Though the two were reported to be good friends when they roomed together during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, this friendship quickly soured. Russia finished fifth in the tournament. Most shots on goal by a rookie in a season: 425 in 2005–06. In fact, there hasn’t been much rest at all for Ovechkin. And while Crosby had won three Stanley Cups with the Penguins, Ovechkin was being considered the greatest hockey player never to have won one — with his main nemesis being largely to blame. Despite being heavily favored to win the tournament, Russia lost to the Czech Republic in the finals. Former teammate Brooks Orpiksaid of his one-timer, "You know it's going there, and you still can't stop him." Transaction information may be … The NHL's COVID-19 protocols are already causing a stir — and the season is not even two weeks old. Rick Dudley, the general manager of the Panthers, claimed the pick was legitimate, claiming that Ovechkin was old enough with leap years taken into consideration.[15]. He promised to improve with age, but no one could have expected this. Internationally, Ovechkin has represented Russia in multiple tournaments. His first IIHF tournament was the 2002 World U18 Championship. In an interview with RTVI’s Tina Kandelaki, Ovechkin stated that he sees himself winding up his career back home with Dynamo Moscow of the KHL, a team he suited … [84] He is the first Russian to captain a team to the Stanley Cup. [150], The feud raised many concerns as to its effect on the league,[150] and the Russian national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. .... Born on , , Alexander Ovechkin hails from , , . Alex Ovechkin Fans Also Viewed . He has been married to Anastasia Shubskaya since August 28, 2016. On 31 March 2015, in a game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Ovechkin scored his 50th goal of the year and became the sixth player in NHL history to have six 50-goal seasons, joining Guy Lafleur, Mike Bossy, Wayne Gretzky, Marcel Dionne and Mario Lemieux. It has been reported that Ilya Kovalchuk, who was then the Atlanta Thrashers' captain and is also a teammate of Ovechkin and Malkin on the Russian national team, brokered the peace between the two. He was also a finalist in his rookie season for the Lester B. Pearson Award. With 110 points, he finished as runner-up to countryman Evgeni Malkin for the Art Ross.[40]. [149], Ovechkin was reportedly involved in a feud with Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin, who was drafted second behind Ovechkin in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. It was also his 15th multi-goal game of the season, none of which were hat-tricks. Maria released a statement saying only “Our relationship is over, but I respect [Ovechkin] as a person and as an athlete, and I respectfully wish him further sporting success”. [59] On 9 April, Ovechkin scored his 50th goal of the season and became the third player in NHL history to have seven or more 50-goal seasons.[60][61]. He also was selected to play at the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, in which he amassed 14 goals and four assists in eight games, leading Russia to a silver medal. 700. Bobby Orr. Ovechkin has repeatedly said that he likes the United States. He went on to win the Hart and Pearson trophies for the second consecutive year, becoming the seventeenth player to win the Hart multiple times. All-Star winger who in 2013 became the eighth player in NHL history to win the Hart Trophy for league MVP three times. [21] On 1 February, Ovechkin was named NHL Rookie of the Month for January 2006 as well as being named Offensive Player of the Month, becoming only the third player in NHL history to earn both honors simultaneously. From his puck-juggling to his powerful backhanded shots, two-year-old Sergei Ovechkin is clearly an advanced hockey player at his age. Mia Talerico. Playing in the final season of his rookie contract, in 2007–08, Ovechkin signed a 13-year contract extension worth $124 million with the Capitals on 10 January 2008. Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Ilya Samsonov and Dmitry Orlov will miss at least the next four games … [50], In 2011, Ovechkin and the Capitals took part in the New Year's Day NHL Winter Classic, facing the Pittsburgh Penguins. Forced to miss a year due to the league's season-long lockout, Ovechkin made his NHL debut with a bang in October 2005, potting two goals in just four minutes and checking an opponent so hard that he broke the glass partition. [85] Ovechkin became eighth on the all-time list for power play goals, passing Marcel Dionne, scoring his 235th career with a one-timer against the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 2–1 win on 7 November 2018. In 2018 he led the Capitals to their first ever Stanley Cup win. I think he took it personally. [159] [81] He won the Conn Smythe trophy, awarded to the most valuable player for his team in the playoffs. [n 1] While he saw his friends "getting high and getting dead," Ovechkin was attending daily training sessions morning