The young hockey players gliding down the rink at Moscow's Dynamo sports club know that they train in the shadow of greatness. Portraits of alumni Alexander Ovechkin, now the captain of the National ...

While Ovechkin has become of the NHL all-time greats, his hockey career began when he was growing up in Russia.

The Washington Capitals closed out their 2024-25 regular season with a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night ...

The Washington Capitals player scored his 895th NHL career goal, prompting praise from Russian media and politicians.

No one is going to remember Ovechkin as a soccer great, but his brief tenure with Dynamo Moscow was memorable. Ovechkin does not play soccer, at least professionally. One of the greatest hockey ...

Alex Ovechkin is officially the greatest goal scorer in NHL history. The Washington Capitals' captain scored career goal No.

Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals legend, has scored his 895th NHL goal, surpassing Wayne Gretzky as the greatest goal ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin for breaking Wayne Gretzky's record for most career goals.

Ovechkin has no one left to chase after passing Gretzky, but he’s always been driven to score, so he could possibly add ...

Ovechkin was born on September 17, 1985, two days past the deadline to be eligible for the 2003 draft. How coveted was the then 17-year-old Moscow Dynamo forward? Coveted enough that the Florida ...

Bird of course was referencing Ovechkin's two-goal game on Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks to tie Wayne Gretzky career goals record of 894. When Bird and Taurasi met him, he hadn't even been ...

Ovechkin passed Beliveau (507 goals ... or “Sasha, the Motherland is with you.” His hometown team, Dynamo Moscow, has its own arena countdown going with the message in Russian, “Alex ...