Nearly every NHL fan is keeping close tabs on Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin as he inches closer to breaking the ...

If Tom Wilson could do his break over, he said he probably should have headed down to Miami with Alex Ovechkin, who was ...

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

Ovechkin was also taken up to Gretzky's restaurant, Studio 99 inside Rogers Place, where he posed with one of the many jerseys up on the wall. A memorabilia collector himself, Ovechkin owns a stick ...

“I had Ovechkin jerseys, and everyone did ... Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, and son Sergei, left, watch the video screen on the scoreboard during a ceremony to honor ...

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia ... and hoping they could be like the “Great 8.” “I had Ovechkin jerseys, and everyone did. Who didn’t?” U.S.-born defenseman ...

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

Cooley admired Crosby, but he grew up a Washington Capitals fan for a very specific reason: Alex Ovechkin ... be like the "Great 8." "I had Ovechkin jerseys, and everyone did.

Cooley admired Crosby, but he grew up a Washington Capitals fan for a very specific reason: Alex Ovechkin ... “I had Ovechkin jerseys, and everyone did. Who didn't?” U.S.-born defenseman ...