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 ...

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 ...

We’re a hat trick away from history. At the time of publication, Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is two goals shy of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal record. As of now, the 39-year-old ...

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 ...

Alexander Ovechkin is well on his way to becoming the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer, capturing the record that Wayne Gretzky has held for so long. Longevity is so essential in smashing an ...

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 ...

Hockey history could be made today as Alexander Ovechkin takes to the ice in search of a record-breaking goal. Ovechkin scored two goals in the Washington Capitals’ 5-3 victory over the Chicago ...