From scoring races to captaincies to commercials, Matthews and McDavid have a lot in common. A look inside the rivalry.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is getting oh-so-close to breaking The Great One's NHL goals record. Could he even do it in fewer games than Gretzky?

I f you were a comedy fan in the ’80s, there is a chance that Canadian John Candy was one of your favorite comedy actors. His ...

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky shared a message of encouragement for Team Canada ahead of the team's upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off ...

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Boston’s Bill Cowley becomes the NHL all-time scoring leader when he scores a goal and an assist for the Bruins in a 10-1 win over the New York Rangers. Cowley’s 529 points is one more than Syd Howe, ...

Midway through the 1987 Canada Cup, Mike Keenan paired Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Could Jon Cooper use the same tactic ...

Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

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

Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record to help the ...

1983 — Wayne Gretzky puts on a show, scoring four goals in the third period of the Campbell Conference’s 9-3 win against the Wales Conference in the NHL All-Star Game held at New York’s Nassau ...

Auriemma got his first coaching experience at the college level in 1977 when he was an assistant at St. Joseph’s University.