There’s an unwritten rule in hockey that players go a bit easier against their own goaltenders in practice. Alexander ... third period, Ovechkin picked the puck up at center ice and sprinted ...

Upper Deck’s buyback program returns -- and it's all about Alexander Ovechkin. The company will include eight autographed ...

17, 1985: Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin is born ... played a large role in getting Mr. Ovechkin invested in hockey, often taking him to his games when their parents couldn’t.

Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their Eastern ...

Really, for me, it was the last moment in my career where it was old-school hockey. I don’t think things ever got to that level of intensity again.” But for all of Ovechkin’s physicality ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russian ice hockey player Alexander Ovechkin (R) during a reception for the national team that won the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship, in the Kremlin ...

MOSCOW — 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 chief said was a ...

Alex Ovechkin added another accomplishment to his illustrious career just over two weeks since breaking Wayne Gretzky's ...

The Minnesota Vikings signed Pro Bowl linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel to a contract extension on Tuesday, with multiple reports saying it was a one-year, $23 million extension through the 2026 season.

SPORTS RECORDS are sometimes described as unbreakable. Over the weekend Alexander Ovechkin, a star Russian ice-hockey player with the Washington Capitals, provided an object lesson in why claims ...

In his final tune-up before the playoffs begin, Alex Ovechkin spent time on the ice with a different and beloved pair of teammates: his young sons, Sergei and Ilya.