No one wanted to see Alexander Ovechkin get hurt. But, such is the National Hockey League. The last time Utah Hockey Club ...

Alexander Ovechkin, nicknamed “The Great 8” and “Ovi,” is a celebrated Russian ice hockey player currently serving as the ...

Washington’s hockey star chases Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record the way his team seeks the NHL’s best record: ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...

Russian superstar forward and Washington Capitals’ captain Alexander Ovechkin scored another goal ... Canadian-American ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky played for four different NHL teams between ...

Alex Ovechkin’s and other Russian hockey stars ... In a statement, the International Ice Hockey Federation said its council extended its three-year suspension of the two countries because ...

Ivan Demidov has all the tools to become a great player. We know that. Everything indicates that he will be able to translate ...

Many of the league’s superstars will sit out the best-on-best tournament because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...

Otherwise, both stayed on the ice during the prime ... But the measure of a great hockey player isn't only how many goals they rack up. Consider how Ovechkin compares to his contemporaries on ...