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
Yes, I think about (the Calder trophy), and I want to win it because everybody does. If I'm playing hockey, I want to win all the (trophies) I can.
For sure, Pavel Bure was my hero. I was very young, but I remember this moment. I recorded the game.
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 feel great we won this game. We lost our last six so I feel excellent and I feel happy. We played hard.
If the National Hockey League was in Russia, I would be getting the attention,
We came here to win, the first period we played well, but Toronto won the third,
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.
When I sit on the bench, I know what I must do,
We did it. We beat a great team. All the people in my country will be jumping up and down and will drink a lot of vodka.
When I got into the shootout, I know what I'm going to do. I just got the shot that was available and was able to make.
My weapon isn't my shot. It's me.
Right now I'm scoring goals and I'm the king of the world. And a couple weeks ago I was almost in the toilet. So maybe you just forget to flush me.
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.