Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Mikhailovich "Alex" Ovechkinis a Russian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. Prior to entering the NHL, Ovechkin played for HC Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Superleague for four seasons, from 2001 until 2005, and returned to play for them briefly during the 2012–13 NHL lockout. A highly touted prospect, Ovechkin was selected by the Capitals first overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. With the 2004–05 NHL lockout cancelling the...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth17 September 1985
CityMoscow, Russia
I thought I scored two goals, but I didn't score, ... I must score when I have a great chance to score. I'm disappointed because we lost this game and the first period was terrible.
I thought I scored two goals, but I didn't score, ... I must score when if I have a great chance to score. I'm disappointed because we lost this game and the first period was terrible.
We're going to play our game and we're going to come back and we're going to play Montreal or Tampa,
We have nine games more, we have to try to win five or six. We don't have any pressure right now and we're enjoying ourselves.
If we wouldn't have lost the (last) game before the Olympics, I would have felt better. But I think we played very well in the first period and we missed second-period chances.
We must forget about this game. We play two games in two days all the time in the NHL, so that's OK.
We had a good game tonight, but we made a few too many mistakes. Tomorrow is a big game and we can't make those mistakes.
It will be the biggest game of my life. Canada will be a lot tougher than the Americans.
It's been a lot of fun this season for me, but I'd like to win more. We must forget this game and move forward to the next game.
We played very well, but we had lots of penalties.
I think he scored a beautiful goal and did a great job and he is good, ... He scored a great goal and did a great job, and he controlled the puck beautifully. He's good.
That was one of my most important goals in my career. So tomorrow I'm going to try and score another goal that will rank even more important.
I was very excited when Pavel Bure called (to say he was on the Olympic team).
We came out and played hard. I'm happy to score three goals to win this game. It's my first hat trick in the NHL and it feels like my first goal in the NHL.