and night. But instead of looking worn down, the Capitals' star is producing eye-popping numbers. With only 11 forwards dressed due to salary cap limitations, someone was going to pick up extra minutes through double-shifting and, for much of the night, that person was the 35-year-old Ovechkin. In his first game since Jan. 19, Ovechkin scored in overtime to help the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 Saturday night in a showdown between the top teams in the NHL’s East … The 34-year-old has now lost in the quarter-finals two years running, having been outplayed by eventual finalist Dominic Thiem last year. The incident sparked an immediate response from Tampa Bay coach Rick Tocchet, who said that "[Ovechkin] went down a notch in my books." He played in five games for the Russian team, but did not manage to score any points, the first time he failed to score any points in a World Championship tournament. your username. [142] On 23 November, Ovechkin announced on his Instagram that the group's official website had been launched. "But he was so wide open and I try to give him pass. Ovechkin only scored two points in a first round exit of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs against the New York Rangers, during which he played with a hairline fracture in his foot. Ovechkin has also played for Russia at the Winter Olympics in 2006, 2010, and 2014. [8] His mother sensed her youngest son was destined for "sporting greatness". He was also named to the NHL First All-Star Team, the first rookie to receive the honor in 15 years. Ovechkin’s three goals also placed him past New York Islanders great … He began playing in professional Russian hockey leagues at the age of 16. [10], He made a name for himself in the Dynamo Moscow system when at 11 he scored 56 goals, breaking Pavel Bure's record of 53. At the 2008 IIHF World Championships, Ovechkin helped lead Russia to the gold medal by finishing with 12 points (six goals, six assists) in nine games. [157] On 18 August 2018, the couple had a son, whom they named Sergei after Ovechkin's late brother. Where's the puck? "[19] Knocked down by Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Paul Mara and sliding on his back facing away from the net, Ovechkin was able to hook the puck with one hand on his stick and slide it into the net past goalie Brian Boucher for his second goal of the night. After using and endorsing CCM equipment for most of his career, Ovechkin made the move to Bauer Hockey in August 2011 — following a decline in his point production in the 2010–11 season. He led the Washington Capitals to their first Stanley Cup championship (2018). After being eliminated in the first round of the NHL playoffs, Ovechkin joined Russia for the 2010 IIHF World Championships along with many other Russian stars, such as Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk. His one-timer is still the best in the league. The following year he made his debut at the World Junior Championship, helping Russia win the gold medal. "[116], The Capitals' morning skate ritually begins with captain Ovechkin "sprinting around the rink, a solo lap to the sound of sticks tapping from his teammates." [91] — including back-to-back hat tricks. ", "Alexander Ovechkin Thoroughly Earned His Stanley Cup Moment", "Ovechkin makes history with back-to-back hat tricks - Sportsnet.ca", "#CapsLeafs Postgame Notebook: Hat Trick Of Hat Tricks", "Ovechkin passes Jagr for most regular-season overtime goals", "5 things we learned: Ovechkin extends NHL OT record", "Ovechkin scores 600th NHL goal for Capitals", "Ovechkin to Play in His 1,000th Career NHL Game Tonight at Pittsburgh", "Ovechkin leads NHL in goals for seventh time", "Alex Ovechkin Captures 2017-18 Rocket Richard Trophy", "Trotz on Ovechkin: He's 'been on a mission' - Article - TSN", "Crosby vs. Ovechkin debated by NHL.com writers", "Turn it up to 11? Just two days after Alex Ovechkin became the eighth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals, his wife Nastya announced on Instagram that a second child is on the way. Sep 17, 2019 at 2:30 pm ET1 min read Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin got a special surprise at work for his 34th birthday on Tuesday. The deal was a three-year, entry-level contract worth the rookie maximum of $984,200 per season with performance-based bonuses to inflate his annual salary to as much as $3.9 million. In the end, the highly prized and touted Alex Ovechkin went No. [103] Former teammate Brooks Orpik said of his one-timer, "You know it's going there, and you still can't stop him. [35] He scored nine points in seven games against the Flyers as the Capitals were eliminated in the opening round. Vedomosti, a Russian financial newspaper, reported that Kremlin sources have said that IMA-Consulting were behind the creation of the organization. He completed his second NHL season with 46 goals and 92 points. “I feel pretty good,” Ovechkin said recently about his ice time, which is up nearly a minute per game on average (21:02 through 29 games) over last season. The NHL's