Hockey Beat » art ross trophy 2009 http://www.everyjoe.com/hockeybeat NHL Hockey News - Hockey Information Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:37:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Malkin Wins 2009 Art Ross Trophy http://www.everyjoe.com/hockeybeat/malkin-wins-2009-art-ross-trophy/ http://www.everyjoe.com/hockeybeat/malkin-wins-2009-art-ross-trophy/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:59:12 +0000 Jeanne Dupuis http://www.everyjoe.com/hockeybeat/malkin-wins-2009-art-ross-trophy/ Post from: Hockey Beat

]]> Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin was presented with the 2009 Art Ross Trophy as the regular-season scoring leader.  The young Russian player was clearly nervous as he shared a stage with Alexander Ovechkin (who was accepting the Rocket Richard award) but his English is improving.  nhl awards

I seriously cannot imagine getting up in a room full of people on a televised event and having to give an acceptance speech in a language that I barely know.  Just think of the Oscars – most of the winners only speak English and they struggle.

To make light of the situation, Ovechkin joked Malkin "is better than Pavel Datsyuk’s English."  That got some laughs!

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