As Alex Ovechkin closes in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record, hockey fans are faced with a decision: how to balance the celebratory aspects of the winger’s historic achievement against ...

Hockey star Alexander Ovechkin has played for the Washington Capitals since 2004 and holds the NHL scoring record. Read about ...

If history had turned out differently, a different Russian phenom could have come within striking distance of Gretzky’s ...

The final matchup of the First Round of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament takes place on Friday, March 28 when the Maine Black Bears take on the Penn State Nittany Lions at PPL Center in Allentown ...

Ovechkin belies the modern conventions of a professional athlete’s diet and fitness ... thing now that he did 15 years ago,” says Nicklas Backstrom, the Capitals’ all-time assists leader ...

Nicklas Backstrom was ... “He’s a freak athlete” Flying back to North America after finishing a disappointing fifth at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the Russian players were on the same charter ...

Today, in my email inbox, I received a free and beautifully written article from The Athletic titled “Alex Ovechkin’s greatest feat? Mixing ordinary with extraordinary on the way to NHL immortality.” ...