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Ovechkin is a keen football fan and an avid supporter of Liverpool F.C. [184] In May 2021, he was reportedly also an investor in the Washington Spirit, a professional team in the National Women's Soccer League, [185] but Sportico reported in June 2022 that he might not have formally completed the process to acquire the stake, and that even if ...
PutinTeam is a social movement announced in 2017 by NHL player Alexander Ovechkin to support Russian President Vladimir Putin and his 2018 Russian presidential campaign. [1] Ovechkin has a personal relationship with Putin. [2] Ovechkin has a personal phone number for Putin and received a present from Putin at his wedding in 2016. [2]
Ovechkin and Mike Green were named to the Sporting News All-Star team, with Ovechkin being the Sporting News Player of the Year. [ 11 ] The 2008–09 season was highlighted by the play of Mike Green (who was the third of the Capitals' three first-round selections in Ovechkin's draft year) and Ovechkin.
Alexander Ovechkin, current captain of the Capitals. This is a complete list of ice hockey players who have played for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL). It includes players that have played at least one game, either in the NHL regular season or in the NHL playoffs.
Following the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Alexander Ovechkin played his first game with the Washington Capitals on October 5, 2005, scoring two goals in a 3–2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. In a shootout against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Ovechkin scored the game-winning goal in a 5–4 win.
The scoring started early in the game as Team Staal's Alexander Ovechkin scored the game's first goal in just 50 seconds into the first period. [39] When he took his first shift Jeff Skinner officially became the youngest player to play in an All-Star game (18 years, 259 days) surpassing the mark set in 1984 by Steve Yzerman by eight days. [40]
On March 3, 2008, the Capitals defeated the Boston Bruins at home by a score of 10–2. [6] Alexander Ovechkin scored three goals in the game. It was the first time that the Capitals had scored 10 goals in a regular season game since January 11, 2003, when they defeated the Florida Panthers at home by a score of 12–2.
Alexander Ovechkin, considered by many as one of the greatest goal scorers in NHL history, is often described as a "power forward".. In ice hockey, power forward (PWF) is a loosely applied characterization of a forward who is big and strong, equally capable of playing physically or scoring goals and would most likely have high totals in both points and penalties. [1]