If the National Hockey League won’t decide on their Most Valuable Player, then the NHL Shop will.

JAPERS’ RINK skates over news from TSN that the league’s official merchandise store was selling shirts today honoring Alexander Ovechkin as this year’s Hart Trophy winner. There’s only one problem - the Capitals’ star hasn’t been officially chosen yet. Read more…

The WASHINGTON POST reports that Caps’ star Alexander Ovechkin is apparently the “online dating type.”

WP: “The Capitals’ strapping superstar met his new girlfriend, a Moscow college student, on the Internet.” Read more…