Even the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, stood in salute to “Great 8,” Alex Ovechkin, after the Washington ... baseball-style in front of ex-Hawk Taylor Raddysh to score off Landon Slaggert ...

Sept. 17, 1985: Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin is born into a highly successful sporting family. His mother Tatyana Ovechkina, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and his father, Mikhail Ovechkin ...

Things you use to mark time − I saw Wayne Gretzky when he was 20, and I saw Alexander Ovechkin when he was 20 − can lead to ulcers. Things you once thought to be sacrosanct − no one will ...

Alexander Ovechkin has officially made NHL history solidifying his legacy as one of the greatest to ever play the game. In this breakdown, we take a closer look at the milestone moment ...

You can find him at X @james_brizuela. Washington Capitals star, Alexander Ovechkin, has officially surpassed the goal record set by Wayne Gretzky in 1999. Gretzky achieved the record in 1,487 ...

WASHINGTON — Alexander Ovechkin is the National Hockey League's new all-time scorer. Ovechkin also known as the "GR8" broke Wayne Gretzky's scoring record during Sunday's game against the New ...

Alexander Ovechkin has supplanted Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goal scorer. Let that sink in for a moment, because even a few years ago, did it seem possible that anyone, from any era ...

Alexander Ovechkin has scored on a lot of goalies. In fact, the Washington Capitals left winger has scored on more goaltenders (183) than any other NHL player in history. But entering Sunday ...

April 7 - ELMONT, N.Y. -- Alexander Ovechkin became the leading goal scorer in NHL history on Sunday afternoon when he broke a tie atop the leaderboard with Wayne Gretzky by scoring his 895th ...

MOSCOW, April 7 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday lauded Russian ice hockey star Alexander Ovechkin for surpassing all the sport's other legends in a dazzling career that the Kremlin ...