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The motivation for Evgeni Malkin is motivation.
That drive, initiative and incentive paid off when the 25-year-old native of Magnitogorsk, Russia captured the Hart Memorial Trophy Wednesday night as the league’s Most Valuable Player.
Malkin, who lead the Penguins to within one standing point of the top team in the NHL, took honors over the Lightning's Steven Stamkos and Rangers’ net minder Henrik Lindqvist.
Malkin is the fourth Penguin to win the Hart and follows Mario Lemieux (1988, 1993, 1996), Jaromir Jagr (1999) and Sidney Crosby (2007) with this award.
In improving English, Malkin said he was grateful for the award and merely smiled, “it’s just great to get this.”
Not that ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins
The motivation for Evgeni Malkin is motivation.
That drive, initiative and incentive paid off when the 25-year-old native of Magnitogorsk, Russia captured the Hart Memorial Trophy Wednesday night as the league’s Most Valuable Player.
Malkin, who lead the Penguins to within one standing point of the top team in the NHL, took honors over the Lightning's Steven Stamkos and Rangers’ net minder Henrik Lindqvist.
Malkin is the fourth Penguin to win the Hart and follows Mario Lemieux (1988, 1993, 1996), Jaromir Jagr (1999) and Sidney Crosby (2007) with this award.
In improving English, Malkin said he was grateful for the award and merely smiled, “it’s just great to get this.”
Not that ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins