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
If I'm playing hockey, I want to win all the (trophies) I can.
Girls, where are you? I can't find you.
I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey.
Fighting is necessary in hockey. But if you fight, you have to choose your partner carefully. If you're an experienced player and you want to fight, you can't choose a player who has never fought in his life.
Hockey is my life and money is money. If you think about money, you stop playing hockey.
Maybe's he's just jealous I have hair.
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 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.
If the National Hockey League was in Russia, I would be getting the attention,
We just play how we can and we don't score. Everybody is trying hard. ... We just play and we don't have luck.
Everybody in my country is jumping, I think. And everybody at the Olympics will drink lots of vodka.
Everybody in my country is jumping and drinking lots of vodka.