Carolina Hurricanes blueliner Jaccob Slavin has battled Ovechkin through the years as another division foe. It was the superstar with 853 regular-season goals to his name who provided Slavin with his ...

Alex Ovechkin’s teammates have gotten used to him passing hockey greats and reaching new milestones on a regular basis. The ...

Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers) When he passed Fedorov, Ovechkin’s parents wrote their son “Sasha” a touching open letter on the NHL’s Russian site.

Alexander Ovechkin, aka The Great Eight, is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time. His first taste of international action came in 2003, when he helped the ...

Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is one of the best players to ever step on the ice and he is arguably the greatest goal-scorer in NHL history. Overall, he is just 41 goals away from ...

Brodeur compared Ovechkin’s shot to fellow Russian scoring wingers Ilya Kovalchuk and Alexander Mogilny, and said he had to be aware all the time just like when he was facing Brett Hull.