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Green's pair, Ovechkin's 54th goal power Capitals

Associated Press

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Mike Green's buddy back home in Calgary needed a little boost for his fantasy hockey team -- a roster that just happens to feature a certain high-scoring Washington Capitals defenseman. So when he chatted via cyberspace Wednesday with Kyle Lieske, a teammate when they were kids, Green jokingly promised that two goals were on the way. And then he delivered. Green scored twice on power plays less than 1 1/2 minutes apart to become only the eighth defenseman in NHL history with 30 ...

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