Posts About "Alex Ovechkin"
Why the Capitals Won’t Repeat as Champs
April 11th, 2019 Only one team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, has hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup in back-to-back seasons since the tun of the century, and only one other team, the Detroit Red Wings, has done so since the days of Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers dynasty of the 1980s. Winning the Cup is hard to do once, let alone consecutively, and we can...
Capitals Beat Lightning - Ovechkin Nets 50th & 51st
March 31st, 2019 TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Ovechkin scored his 50th and 51st goals of the season, leading the Washington Capitals to a 6-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie also scored twice, while Braden Holtby finish...
Ovechkin on Verge of 8th 50-Goal Season
March 28th, 2019 WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scores 50 goals a season so often the historical significance of it almost gets overlooked. The Washington Capitals' captain is one away from becoming just the third NHL player with eight 50-goal seasons, joining Wayne Gretzk...
The NHL 500-Goal Club
February 23rd, 2019 45 Members in the Exclusive 500-goal Club As you might expect, not only have this select few attained the ultimate, lofty benchmark of twine-bulging glory, they’ve also done some pretty extraordinary other things. Scoring 500 regular-season goals in the best hockey league in the world is a highly significant achievement in itself....
7 Cool Things About Alexander Ovechkin
February 20th, 2019 The Washington Capitals’ Alexander Ovechkin is this generation’s greatest goal-scorer, and up on the Mt. Rushmore of all-time snipers. He has 646 goals since entering the NHL in 2005-06, 210 more than Sidney Crosby, who’s next on the list. But it was an assist that earned Ovechkin his latest milestone. With a helper on T.J....
NHL News & Notes: Okposo, Ovechkin & More
February 18th, 2019 In today's News & Notes, Kyle Okposo is injured and will miss a few games after suffering an upper-body injury, Alex Ovechkin has scored 40 goals once again and the NHL has announced their three stars of the week. Okposo Injured Following Fight The Buffalo Sabres have sent Okposo home for further medical evaluation after the...
