Alex Ovechkin
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Ovechkin pictured warming up during the 2015–16 NHL season
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17 September 1985 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 239 lb (108 kg; 17 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Washington Capitals HC Dynamo Moscow |
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| National team |
 Russia
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| NHL Draft | 1st overall, 2004 Washington Capitals |
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| Playing career | 2001–present | ||
| Website | www.ovie8.com | ||
 Ovechkin during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Representing Russia
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2016 Russia | |
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2015 Czech Republic | |
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2014 Belarus | |
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2012 Finland | |
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2010 Germany | |
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2008 Canada | |
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2007 Russia | |
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2005 Austria | |
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2005 United States | |
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2003 Canada | |
| World U18 Championships | ||
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2003 Russia | |
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2002 Slovakia | |
Alexander Mikhailovich "Alex" Ovechkin (Александр Михайлович Овечкин; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn]; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). 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 season, Ovechkin remained in Russia until 2005, joining the Capitals for the 2005–06 season. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year, scoring 52 goals and 54 assists to lead all rookies with 106 points and finishing third overall in league scoring.
Ovechkin has led the NHL in goal scoring, and won the Rocket Richard Trophy six times in his career. He first did so in 2007–08 season, when he recorded 65 goals and 112 points. He led the league in points, winning the Art Ross Trophy, and also won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player and Lester B. Pearson Award as the best player as voted on by the NHL Players' Association. Ovechkin would again win the Hart Trophy and Pearson Award in 2009, along with the Richard Trophy, and won the Ted Lindsay Award (the renamed Pearson Award) for a third consecutive year in 2010; it also marked the fifth straight year that he was named to the First All-Star Team. After a couple years of decreased scoring, Ovechkin again led the league in goals, earning the Richard Trophy, in 2013, again winning the Hart Trophy. He would repeat as the Richard Trophy winner from 2014 to 2016, scoring at least 50 goals each season, becoming the first player to win the award six times, and the third to lead the NHL in goals that many times, as well as the third player to score 50 goals in a season seven times. He marked 500 career NHL goals in the 2015–16 season and has also led the league in scoring for the past four years; as such, Ovechkin is considered by many to be one of the greatest goal scorers in the history of the NHL. On 27 January 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Ovechkin was part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
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