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

Wayne Gretzky walked from behind the net to the doorstep of the crease and roofed a backhand over a sprawling goalie named ...

Wayne Gretzky walked from behind the net to the doorstep of the crease and roofed a backhand over a sprawling goalie named ...

The winger celebrated exuberantly while wearing his trademark yellow laces and tinted visor, a look the Wild’s Kirill Kaprizov copied while paying homage to Ovechkin during the skills ...

While in the Hall of Fame’s famed Stick Storage Centre, which holds more than 4,000 sticks, the oldest dating to 1875, Ovechkin was fascinated with an old, wooden one with a long flat blade. It ...

As CBA talks begin next month, Elliotte Friedman has an idea for how the league and players' union could tackle the income tax issue.

Right now, this isn’t mandated for NHLers, but you can see the day it comes, just like helmets and visors. It starts ... As Alexander Ovechkin continues his Gretzky chase, our cameras found ...

Ovechkin finished the 2023-24 NHL season with 853 career goals, putting him 42 goals away from the record. At the start of the current campaign, there were some doubts that Ovechkin would break ...

The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 5 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...