Ovechkin, who led the Capitals to the playoffs for the first time since 2003, appeared in his second NHL AllStar Game in January. He was the NHL First Star for the months of January and March and was a fivetime selection as one of the Three Stars of the week. Ovechkin was named the MVP and the league best player by The Hockey News, the of the Year by TSN Pierre McGuire, the Clutch Scorer and a unanimous choice for MVP by USA Today panel and the Award winner as the league MVP by Phil Esposito of XM Radio NHL Home Ice.The first three weeks of the 2012 NFL season will always be remembered by the NFL official's lockout that brought in replacement officials to call the games. The NFL was trying to hold off from paying the regular officials a lucrative amount of money by bringing in replacement officials to call their games. However there were so many bad calls and controversy during the first three weeks of the season, the regular officials were able to push negotiations through and get