Hockey World takes to Twitter over Ovechkin's Slash

Being a huge hockey fanatic, I constantly get updates about what is going on in the hockey world both from the NHL app and social media accounts.  On February 17, 2015 one of the biggest names in hockey, Alex Ovechkin, committed a serious penalty against another popular individual (Kris Letang) that left many the hockey world is shear shock.  On a play entering the penguins zone, Ovechkin clearly slashed Letang across the foot and caused him to be helped off the ice.  There was no call on the play, and the home fans in Pittsburgh made sure that the officials knew that they were upset.  Not only did they verbally voice their opinions over the subject, thousands of fans took to Twitter and posted about the call and how they felt about it.

Most of these tweets were not positive in Ovechkin's favor, as videos and pictures of the incident flooded hockey based accounts across the globe.  The twitter account WDAE 620AM, which is the social media site for a sports based radio station, posted multiple tweets about the altercation including videos, articles and other major account posts.  This specific account is a very credible source for sports information, having over 120 thousand tweets and 15.8 thousand followers, which leads me to believe that by releasing their opinion over the call that they influenced many individuals who hadn't already seen the video beforehand.  Overall it will be very interesting to see if the league deals with the call, and what will happen to the reputation Ovechkin has because of the strong opinions of thousands of users on social media sites have now portrayed him to be.

source:
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=ovechkin%20slash&src=tyah
https://twitter.com/620wdae