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.
To win the Calder Trophy means a lot. It means a lot. I don't have words. I could tell you in Russian.
I want to win, I want to win everything. If I have a chance to win, why not?
It's been a lot of fun this season for me, but I'd like to win more. We must forget this game and move forward to the next game.
We have nine games more, we have to try to win five or six. We don't have any pressure right now and we're enjoying ourselves.
We came out and played hard. I'm happy to score three goals to win this game. It's my first hat trick in the NHL and it feels like my first goal in the NHL.
Yes, I think about (the Calder trophy), and I want to win it because everybody does. If I'm playing hockey, I want to win all the (trophies) I can.
It will be the biggest game of my life. Canada will be a lot tougher than the Americans.
We just play how we can and we don't score. Everybody is trying hard. ... We just play and we don't have luck.
We had a good game tonight, but we made a few too many mistakes. Tomorrow is a big game and we can't make those mistakes.
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.
This is special, very special, for our country.
I work to make shots, I try to do something, always to do something,