Alex Ovechkin

Now that Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin is done playing hockey for the next few months -- the Caps lost in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but Team Russia won the World Championships -- he has some free time on his hands. After helping Russia win ...  

When the team struggles we will ask questions about the head coach, the possibility of stripping Alex Ovechkin of his captaincy, and how the system should go back to wire wagon hockey even without Alex Semin or a legitimate second line center. Defenders of ...  

HELSINKI — Russia won the world championship Sunday by defeating Slovakia 6-2. Alexander Semin of the Washington Capitals scored two goals and had an assist in the rout. Russia scored three times in the second period to take control.  

You want proof we're approaching the silly season? Alex Ovechkin trade speculation stories are popping up. I know the Capitalshave so much tied up in Ovechkin; he's the face of their franchise. He's one of the most marketable hockey players in the world.  

In a Wednesday column in the Washington Times (here http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/15/whyno-is-ovechkin-still-the-man-for-capitals/), Washington Capitals reporter Stephen Whyno makes the argument that the Capitals are well-served to trade ...  

WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- I'll admit, I've never had Capitals fever, not even the low-grade version. It's not my cup of tea, but I don't shun the sport either. Hockey is exciting in its own chaotic and unexplainable way. Key word chaotic, which is how the ...  

Alexei Emelin notched a goal and a helper in the contest, while Nikolai Zherdev, Ilya Nikulin and Alexander Popov also scored. Ovechkin was making his tournament debut after being eliminated from the 2012 NHL playoffs. He had six shots on goal and a plus-2 rating.  

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin rebounded from a rare zero-shot performance by scoring after 88 seconds Wednesday night, Braden Holtby made 30 saves, and the Washington Capitals recovered from a potentially devastating loss by beating the top-seeded ...  

“If Alex had have put that one in on the breakaway, who knows?” — Bruce Boudreau, then-coach of the Washington Capitals, May 14, 2009. “If I score first goal, maybe a different game. I didn’t score it.” — Ovechkin, same day.  

The Washington Capitals lead the New York Rangers by a score of 1-0 after the first period of play in Game 6. New York leads the series and could close it out with a win. So far, the Capitals are not going quietly. Alexander Ovechkin scored on ...  

Plenty of Washington Capitals players are upset that Dale Hunter decided to leave ... according to these mysterious comments via Stephen Whyno. “I don’t know who’s going to be the coach next year but the leaders in this group have to ...  

Dale Hunter’s decision to not return to the Capitals next season caught the players off guard, but for the most part they all understood his desire to return to London, Ontario, to his family and the junior team he co-owns with his brother.  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lose one game, win the next. No matter how seemingly devastating a defeat, in overtime or otherwise, the Washington Capitals -- from two-time NHL MVP Alex Ovechkin to playoff rookie goalie Braden Holtby -- simply do not allow setbacks to ...  

55th National Hockey League All-Star Game 2007 1 0 1 56th National Hockey League All-Star Game 2008 2 0 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game 2009 1 2 58th National Hockey League All-Star Game 2011 1 1 The World News (WN) Network, has ...  

Early in the third period of the Washington Capitals' 2-1 Game 6 win over the New York Rangers Wednesday, Alex Ovechkin burst down the ice. Ryan McDonagh was able to slow him, but as the old saying goes, you can't stop Ovechkin. You can only hope to ...