Caps' Ovechkin loses out on Hart but wins Lindsay
Henrik Sedin wrecked Alex Ovechkin's bid for an NHL Most Valuable Player threepeat. The Vancouver Canucks' star, who had a league-best 83 assists, captured the Hart Trophy on Wednesday night during the NHL's awards ceremony in Las Vegas. Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals, who had taken home the prize each of the previous two years, finished second. Sedin received 46 first-place votes, Ovechkin had 40 and the Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby finished third with 20. Ovechkin, who had 50 goals and 59 assists for 109points (tied for second in the league), was honored earlier in the night by his fellow players, winning the Ted Lindsay Award for top player, which is presented by the NHL Players' Association. Sedin posted a career-high 112 points; Crosby tied for the NHL lead in goals (51) and points (109). Ovechkin, a left wing, and defenseman Mike Green were named to the NHL All-Star first team. Also Wednesday, Capitals goalie José Theodore won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Theodore created a charity to benefit the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital where his infant son died last summer.
Major League Soccer: New England Revolution forward Taylor Twellman (Maryland) has been placed on the injury list, ending his season. The team said Twellman, one of five players in MLS history with at least 100 goals, had a setback in his rehabilitation from the concussion he suffered almost two years ago in a collision with Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Steve Cronin. Twellman has not trained with the Revolution in more than a month.
WNBA: Angel McCoughtry (St. Frances) scored 29 points, including six straight in the final two minutes, and had 10 rebounds and three steals to lift the host Atlanta Dream (10-4) to a 96-90 win over the Tulsa Shock (3-9).
Golf: Maryland senior Tom Hanna III qualified for the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, which will be July 12-17 at Bryan Park Golf Club in Greensboro, N.C. Hanna shot a 70-73 — 143 at the Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton, Va.
Men's college basketball: Hood added 6-foot-3 forward Zach Lynch, who averaged 8.3points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game last season in helping Arundel finish with an 18-4 record.
Men's college lacrosse: CCBC-Essex's Neil Willis won the Ed Devine Award as the top defensive player in the National Junior College Athletic Association.
College swimming: Washington College named Mark Yankovich (McDaniel) and Robin Glaser (Towson) assistant coaches.
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