A Russian hockey star, Alexander Ovechkin was the number one pick overall in the 2004 NHL draft by the Washington Capitals. His debut was delayed for a year by the NHL lockout. His debut in the 2005-2006 season was nothing short of sensational.
Some of the Washington Capitals biggest fans traded in their high heels on Thursday night to play a little hockey with Caps star Alexander Ovechkin. The Fourth Annual Hockey 'n Heels took place at the Caps training facility, and hundreds of women got a lesson in Hockey 101 from Capitals past and present.
Publ.Date : Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:41:22 GMTBrian Gionta, one of the Canadiens' prized free agent acquisitions, is out of the lineup indefinitely with a broken bone in his foot.
Publ.Date : Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:03:19 GMTLeBron James has already played his only game at the Garden this season, and it's a long way to Jan. 22 and Kobe Bryant. So it was good of Alexander Ovechkin, coming off an upper-body injury, to apply whatever stiff upper lip was required to make it ...
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His mother, Tatiana, won two Olympic gold medals while competing for the Soviet basketball team in the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal and in 1980 at Moscow.
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