a 20-year-old rookie by the name of Alexander Ovechkin, sliding on his back, facing away from the goal, reaching overhead with his stick, hooking the puck, flicking a backhand goal into the net ...

But as Alexander Ovechkin closes in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record of 894, he is leaving nothing to chance. The Washington Capitals star is a well-known and longtime collector of ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) BENINATI: Ovechkin fires. He scores. Alexander Ovechkin, welcome on board. DETROW: It was clear then that Ovechkin would be special, but no one thought he or ...

I guess it takes a lot to impress the Great One.” Wayne Gretzky looks up at the video board after Alexander Ovechkin's sliding goal in 2006. About that time, Ovechkin skated by, and Pang saw ...