play with 100% who will trash talk you.ovie can do all of thos.and if you think ovie sucks at asissts your wrong because ovie has 260 asissts that proves he can pass.and ovie has 269 goals thats 86 more then crosby so stop saying crosby is better sure crosby is good but ovie is better and also the last 10 games of the season ovie wasnt playing like himself he would of won the scoring title

[WFR]

@CrazymaniacFreak

tha part where you said "ovi wasn't playing like himself in the last 10 games" and that is what cost him the richard is very wrong :D the reason why he didn't win it is simple: he has 9 games less than crosby 4 example

[CrazymaniacFreak]

@WFR o my bad

[EpicfailProd]

@WFR

crosby didnt win the scoring title but thanks for the info

[WFR]

@EpicfailProd

I never said he did.

[AdamKoscielak]

@CrazymaniacFreak

1) You do realize assists also come off rebounds too?

2) If Crosby shot the puck as often as Ovie does, I'm pretty damn sure they'd be way closer in goals scored.

[EpicfailProd]

@AdamKoscielak

an assist is an assist, doesnt really matter

[AdamKoscielak]

@EpicfailProd I know, However someone was implying here that the amount of Ovie's assists imply that he's as good as Crosby at playmaking.

[rwjsidneycrosby]

Crosby is better, I'm sorry. Both players are supremely talented, but Ovechkin can't lead a team to championships, can't win a key faceoff, can't pass as well as Crosby, and can't lead and help his team in the same ways. Ovechkin can score, and he is very talented, but can't match Crosby. I prefer Crosby but think they are both great.

[hockeychickadee]

was Crosby ever on The Hour?

[MajorROOST]

@hockeychickadee I think RBK is riding his ass too much to let him go on the hour haha

[BjGard]

@hockeychickadee Crosby is too fucking boring and vanilla to ever conduct a mildly entertaining interview.. that pre pubescent facial hair makes him even more unbearable to lay eyes on

[thetuckernator16]

Dirtiest player in the NHL , yeah he had to eat crow about the Olympics ..the whole Russian country ..comin here to take away our game ROFLMAO!!! The americans have passed the russians ...thats bad !!!

[alexpiecherries]

during the entire vid, i could stop looking at Stroumboulopoulos, and trying to pronounce it

[stuff2s]

whats the song at 0:13?

[bobjeaves]

holy, did he switch shooting hands?

[31NST31NZ]

@bobjeaves No...? RH his whole life.

[Bloop3r]

no, those weren't actually of him haha

[mslit204]

brick HOUSE.

[brandie062778]

i love him!!!! im canadian and i wouldnt mind having some russian in me!!! ha ha...lol

[mikepoolar]

what was that about beating Canada at the olympics. thats what i thought eat ovi CROSBY is the man

[NuclearLove3640]

I think he just ate his words.. canada kicked russia's ass in the olympics :)

[42tekcor]

@NuclearLove3640 because russia cant play defense for crap

[MrSpartan117fan]

@NuclearLove3640 NOT THIS YEAR BITCHHHH

[chizge92]

@NuclearLove3640 But who got owned at the Juniors I wonder? Russians just took over after Canada scored those 3 goals :)

[AdolfHipster3]

@chizge92

You're comparing the Olympics to the World Juniors?

I don't typically enjoy putting people down, but that's a bit of a longshot, bud.

It's like saying that Timbits hockey is comparable to Junior leagues.

[sportsgurl16]

@NuclearLove3640 and sadly, russia kicked canada's ass in the world junior championships... :(

[Hemsky83Malkin71]

@NuclearLove3640 But not in the WJC :)

[teighanemily]

Yay! Luongo is amazing! Hopefully he will do well tonight! We love you too, Alex! haha

[SpainWPWW]

Come on , shorty

[Eric8542009]

CAPITALS!!!!

[1Chezare]

OVECHKING.

[hcpspilakarb]

yeaaah

[dxtreme770]

Wat is he saying

That does not look like him

But wow he was good when he was a kid and still good now!!

[nhllover885]

Sean Avery's a pussy so (though I'm American) I'm saying Russia wins. U.S. claims to have good players, but our only strength is Ryan Miller.

