Patrick O'Sullivan shares incredible story detailing the moment he knew Ovi would be a "legend"

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It's always cool when a story surfaces from someone who played against a superstar athlete at a young age and knew from that moment they'd be special.

After Alex Ovechkin scored his 600th career goal Monday night against the Jets, former NHLer Patrick O'Sullivan shared this amazing story about playing against Ovi when he was 10 and knowing he'd be a "legend."

I’ve said this before but I knew Ovechkin was gonna be a legend when I was 10 and my team played his in a tournament. We had 3 other guys who would play in the NHL and we lost once all year. It was to his team 10-2. He had 8 goals.
— Patrick O'Sullivan (@realPOSULLIVAN) March 13, 2018

Ovi was clearly dominant from a young age, and the best part of this story is that O'Sullivan was able to share it with Ovi once they were both in the NHL.

Yes. We also had the same agent for a while so I talked to him about it a few times.
— Patrick O'Sullivan (@realPOSULLIVAN) March 13, 2018

What Ovechkin's been able to do since entering the league in 2005 has been special and it's been a privilege watching the greatest goal scorer of this generation do what he does best, score.

#Ovi becomes the 20th player to join the 600 goal club, and he did so in the 4th fewest games played #600goalclub

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