Category: Alex Ovechkin
Ivan Miroshnichenko on his goals for the 2024-25 season: ‘100, 500’
Alex OvechkinARLINGTON, VA — Ivan Miroshnichenko’s idol is Alex Ovechkin and the young Capitals prospect has much of the same humor and personality The Great 8 exhibited in the past. For instance, while attending the NHLPA Rookie Showcase at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Wednesday, Miroshnichenko was asked about h...
Read moreToday in Hockey History: Aug 31
Alex OvechkinSome of the greatest players from multiple NHL eras had big moments on this date. Everything from birth dates, to the signing of a first professional contract, to being traded…
Read moreMartin Fehervary and Rasmus Sandin take a stab at when Alex Ovechkin might break the NHL goals record
Martin FehervaryAlex Ovechkin is on the precipice of NHL history as he heads into the 2024-25 season. The Washington Capitals captain sits 41 tallies away from a share of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record (894) — a once thought unbreakable mark. Ovechkin’s teammates are well aware of their captain’s chase and a...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin meets Ivan Ryabkin, Russia’s top prospect in the 2025 NHL Draft
Dynamo MoscowAlex Ovechkin was back with his former club, Dynamo Moscow, to help present the 2024-25 MHC Dynamo Moscow junior team on Tuesday. MHC Dynamo plays in Russia’s MHL where players on rosters can be no older than 20. Ovechkin was joined by other club legends like former NHL player Maxim Afinogenov, Alex...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin led all NHL forwards in 90 MPH-plus shots last season
Alex OvechkinAlex Ovechkin appeared to see some age-related regression last season as he scored 31 goals — a career-low in a full 82-game campaign — at age 38. Yet, Ovechkin remains extremely special compared to the rest of his contemporaries in terms of his shot. The NHL released its EDGE tracking data for the...
Read moreDoes Spencer Carbery think Alex Ovechkin can capture the NHL goals record this season? ‘Yes, I do.’
Wayne GretzkyAlex Ovechkin will enter the 2024-25 season just 42 goals shy of passing Wayne Gretzky for the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring record, but getting there may not be easy. After registering the worst goal total of his career (31) in a full 82-game season, Ovechkin will look to continue his ascent another...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom will become ‘duo’ once again during one of three Capitals’ double bobblehead giveaway nights
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals made an exciting announcement on a day that many Caps fans already consider a hockey holiday: 8/19. Happy 8️⃣/1️⃣9️⃣ pic.twitter.com/w5ZyJiJacS — Washington Capitals (@Capitals) August 19, 2024 Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom will reunite and become a duo once again for a...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin react to Evgeny Kuznetsov’s surprising return to the KHL
Evgeny KuznetsovAlex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin were recently asked about Evgeny Kuznetsov’s return back to Russia while participating in the Ovi Cup gala match. After getting out of the final year of his contract with the Carolina Hurricanes, Kuznetsov signed an incentive-laden, four-year contract with the KHL’s S...
Read moreEvgeni Malkin jokingly nicknamed Alien and Predator statues he bought after Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov
Alex OvechkinEvgeni Malkin has become good friends with Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov over the years, but that doesn’t mean the Pittsburgh Penguins star hasn’t taken a shot at his rival comrades a time or two. During a 2016 documentary entitled Malkin: The Russian Penguin, the second overall pick from the 2...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin reveals his favorite NHL teams other than the Washington Capitals
CapitalsAlex Ovechkin was asked to name his favorite NHL teams other than the Washington Capitals during a recent Russian-language interview with his friend and blogger Amiran Sardarov. Ovechkin, a one-team player with the Capitals for his entire historic career, gave Sardarov two different answers. First,...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin misses Sergei Mozyakin’s farewell game due to minor knee injury
Sergei MozyakinAlex Ovechkin has run into some minor offseason injury trouble. According to a report from Match TV, Ovechkin is currently dealing with a knee problem that kept him off the ice on Saturday. The Washington Capitals captain was scheduled to attend and play in a farewell game for KHL legend Sergei Mozy...
Read moreExtension Retrospective: Alex Ovechkin
Alex OvechkinIt’s the third anniversary of the five-year, $47.5MM extension signed by Alex Ovechkin with the Washington Capitals in 2021. On the wrong side of 30 for a professional hockey player, Ovechkin has proven to be an above-average signing on a high-priced deal. At an average annual value of $9.5MM, Ovech...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin when asked if he has more than $100 million: ‘Of course not’
Amiran SardarovAlex Ovechkin has earned the second-most total money of any NHL player in league history, but because of taxes, he’s not as rich as you may think he is. Per Spotrac, the Great Eight’s career earnings, based solely on his NHL contracts and no other brand deals/partnerships, sit at $150.7 million. He...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin explains when he’ll retire from hockey and what he might do after his career is over: ‘It will be hard for me to change’
Amiran SardarovAlex Ovechkin was asked about retirement during a recent Russian-language interview with his friend and blogger Amiran Sardarov. Ovechkin revealed that he would have hung up his skates already if he was no longer enjoying the sport — apparently no matter if he was close to the goals record or not. “...
Read moreThe one individual accomplishment Alex Ovechkin wants to hit before retirement other than the goals record
Amiran SardarovAlex Ovechkin has hit many milestones in his career, but there’s one more on his personal list he really wants to hit — other than the NHL goals record. Speaking in Russian during a Russian-language interview on Podcasts with Amiran Sardarov and then transcribed by sports.ru, Ovechkin talked about w...
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