[TAG037]

@nhllover885 i'm a canadian but i don't think that Miller is your own strength, the only other guy i can think of is Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks (I would say Phil Kessel but i can't because i cheer for Ottawa)

[KashiwaDaisuke]

This guy is good, but he's also a showboater, which is why I'll never admire him. I like my hockey players professional and humble; this guy throws a parade every time he scores, even on the ice of opposing teams.

[nhllover885]

He enjoys scoring. There's a difference between saying 'HAHA I'M SOOO MUCH BETTER' and saying 'Woohoo! I scored a goal!'

He just likes to score.

[freddy8finger]

you see thats what i like... hes living the dream... and he knows it..

[TrustYourOwnInstinct]

@KashiwaDaisuke

Well, in today´s pathetic, politically-correct, must-not-hurt-anyboby´s-feelin­gs, world - I whole-heartedly welcome some showboating and general arrogance.

Getting sick of everyone being nice to eachother.

Stay true, Ovie !! Don´t let the hens nag the man out of you !! \o/

[KashiwaDaisuke]

I'm not saying he should stop showboating. What I'm saying is that it should be expected that he's going to attract haters and people who generally don't like him. That's how things work.

Look at Crosby. He hardly celebrates, and because of that, people rag on him for being inanimate.

[MajorROOST]

@KashiwaDaisuke No matter what it is going to be a war between Crosby and Ovechkin fans, they say one of them sucks and the other is a god, they are both stars with just different waaay different styles of play. Crosby is the personal type and the not in your face, Ovechkin likes to go all out buy cars party and play in your face. makes them the both of best worlds, but people are so stupid that they cant see that.

[KashiwaDaisuke]

Oh, there are always people who realize that they are both among the league's top players and that they both have very promising careers. However, there is always this mob mentality of "Ovechkin sucks" or "Crosby sucks", especially when it comes to Crosby.

We're seeing both players develop this season, as Ovechkin has more assists than usual and Crosby has more goals than usual. I don't like Ovechkin, but I'm not dumb enough to deny that he's probably the best offensive player in the NHL.

[MajorROOST]

@KashiwaDaisuke I could not agree with anything more than what you said, but beside the dont like ovechkin. haha

[treflipper]

judging by the way you just described ovechkin you have no idea how he actually is. he is the only player i have ever seen who gets just as excited, if not more, for the team while he is on the bench, when he scores his own goals. it should be about the hockey and not what they do on the weekends in their free time

[funowning]

who cares

[SaveYourself87]

the thing is that russia is going to be a one line team. canada is goin to have 4 lines full of the top players in the leauge.

[jlboss24]

youre an idiot

[StaticDonut]

For sure is Gonna be Canada vs Russia at Vancouver Final... Ovechkin, Malkin, Kovalchuck = Insane First Line..

[themike56]

crosby,iginla,nash..its gonna be nuts...clash of the titans

[thelegendbhatti]

nucks suck oil suck go flames

[MrCHEECHB]

I like this Guy !!! could tell he lives up to his dream to his full potential

[daniil20001]

Fetisov

[chuckb11]

Nobody will ever touch Gretzky's career records.

[MajorROOST]

He is only getting better.

[StaticDonut]

Maybe not Ovechkin but for sure someone in maybe 10-15 year's will destroy every stats...

[MajorROOST]

The game has changed big time, I don't think anyone will match Gretzky's goals in a season record, but Ovechkin might be able to beat his career total goals record at the end of ovies career

[lettybones]

yeah, if the old rules and goal pads wereused today im sure thered be a crazy more amount of goals. but i guess that means that numbers arent everything since they only apply to a time period where specific things were taken into acocunt.

[asanrules]

he said luongo is the hardest goalie to play against :)...damn straight. GO NUCKS

[JDJAKS]

theres no way u can compare ovie and gretzky dude, i mean i love them both but even if they were in the same era theyre two completely different players, theres no way in hell ovie would have gotten 150 assists and what not even back then, hes just not that kinda player, though he probably would have gotten more than 92 goals (in my opinion) they hands down the two best ever, just two completely different ends of the spectrum

[cauztophobic]

well said

[jetshull]

the key to success is yours IF your willing to pay the price!!!!!!!!!

