Just to bring this story to its inevitable and exciting conclusion, CBC TV analyst and former NHL coach Don Cherry took the obligatory shots at Capitals star Alex Ovechkin Saturday night for his celebration after he scored his 50th goal Thursday in Tampa and acted as if his stick was too hot to handle.

Some excerpts of what Cherry, who previously has been critical of Ovechkin's perceived excessive celebrations, said on Hockey Night in Canada:

"You should be a role model, you don't need to do it like this, you're above stuff like that. "You're the best hockey player playing today. Have a little class and do it right."

And: "How would you like to be playing for Tampa? They've gone through a nightmare season, it's in their building, they're being beat 5-1 and you score on a rookie goalie. I mean how do you think (Tampa goalie Mike) McKenna feels about this?"

And finally: "You don't do that. Everybody said that he's taunting (the Lightning). The guy's not a mean guy, he's not taunting them, he didn't mean to taunt them. But think how bad the rookie feels. You can't do stuff like that and not make people feel bad. But he's not a mean guy, he's just having a good time. But you know what, even your own coach talked to you about the whole thing."