Alexander Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin joined Team Russia at the IIHF World Hockey Championship after the Washington Capitals were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. They made the most of their opportunity, helping Team Russia defeat Team Slovakia 6-2 in ...  

[...] 7 games, and braggadocio an All-Star lineup of Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Semin, and Alexander Ovechkin, a Russian inhabitant organisation will face Norway in a quarterfinal turn of a 2012 World Ice [...]  

Russia won the world championship Sunday by defeating Slovakia 6-2 in Helsinki. 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. Alexander Pereszhogin, Alexei Tereshenko, Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk and tournament MVP Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins scored the other goals, with Datsyuk and Alexander Ovechkin of the Capitals assisting...  

Hockey Alexander Semin of the Washington Capitals had two goals and an assist as Russia won the world championship in Helsinki by defeating Slovakia, 6-2. Alexander Pereszhogin, Alexei Tereshenko, the Red Wings’ Pavel Datsyuk, and tournament MVP Evgeni Malkin of the Penguins scored the other goals, with Datsyuk and Alexander Ovechkin of the Capitals assisting on two. Zdeno Chara of the Bruins scored both goals for Slovakia. Russia, the...  

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.  

Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin deserves to be suspended one game for his charge on New York Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi. Ovechkin left his feet and targeted the head of his opponent.The controversial hit happened during the second period of Washington's 3-2 victory in Game 4 on Saturday.One issue I have with this play is that the puck was clearly gone from Girardi's reach when Ovechkin approached him. The Capitals forward...  

ARLINGTON, Va. - Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join the Russian team playing at ice hockey's world championship. The NHL season ended for the pair Saturday night when the Washington Capitals lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of ...  

"We are the Big Red Machine just now," defenseman Nikolai Kulemin of the Toronto Maple Leafs said. "But without Alex Ovechkin and Pavel Datsyuk it would be very hard to score all those goals. And Evgeni Malkin, what can you say? He's the best ...  

ARLINGTON, Va.—Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join the Russian team playing at ice hockey's world championship. The NHL season ended for the pair Saturday night when the Washington Capitals lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the ...  

Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join Russia at the IIHF World Hockey Championship. The two members of the Washington Capitals became available after their NHL team was eliminated from the playoffs by the New York Rangers on Saturday.  

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have announced that captain Alex Ovechkin and forward Alexander Semin will represent Russia while center Nicklas Backstrom will represent Sweden at the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation World ...  

Three members of the Washington Capitals will represent their countries at the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament began on May 4, while Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Niklas ...  

... announced Sunday that Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin accepted an invitation to play for Russia and Nicklas Backstrom for Sweden. Semin is going to worlds pending insurance, his agent, Mark Gandler, said in a text message Sunday. It was ...  

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join the Russian team playing at ice hockey's world championship. The NHL season ended for the pair Saturday night when the Washington Capitals lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 ...  

When Dale Hunter taps Alexander Ovechkin on the shoulder, the well rested captain seemingly makes the best of his recently diminished ice time.While not happy about his lack of time on the ice, Ovechkin is quickly finding ways to make the Rangers wish that Hunter would give his captain a bag skate.Ovechkin provided for the winning goal on Saturday, spurring the Caps to a 3 to 2 victory and bringing this series to a 2 all tie, with the prospect...  

[...] after seven games, and boasting an All-Star lineup of Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Semin, and Alexander Ovechkin, the Russian national team will face Norway [...]  

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (R) sits on the boards during a break in play with teammates Alexander Semin (C) and Nicklas Backstrom during the second period in Game 4 of their NHL Eastern Conference hockey playoff game against the New York Rangers in ...  

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join the Russian team playing at ice hockey's world championship. The NHL season ended for the pair Saturday night when the Washington Capitals lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the Eastern ...  

Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join the Russian team playing at ice hockey's world championship. The NHL season ended for the pair Saturday night when the Washington Capitals lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.  

Washington stars Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join the Russian team playing at ice hockey's world championship. Washington stars Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join the Russian team playing at ice hockey's world championship. The NHL ...  

And then there's Alexander Ovechkin, whose words will no doubt be the subject of much parsing. "Family is always in the first position. It's his decision," Alex Ovechkin said. "It's his decision so we have to live with it." Ovechkin admitted ...  

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 ...  

Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin will join Russia and Nicklas Backstrom will join Sweden for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships later ... According to the IIHF, Backstrom is expected to arrive in Stockholm on Tuesday ...  

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.  

Goals from Alexander Ovechkin and Jason Chimera, along with another clutch performance from goaltender Braden Holtby, kept the Capitals season alive. They now face yet another Game 7 on the road, with the decisive game coming Saturday night at ...  

Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post bumped into Semin at the Capitals practice facility on Sunday and received confirmation that the two Alexs would indeed be playing for their homeland. Just ran into Semin at KCI. #Caps winger confirmed that ...  

The Rangers are being carried by their big weapons in Brad Richards, Marion Gaborik and of course, Henrik Lundqvist.  The Caps are spreading the heroism around with lesser names.  Nobody has scored more than Alexander Ovechkin’s modest four ...  

ARLINGTON, Va. --Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich and Alexander Semin will all skate in their 50th career playoff games when the Washington Capitals host the New York Rangers Wednesday night in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals (7:30 p.m, ET ...  

Alexander Ovechkin and Jason Chimera provided the offence and Braden Holtby held the fort in net as the Washington Capitals avoided elimination by defeating the New York Rangers, 2-1 in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Semi-Final Series on Wednesday.  

Other young Russian players, such as Nikolai Zherdev and Ovechkin, however, were allowed to return to their NHL clubs following the lockout, circumventing any additional military duty they had to serve in Russia. While Semin's 2004–05 season with Lada ...  

(Ovechkin: -25.83 Corsi. Brooks Laich:-30.94 Corsi. Troy Brouwer: 32.12 Corsi. All three players also have the worst relative Corsi on the team as well which is on-ice Corsi – off-ice corsi. Corsi = On-Ice Shot Differential: goals + saves ...  

The Capitals were built around a supposed fabulous four, Alexander Ovechkin, Semin ... As Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke likes to say, the Caps are now built from the back end out. Semin has just one point in the Eastern Conference ...  

For the first time in the 2012 postseason, three of Washington’s top stars scored in one game. Game 4 saw Alexander Ovechkin score off of a slapshot in the first period. Just past the halfway mark of the second period, Nicklas Backstrom scored to recover ...  

For the first couple of years of their careers, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin were undoubtedly the best players in the world. The rivalry between the two players spread like wildfire throughout the whole rosters, as the Pittsburgh/Washington rivalry ...  

Joel Ward was the hero for the Capitals, slamming home a rebound at the 2:57 mark of overtime. It was the seventh-straight ... While offensive stars Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin played well—combining for 12 points in the series ...  

Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Lundqvist, Ilya Kovalchuk, Zdeno Chara, Alexander Ovechkin, Marian Hossa, Patrik Elias, Sergei Gonchar and Daniel Alfredsson are proven playoff performers. A number of North American stars (Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, Dany Heatley ...  

For this series, since Rangers fans don't have Bruce Boudreau to kick around anymore, they've turned their attention to Alexander Ovechkin, counting down to the 8:00 to go mark of every period and then chanting "Ovi sucks! Ovi sucks!"  

Washington - Alexander Ovechkin 38-27 - 65. Leading postseason scorers: New York - Brad Richards 2-3 - 5. Washington - Ovechkin 2-3 - 5. New York outlook: Both teams are coming off seven-game series, so they should be on equally fatigued footing.  

While Pittsburgh Penguins teammate Evgeni Malkin will play for Russia — "Really, I don't have a choice," Malkin said — Crosby declined Tuesday an invitation to play for Team Canada in Helsinki and Stockholm from May 4-20. "Typically, I'd be there in a ...  

Dale Hunter, it seems, remembers those scenes from the 2010 NHL playoffs. The ones where time and time again, Alexander Ovechkin made a solo rush down the ice against the Montreal Canadiens, desperately trying to get his Washington Capitals back in the game.  

