It Shouldn't Be Tough to Calm This Raging Bull

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Maurice Richard once took his stick to the face of an opponent, then broke the jaw of an intervening linesman. A contemporary of Gordie Howe's described him as "the most vicious, cruel and mean man I've ever met in a hockey game."

There's a bit of the Raging Bull in many great athletes. A horn, maybe. A snorting nostril. This is especially true in hockey, where every man on the ice wields a weapon. Alex Ovechkin certainly plays like that, plays with a fury that walks the line between hustling and homicide. Just as they used to "clear the track for Eddie Shack" in Toronto and elsewhere, it's best to give the Ovechkin Express wide berth.

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It Shouldn't Be Tough to Calm This Raging Bull

Earlier this week for the second time in three games, Ovie got ejected for being a little too bullish. Five days after pancaking the Sabres' Patrick Kaleta against the glass, he knocked knees with the Hurricanes' Tim Gleas...

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