Alex Ovechkin is the NHL all-time goals leader, passing Wayne Gretzky with his 895th goal on April 6. To celebrate the Washington Capitals forward making NHL history, NHLshop.com presents eight items ...

Another top star from Russia is set to come to North America. On Friday, SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League announced that the team and defenseman Alexander Nikishin have mutually ...

The Carolina Hurricanes are adding top prospect Alexander Nikishin just ahead of the playoffs. Nikishin's KHL team SKA Saint ...

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

The North American NHL cut ties with its Russian counterpart, the KHL ... in trade as in hockey, Canada will win." The former central banker donned his national team jersey for the final of ...

According to the Russian government, via ESPN's Greg Wyshynski, Trump and Putin talked about "hockey matches in the USA and Russia between Russian and American players playing in the NHL and KHL," The ...

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF) expressed its displeasure with the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) decision to initially exclude Russia from the 2026 World Championship ...

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have this week been discussing how sport can be used to defuse tension with the two leaders open to holding ice hockey ...

but the best Russian players eventually leave Russia, to go play in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the US. The money is better, and the fame greater. Russian hockey has always been geopolitical.

I am immune to puzzling moves by KHL franchises because many of them have ... Once Demidov is out of Russia, that’s the time that fans can get really excited. Before that, it is just a hope ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently discussed a potential hockey showdown between NHL and KHL players. However, the NHL distanced itself from the ...