Whenever a hockey game came on television he would drop whatever he was doing, refusing to allow his parents to change the channel. He was very active and walking and curious." He was two years old when he first picked up a hockey stick. His mother sensed her youngest son was destined for "sporting greatness". He had two older brothers, Sergei and Mikhail. His father, Mikhail, was a football player. His mother, Tatyana Ovechkina, was a two-time Olympic gold medalist in basketball (1976, 1980). Ovechkin was born on 17 September 1985 in Moscow, the son of Soviet athletes.
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He has won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL's leading goal scorer, an NHL-record nine times, first doing so in 2007–08, when his 65 goals and 112 points also earned him the Art Ross Trophy for most points scored, the Hart Memorial Trophy for most valuable player, and the Lester B.
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In the 2005–06 NHL season, Ovechkin's first with the Capitals, he scored 52 goals and 54 assists to lead all rookies in points, capturing the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year and finishing third overall in league scoring. However, he would remain in Russia until 2005 due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout. A highly touted prospect, Ovechkin was selected by the Capitals first overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
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Ovechkin began his professional career with Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Superleague, playing there for four seasons from 2001 until 2005 and returning briefly during the 2012–13 NHL lockout. Nicknamed " Ovi" (alternatively spelled " Ovie") and " the Great Eight", Ovechkin is widely considered to be one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time. Ovechkin with the Washington Capitals in 2018Īlexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Russian: Александр Михайлович Овечкин, IPA: born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).