From Moscow to Washington, how Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 on the way to chasing NHL history
Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every ...
From Moscow to Washington, how Ovechkin began chasing Gretzky’s NHL goals record
Born Sept. 17, 1985, and coming of age just as the Soviet Union was giving way to a new Russia, Alex Ovechkin was drawn to ...
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How Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 while chasing NHL history
Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer ...
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From Moscow to Washington, how Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 on the way to chasing NHL history
to pass Gordie Howe for second on the all-time list, he walked into the locker room hand-in-hand with Sergei and Ilya and put them on his lap to take photos. “First of all, you have to think about ...
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From Moscow to Washington, how Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 on the way to chasing NHL history
When Ovechkin scored his 801st and 802nd goals just before Christmas 2022, to pass Gordie Howe for ... his lap to take photos. “First of all, you have to think about your family, kids first ...
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How Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 while chasing NHL history
to pass Gordie Howe for second on the all-time list, he walked into the locker room hand-in-hand with Sergei and Ilya and put them on his lap to take photos. Tom Wilson, a teammate since 2013 ...