While Ovechkin has become of the NHL all-time greats, his hockey career began when he was growing up in Russia.

Alex Ovechkin's legend has grown in each year of his decades-long NHL career. Since being drafted first overall by the ...

His long connection to Russian President Vladimir Putin complicates Alex Ovechkin's legacy in the eyes of some.

The final matchup of the First Round of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament takes place on Friday, March 28 when the Maine ...

Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the eighth general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on March 11, 1985.

"He was a very, very bright young man in terms of his goal-setting for his life," said Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer player and they were traveling ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer player and they were traveling with their teams, leaving no one to take ...

He was a very, very bright young man in terms of his goal-setting for his life,” said Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, who met Alex Ovechkin as a teenager. “He was determined. He was one of the ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer ...