On June 26, 2004 in Raleigh, the Caps surprised no one when they made Alexander Ovechkin – the "Ovi" handle was still more ...

The NHL lockout in 2004/2005 didn't help. Hockey needed to be saved, and Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby were tasked with ...

Just hours after fellow 2004 draft pick Ovechkin became the NHL’s all-time goals leader with his 895th career tally, Malkin ...

Alex Ovechkin tied the NHL record for most career goals, putting him side-by-side with The Great One, Wayne Gretzky. The Capitals star scored the history-tying goal — the 894th of his career — on ...

As Alex Ovechkin closes in on what some considered one of the most unassailable records in NHL history – Wayne Gretzky’s 894 goals – let’s look back at how the wondrous winger ended up in the National ...

Wayne Gretzky is no longer the leading NHL goal scorer after Alex Ovechkin moved clear of the Hockey Hall of Famer in the ...

Witness Ovi's evolution from rock star rookie to "young gun" to Cup winner to chasing Gretzky (and much more).

Alex Ovechkin has been a stat sheet stuffer since entering the NHL as the No. 1 pick in the 2004 NHL draft, selected by the Washington Capitals. More than two decades later, the Moscow native has ...

How many Blockbuster video stores were still open when Alex Ovechkin scored his first NHL goal in 2005? Here's what the world ...