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

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. Raised in the final years of the Soviet sports system by parents who were ...

Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every ...

Gearing up for a Washington Capitals practice one afternoon, 6-foot-5 enforcer Dylan McIlrath went to put on his gloves and ...

Nicklas Backstrom opens up about his feelings as he watches Alex Ovechkin approach the all-time goal record from the ...

The Western Michigan Broncos advanced to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference finals at the Frozen Faceoff on Friday.

Nicklas Backstrom hasn't played in an NHL game since October 2023.  The Washington Capitals all-time assists leader (762) has ...

ARLINGTON, Va. – In a perfect world, Nicklas Backstrom still would be riding shotgun alongside Alex Ovechkin, setting up his ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season, ...