Vatsal Shah

1 week ago | essentiallysports.com | Vatsal Shah

Every coin has two sides. Similarly, with fame comes added responsibility and constant performance reviews in sports. This could be very well related in the case of Alex Ovechkin, who is on cloud nine at the moment. The 39-year-old scored a historic goal against the Islanders to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record. With this, he became the league’s highest scorer and isn’t done yet. Despite his incredible record, Ovechkin has often been called out for a potential weakness in his game.

2 weeks ago | essentiallysports.com | Vatsal Shah

It can’t get better than this for the Nebraska Volleyball community. The Husker Nation is known to produce stars like Lexi Rodriguez and Merritt Beason, who have moved on to their professional careers after their successful stints as Huskers. However, with the legendary John Cook also retired now, there will be many new faces in the team next season. But this hasn’t deterred the Nebraska faithful from committing their presence for the next season.

2 weeks ago | essentiallysports.com | Vatsal Shah

While it has been a forgettable season for the Boston Bruins, there has been one star who has been shining bright this season for them. And it is none other than David Pastrnak. The Bruins dead last in the Atlantic Division and out of the Stanley Cup Playoff race. With results not going their way this season, Pastrnak has been the sole warrior fighting hard to keep the team afloat. Yesterday, he hit a major milestone, but caught a disappointed look amid the team’s struggles.

2 weeks ago | essentiallysports.com | Vatsal Shah

When Wayne Gretzky retired in 1999 with 894 NHL goals, hardly anyone would have imagined that his record could be broken. Clearly no one told Alex Ovechkin that! With the Capitals star surpassing the Great One’s goal tally just days ago, Ovechkin has achieved the impossible, breaking a 26-year-old record that many thought couldn’t be done. But that’s not the only record that Gretzky set over the course of his illustrious career.

3 weeks ago | essentiallysports.com | Vatsal Shah

For any self-proclaimed fan of college sports in the United States, Women’s March Madness is where it’s at. It’s the perfect platform for eagle eyed-viewers to do some armchair scouting at home, bringing with it all the drama, intrigue, and subplots. You could even perhaps call it the biggest soap opera in women’s college sports. All this to say that it is a veritable sporting feast for everyone involved. And that includes the financial boons that it brings to the host cities.