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...  

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.  

"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. – 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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...