[Sorcoral]

people complain about his celebrations, but to me that just shows the love of the game, and how can you deny anyone that

[ApachePiL0T]

Why is Alexander Ovechkin when he was a little kid(in the footage in the beginning of the video) shooting Left?

Is that just stock footage from other Russian players or did he actually shoot left as a kid, and switch later in life? I'm really curious about that. Odd

[allenst]

all russian kids start left.

[ApachePiL0T]

How do you know? I mean that just seems pretty far fetched. Do you have any articles, or where did you get your information?

[hcpspilakarb]

cuz

[benny6666]

...why they all start to play left ? :P

[hcpspilakarb]

cuz he can

[RogerRoids]

Kanye West: "Alex, I'm really proud of you, and Imma let you finish, but wayne gretzky is one of the best players of all time."

[MavARMD]

well done.

[hockeychickadee]

@RogerRoids That's hilarious, I could totally picture Kanye doing that.

[MissFox22]

@RogerRoids Haha

[WawaSchaafsma]

@RogerRoids not one of the best the best

[kshizzle31]

@RogerRoids haha thats funny lmao :D

[Ovechkinthegreat01]

@RogerRoids

no kanye would say that to crosby cause then he can cry about it

[loueyikpeba]

@RogerRoids 

[federerowns]

george is such a dick with the questions... gah!

[zombieruss]

Legend. Personally I just feel lucky that any given game I can watch at least 1 bonafide superstar, the talent in the league is amazing and Ovie is (in my opinion) the best of em all.

[LacrosseBoss]

since the change in the NHL (post-lockout) there is no way we can ever compare the players we see to those in the history books ever again. Gretzky, Orr, Howe, etc are one breed and Ovi, Malkin, Crosby, etc will have to be considered a different breed. The game has changed, the numbers need to be considered as different too.

[beachchilly]

ovechkin is the best player of this era but you can't compare him to gretzky(come on just think about gretzky's accomplishments and you'll know why)

[sigma1477]

ovechkin isnt the best. steve yzerman (if you consider him in the same era since he was playing during the 2000's) but there are a lot of really good players out there right now. sidney crosby, henrik zetterberg, scott niedermayer, nicklas lidstrom, etc

[ovechkin8kovalchuk17]

dretzky, gretzky, gretzky, cant you tell the difference from back then to now

[dldetwi]

Yeah, Gretz scored way more goals on way less shots. Most players score more goals on less shots these days, considering Ovie ranks lower than 100th in the NHL in shooting percentage, as of this past season. He just shoots about 200 more times than any other player, and finishes about 10 goals ahead of the next guy.

[quickv]

It's an idtiotic comparisson to compare ovie to gretzky, the game was much much easier is gretzky's day, not to take anything away from gretzky but ovechkin would have scored 70-90 goals a season in gretzky's day. I really don't care if you think the amount of shots he takes matters because it doesn't, he gets his own rebounds and scores and has more opportunities, this is not a handicap but an amazing accomplishment.

[HarmanSin]

@quickv Wayne Gretzky didnt have the training tools that we have nowadays. Ovechkins super-human strength isnt natural you know.

[GurpsSin]

What 124 Million dam i`d love to get that!

[scottwill19]

yea but over like 15 years, 8 mill a season

if it was like 5 years, holy shit hed be fucking living it up

[svoluch]

for 12 years

[sensgurll]

Holly jesus lord! Oh bite me! He is soo sexxyy. Mr. Perfection! I would eat him up anytime of the day omg!!

[indiantan]

Crosby got a cup now

just watch now its Ovie's turn

[amirtoma]

i would love to see this guy facial expression when he wins a stanley cup in a few years.

[SIGURDOYVIND]

People like Alexander Ovechkin make Russia great, not the snotty faggot looking twerps like liliputin. Ironically, Alexander plays for NHL and not some Russian team. But it is much better for his career and the entire hockey world. Shame that people like Fetisov come back to Russia and work for this lowlifes from KGB like they have got nothing better to do.

[hash1212]

LOL because hes cheap. haha

[ihatestartrek92]

worse than sid the imminent kid

Hey you Kenny guy ur obsesse