Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Mikhailovich "Alex" Ovechkinis a Russian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. 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...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth17 September 1985
CityMoscow, Russia
Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do.
Right now I'm scoring goals and I'm the king of the world. And a couple weeks ago I was almost in the toilet. So maybe you just forget to flush me.
I saw the rebound and when the puck came to me, I said, oh my God, puck, I must shoot.
I don't care what people say about me and what they think about me. I care about my team and I care about myself. Lots of people watch hockey, and I think everybody has different thinking.
I'm okay. Russian machine never breaks.
There will always be critics. On one hand, criticism can be positive. On the other hand, criticism can be negative. But critics will always be watching the game. If you listen to everybody, you can go crazy. I have my own point of view, and I always try to keep it.
I want to win, I want to win everything. If I have a chance to win, why not?
Nobody ever tells me to give them a pass or anything. My job is to score goals, and if I don't shoot the puck, I can't score goals.
I never look forward. I live for today. If you think about what's going to happen in a year, in two years, then you begin to plan. And plans never come true.
My weapon isn't my shot. It's me.
I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them
We played not good for two periods. The third period, I think we played pretty well.
When I got into the shootout, I know what I'm going to do. I just got the shot that was available and was able to make.
We must forget about this game. We play two games in two days all the time in the NHL, so that's OK.