Replay of the Day: Ovechkin nails Ruutu

Posted January 16, 2012 9:52 am.

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Replay of the Day: After Russian rap cameo star Alex Ovechkin loses his balance and falls, getting his jersey all snowy, he takes aim at the first Carolina Hurricane that crosses his path.

Tuomo Ruutu is in the wrong place, wrong time. Ovi spots him, squares him up and hammers him cleanly into the boards. Still, it’s only Ovechkin’s second-biggest hit in this young week. The shooter’s jaw-droppingly bizarre off-season rap video has gone viral (see related link).

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