COVID-19 protocols are already causing a stir — and the season is not even two weeks old. On 11 June 2008, Ovechkin launched his own line of designer streetwear with CCM. When I shoot, I can see my puck. On 10 January 2016, Ovechkin scored his 500th and 501st goals in a 7–1 victory over the Ottawa Senators, becoming the 43rd player to reach the 500-goal plateau, and the fifth-fastest player to do so, as well as the first Russian. In the off-season, Ovechkin was awarded the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most outstanding player voted by the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP, becoming the first player in the history of the NHL to win all four major awards, including the Art Ross and Rocket Richard trophies. … He had switched to playing right wing that entire season so was voted to the First All-Star Team's right wing, but because some voters were not aware of the change, voted for him at his traditional left wing position, therefore also landing him left wing on the Second All-Star Team.[55]. Alexander Ovechkin was born on September 17, 1985 in Moscow, Russia as Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Ovechkin. Although a new NHL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) had not yet been reached between players and owners, Ovechkin decided to opt out and signed with the Capitals on 5 August 2005. Both, along with goaltender Ilya Samsonov and center Evgeny Kuznetsov were placed on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol on Wednesday following a team fine of $100,000. While speaking with Russian Television International earlier this month, Ovechkin … Alex Ovechkin, in full Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Ovechkin, (born September 17, 1985, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Russian ice hockey player who won the Hart Memorial Trophy three times (2008, 2009, and 2013) as the most valuable player in the National Hockey League (NHL). Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Russian: Александр Михайлович Овечкин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn]; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). [10] Meanwhile, Ovechkin dreamed of playing in the NHL, keeping the cards of star players stashed in his room, especially those of his idol, Mario Lemieux. [87] Ovechkin scored his 626th career goal in a 6–3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on 30 November, moving him past Joe Sakic and Jarome Iginla for 15th on the NHL all-time goal-scoring list. [96], Ovechkin is considered by many as the greatest goal scorer in NHL history,[97] with what some consider a real chance at overtaking Wayne Gretzky in total career goals (894). Ovechkin was born on 17 September 1985 in Moscow, the son of Soviet athletes. During the 2015–16 season, Ovechkin, for the first time in his career, did not lead the Washington Capitals in points, although he still led the team in goals with 50, and finished second on the team in points with 71, behind fellow countryman Evgeny Kuznetsov, who finished with 77. The loss to the Penguins in the 2017 playoffs was particularly devastating to the Capitals. © FamousBirthdays.com - use subject to the information collection practices disclosed in our Privacy Policy. [58], During the 2015–16 season, in the second period of a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ovechkin scored his eighth goal of the season to tie Sergei Fedorov's tally for the most goals among Russian born players, with 483. [citation needed] On the soft launch of the site, visitors were encouraged to sign up for the team, track related news, participate in contests and attend and organize events. At the age of 16, Ovechkin played at the 2002 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where he scored two hat tricks, one against Switzerland and one against the United States, and an assist. Hockey Player. Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin still has several playing years left in him but the veteran is already thinking about the end of his playing career, one that doesn’t end in a Washington uniform. Turned out to be pure jubilation. [n 2] He scored the first Stanley Cup Finals goal of his 13-year, 1,121-game NHL career on 30 May 2018, in game 2 against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena. "[20]Auston Matthews, a future Toronto Maple Leafs first overall selection, was in attendance during the game; he said in an interview during the 2016–17 season that it was the best goal he ever saw live. On 19 November 2015, Ovechkin scored his ninth goal of the season in a 3–2 loss to the Dallas Stars; that goal broke Fedorov's record. [146] The summer after the championship was dubbed by the Washington media as "The Summer of Ovi. On 5 April, Ovechkin scored his 300th career goal, becoming the sixth-youngest and seventh-fastest player to do so. Only player to be named to the NHL First All-Star Team in each of his first five seasons. Ovechkin helped lead a rejuvenated Capitals team back to the Stanley Cup playoffs with a stronger supporting cast that included countryman Alexander Semin, rookie center Nicklas Bäckström and defenseman Mike Green. At the conclusion of the tournament, he had collected seven goals, tied for the tournament lead. "[102] Ovechkin proves "the exception rather than the rule when it comes to success" on one-timers, which "can be very difficult to pull off" — involving as they do "taking a hard pass and timing a shot perfectly, when the puck may be rolling or on end, while also aiming at a small net, particularly from far distances. RELATED: The biggest Capitals stories of 2020: Alex Ovechkin makes history with goal No. Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are champions for the first time in their 44-year history. Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin and defenseman Dmitry Orlov both have COVID-19 antibodies, according to Ovechkin’s wife Nastya. [82], In the 2018 playoffs, according to then Capitals coach Barry Trotz:.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, Ovi's been on a mission. He became the first European, second-youngest and 14th overall captain in team history. At 34, Alex Ovechkin is getting old by NHL standards. As in 2021, Alexander Ovechkin‘s age is * years. Alex Ovechkin. 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[15] He was so highly regarded that the Florida Panthers attempted to draft him in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the ninth round, even though his birthday was two days after the cut-off (15 September 1985). In that tournament, he also became the youngest player ever to score for the national team. [132] He also joined the Russian team late in the 2015 IIHF World Championships, where Russia won the silver medal. His … "[140], Following the Capitals' 2018 Stanley Cup victory, Ovechkin would participate in a number of memorable celebrations, including an incident where he and teammates T. J. Oshie, Braden Holtby, Lars Eller and Tom Wilson swam in the fountains at the Georgetown waterfront with the Cup. Choice is: Ex: Jaromir Jagr, Sidney Crosby. Ovechkin finished the 2009 playoffs with a post-season career-high 21 points in 14 games. Alex Ovechkin Date de naissance: 17 septembre 1985 Lieu de naissance: Moscow, RUS [citation needed] At the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, Ovechkin lobbied Honda for a new car, and brought an element of fun silliness to the "draft" where he was chosen third to last; the last two players selected, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Filip Forsberg, each received a new car, but Ovechkin would not give up. Caps' Ovechkin, 3 others out at least 4 games. On 28 February 2009, during a segment of Hockey Night in Canada's Coach's Corner, Canadian hockey analyst Don Cherry likened Ovechkin's celebrations of jumping into the boards and his teammates to that of soccer players, concluding that this was not the Canadian way and advising Canadian kids to ignore Ovechkin's example. [89] He scored the 21st hat-trick of his NHL career in a 6–2 win over Detroit Red Wings on 11 December, passing Pavel Bure for most by a Russian-born player in league history. Bailey Nelson. His team received the silver medal after losing the gold medal game to Canada on 4 January, and Ovechkin was named the Best Forward of the tournament as well as selected to the tournament All-Star Team. He played two more years at the World Juniors, as well as once more at the World U18 Championships. Ovechkin proves "the exception rather than the rule when it comes to succes… [73] He became the second player, tied with Bobby Hull, to win the NHL's goal scoring title seven times. [5] There he attended public school #596, infamous for military discipline and a "tyrannical" principal — completing eight and a half grades before starting at Dynamo Moscow's sports school. [5] "It's the best hockey there is," Ovechkin would say of the NHL. [123] Ovechkin currently uses the Ribcor Trigger stick and Super Tacks AS1 skates. In the playoffs, he helped Dynamo win the RSL title. [133] On 6 July 2009, Ovechkin was named an ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He is an actor, known for (2010), (2016) and (2008). [148], Ovechkin is a keen football fan and an avid supporter of Liverpool F.C. [42] Both Gleason and Ovechkin had to be helped off the ice, although Gleason later returned during the game, while Ovechkin did not. [114], When he gets to the left faceoff circle, good luck to the opposing goaltender. How Old Is Alex Ovechkin’s Wife? Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Ice Hockey Players Russian Men. [140] Asked whether it was political, Ovechkin described his actions as a show of support for Russia, "I just support my country, you know? [51], On 23 January 2012, Ovechkin received a three-game suspension for a hit on Zbyněk Michálek of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Capitals Coach Bruce Boudreau commented that Ovechkin's style of play was at times "reckless." Ovechkin is averaging 21:10 per game, the oldest NHL forward playing that much. 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