The Washington Capitals defeated the Boston Bruins in Round 1 of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs in what was the most competitive of the NHL playoff series.The Capitals played an exceptional game on both ends of the ice. Stars, like captain Alexander Ovechkin and Alexander Semin, shined. Other younger players, like John Carlson and rookie goaltender Braden Holtby, rose to the occasion to make winning this series possible.Defeating the Bruins...  

Seven current Capitals including Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green, Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich, John Erskine and Jeff Schultz played in the 2009 ... 13:29—and all were recorded by defensemen, with Ryan McDonagh credited with three and ...  

While Pittsburgh Penguins teammate Evgeni Malkin will play for Russia — "Really, I don't have a choice," Malkin said — Crosby declined Tuesday an invitation to play for Team Canada in Helsinki and Stockholm from May 4-20. Ladd looking forward to ...  

WASHINGTON — It was the first overtime when Alexander Ovechkin, playing like his younger self, hit a post, and the goal horn blared even as the referee was waving it off. It was the second overtime when they announced the subway would run until one in ...  

Your move, Dep't of Player Safety. Defenseman Mike Green scored the game-winning goal for the Capitals on a power play. Alexander Ovechkin opened the scoring with a booming slap shot past Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. Artem Anisimov showed great ...  

Washington still has powerful offensive weapons Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin, but a newfound defensive mindset in front of 22-year ... and we had that kind of success. I think we've got that kind of mentality in our hands."  

Washington Capitals coach Dale Hunter has an interesting and controversial strategy employed regarding his superstar Russian sniper Alexander Ovechkin: Keep him OFF of the ice. The Caps are 4-0 in those games where The "Great 8" has played 17:01 ...  

Multiple sources have indicated that Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin is not expected to have a hearing for his second-period hit on Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi, but Girardi said Ovechkin hit him in the head. Girardi declined to weigh in ...  

The lines remained the same from Sunday's practice, with Alex Ovechkin on the right wing with Troy Brouwer and Brooks Laich, then Jason Chimera-Backstrom-Johansson and Matt Hendricks-Jay Beagle-Joel Ward. Jeff Schultz is back in the lineup for ...  

Alexander Semin, who was just beginning to break out of ... Washington was hot out of the gate, with early goals from Alex Ovechkin and Mathieu Perreault. John Carlson got one past Henrik Lundqvist with the man advantage to give the Capitals ...  

New York Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi said Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin hit him in the head first during a second-period collision, although Ovechkin disagreed when asked about the incident following the Caps' 3-2 win Saturday. Washington ...  

Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin and Mike Green all saw limited action, but the Capitals managed to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 to even the series at a game apiece. And though Ovechkin scored the decisive goal, Hunter’s strategy ...  

The star centre with the Pittsburgh Penguins scored the overtime winner in the gold-medal game at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He also won a gold medal with the Canadian junior team in 2005 and a silver medal in 2004. Crosby was named the top forward in his ...  

Braden Holtby is a nice story for the Capitals, but Lundqvist should be able to beat him. THIS N’ THAT: Alex Ovechkin one-timed a shot by Lundqvist on the glove side to open the scoring at 1:28 of the first on the power play. Ovechkin told Hockey Night ...  

Sidney Crosby won't play for Canada at the world championships saying he doesn't want to risk a head injury. Olympic gold medal hero Sidney Crosby has begged off playing for Team Canada at the upcoming World Championships saying he doesn't want to risk ...  

WASHINGTON — It was the first overtime when Alexander Ovechkin, playing like his younger self, hit a post, and the goal horn blared even as the referee was waving it off. It was the second overtime when they announced the subway would run ...  

They’ve played internationally for Russia at both the Olympics and World Hockey Championships — winning gold together in 2008 — and it was Kovalchuk that famously brokered the Ovechkin-Evgeni Malkin reconcilliation back in 2009 ...  

By extension, he knew that he still had a shot at breaking his own streak of futility. Ovechkin would’ve joined Maxim Afinogenov, John Madden, Marian Hossa, Alexander Semin, Jason Chimera, Chris Neil and Kyle Turris as players to beat ...