Counterpoint to Barry Svrluga's Capitals Atrocity in the Washington Post

Here again, the only thing you get out of this snippet is how Ovechkin seems to have bad character and sportsmanship, when the truth of the matter was that Petr Sykora said that he had no idea and didn't see Ovechkin do anything like that near the Penguins bench. 

And regardless of that, Malkin gave a cheap shot hit in the face from behind without Ovechkin being able to see him coming. 

Now, it's understandable how Malkin could be so upset because Ovie kept smashing through and over him along with Crosby all throughout the game, but Ovechkin never cheap shots.  He hits someone as hard as he can with that player seeing him coming the whole way. 

In the end, Barry Svrluga needs to make sure his facts are correct before publishing an article in the hometown newspaper of the hometown team he's bashing, especially when the Caps are the only winning hometown team. 

D.C. is going to have to come a long way before it can ever become a hockey town, especially since it's own sports writers don't have their facts straight and criticize and downgrade their own hockey team.

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