There would have been a tidy symmetry had Alexander Ovechkin waited until Saturday to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record for career goals.

As a patriotic second-generation Ukrainian and a diehard hockey fanatic, I can neither value, nor respect, nor be amazed at Alexander Ovechkin’s achievements on the ice as the 39-year-old breaks Wayne ...

You get to a certain age, and it occurs to you how old you are. Things you use to mark time − I saw Wayne Gretzky when he was 20, and I saw Alexander Ovechkin when he was 20 − can lead to ulcers.

He’s a big man and he hits ... in my career where it was old-school hockey. I don’t think things ever got to that level of intensity again.” But for all of Ovechkin’s physicality, goal ...

Moscow (AFP) – Russian engineer Leonid Alexeyev has been waiting for "many years" for his countryman Alexander Ovechkin ... did it this weekend. Ovechkin -- a 39-year-old hockey star and off ...

Alex Ovechkin, LW: 895 goals, 1,619 points, one Stanley Cup “If someone said to me, ‘Who is the greatest goal-scorer?’ I would say Alexander ... “it was a one-man ballet out there.

Russian engineer Leonid Alexeyev has been waiting for "many years" for his countryman Alexander Ovechkin to make ice hockey ...

Already facing criticism over his ties to President Donald Trump, Wayne Gretzky was once again seen alongside FBI director Kash Patel as Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored another ...

I now am delighted to pass that honor to a man who truly was ... but he is a year and a half old now. The NHL record has been set by our Russian guy, Alexander Ovechkin, I congratulate all of ...