Alex Ovetjkin

Ovechkin celebrates Gagarin Cup victory with Dynamo plus his exit interview

2013-05-21T18:05:00.002-04:00

Photos by Izvestia.ru Vladislav Domrachev of SE talked to Alex: Does your injured leg bother you? It's okay. And what about the size of a boot? Is it hard to walk? I was just given this huge walker-boot. They couldn't find anything else and now there is no reason to change. The first two minutes it was painful, uncomfortable, but then I found the correct angle to place the foot on the

Ovechkin's adventures in Moscow :)

2013-05-20T09:49:00.001-04:00

Овечкин вышел из своего гелика с поврежденной ногой в гипсе чтобы сфотаться со мной!!! настоящий уважаемый мужик!! twitter.com/OmarWalkerStar…— Zakhar Potapov (@OmarWalkerStar) May 19, 2013 Translation: Ovechkin got out of his Geländewagen (Ghelik) with the injured leg in a cast to take a photo with me!!! real honorary man!! In other tweets @OmarWalkerStar says that the picture was taken by

Ovechkin: Injury? What injury? It's just a bruise!

2013-05-16T23:52:00.001-04:00

"Injury? What injury? It's just a bruise." (Ovechkin upon arrival to Helsinki, face of torture, broken foot) Alex had hairline fracture of his left foot in game 6. Played with it to the rest of the game 6, in game 7 and flew to IIHF World Cup in Helsinki, Finland to play one more game there vs. USA. Russia was eliminated, but Ovi, after 10 hour flight and hairline fracture in his foot, was the

GM George McPhee: Alex wasn't wrong.

2013-05-15T16:08:00.000-04:00

I remember watching that game and even NBC commentators were puzzled. You could tell it by the tone of their voices, "five consecutive penalties to Capitals." Alex Ovechkin, in an interview to Russian Dmitri Shumin and Slava Malamud had his guess, it was league's conspiracy. Personally I just don't believe it is. However my guess is that refs are humans and they have their own prejudices. And

The words of encouragement from Maria Kirilenko

2013-05-14T15:38:00.001-04:00

Your browser does not support iframes. May 14, 2013: Alex Ovechkin is speaking to the media before leaving to IIHF World Cup in Finland. @BrittMcHenry: Ovi said he just "picked this out of his closet" for today's media availability Russian R-Sport has interviewed Maria Kirilenko who has won her starting game in the prestigious tournament in Rome Tuesday. Right now Maria has the highest

Another season down the toilet

2013-05-13T22:46:00.000-04:00

Rangers 5, Caps 0. Rangers advance to the second round. Ovechkin's stats:Total ice time 19:08, 20 shifts, average 00:57, PP 03:57, shorthanded 00:45, even 14:26, 1 shot on goal, 2 attempts blocked, 2 missed, 13 hits, 1 giveaway, 1 takeaway Dmitri Shumin of SovSport.ru talked to Ovechkin after the game: Sasha, you will be able to help the national team? To be honest, no one contacted me. And

Ovechkin: There's no frustration, we didn't lose the series

2013-05-13T09:54:00.001-04:00

Game 6: Caps 0, Rangers 1. The series are tied 3-3. Caps were penalized 7 times, Rangers 2. Watch Ovechkin's three blocked shots. The NHL awarded him 2 only. Ovechkin's stats: Total ice time 19:03, 19 shifts, average 1:00, 5 shots on goal, 3 attempts blocked, 4 missed, 3 hits, 2 blocked shots Watch Ovechkin's second big hit on Girardi. The first one was more awesome, Girardi wanted to make

2016 Hockey World Cup

2013-05-11T19:53:00.000-04:00

H/t to Joe Yerdon of NBC Sports ProHockeyTalk: There hasn’t been a World Cup of Hockey since 2004 but it sounds like its return won’t be too far off. Pavel Lysenkov of Sovietsky Sport in Russia spoke with Vladislav Tretiak who says the World Cup will make its return in August and September of 2016. Here are some selected quotes from Pavel Lysenkov's blog: NHL invites us to join to the

Ovechkin: Tomorrow is the biggest game of the season

2013-05-11T14:41:00.000-04:00

May 11, 2013: Ovi talks after morning skate before heading to New York for game 6. Follow @OvetjkinBlog on Twitter !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");  Share |

Ribeiro scores OT goal, Caps lead series 3-2

2013-05-10T23:10:00.000-04:00

Rangers 1, Caps 2. Your browser does not support iframes. Watch Mike Ribeiro's game winning goal in overtime. Mike Ribeiro, puck magician in general and tonight's superstar! Here's why: 70% faceoffs won, 4 hits, 1 shot on goal converted to 1 GWG goal, draw a penalty leading to 1st Caps goal Ovechkin's stats: -1, total ice time 21:24, 24 shifts, average 00:53, PP 02:11, even 19:13, 9 shots on

Ovechkin talks about Hart Trophy nomination before game 5 vs NYR

2013-05-10T17:54:00.000-04:00

Your browser does not support iframes. 5/10/2013: Alex Ovechkin talks after morning skate before the game 5 against New York Rangers Ovi:It’s nice and I’m sure I’m going to have time to celebrate later, but right now it’s all about business and focus on the game. Hard year, it was hard season for all of us and I’m happy to be in that kind of position. I just want to win... it doesn’t matter if

Ovechkin: I have to play better

2013-05-09T08:46:00.001-04:00

Ovechkin's hit on Derek Stepan after which he received 2 minutes for charging and Martin Erat was injured. As you can see by yourself, there was no penalty committed by Ovechkin, no elbow, Pierre, the feet were on the ice. Pierre McGuire on that Ovechkin-Erat-Stepan hit: "Doc, this is a headshot....They go right after Stepan’s head." wapo.st/13k65tb— Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) May 9, 2013

Everybody knew that but it was Mike Ribeiro who delivered the message

2013-05-08T15:37:00.003-04:00

Wow, it seems like Mike Ribeiro is the second (after Adam Oates), if not the first influential man for Alex Ovechkin this season. He suggested Ovi to change his shooting targets Related post: "How Maurice Richard trophy was won." and now it turns out he was the one who told Ovi his passes were too hard to handle. And that is true, a lot of times Ovi would make a perfect pass except the puck

Ovechkin talks before game 4 at MSG

2013-05-08T13:53:00.001-04:00

5/8/13: Caps captain Alex Ovechkin addresses the media prior to tonight's Game 4 of the ECQF series against the New York Rangers. On Ryan McDonagh’s accusations that Ovi looked tired: Retired? Oh, tired. (I thought you said) I’m retiring. No, I feel normal. I don’t know why he (said) that, but I think our line played well, and we had solid chances but we didn't score. Of course, they’re going

Ovechkin's magic hockey pants made by Bauer

2013-05-08T11:29:00.000-04:00

Have you ever wondered about Alex Ovechkin's magic hockey pants that feature an unusually tall spine protection guard in the back? Well, Josh Folk from SportTechie.com, the web site that is based in Washington, DC posted an article "What Is Alex Ovechkin Wearing On His Lower Back?" Ovechkin has sported the Bauer One95 hockey pant that includes MAX SORB spine protection, which is a

Caps lose game 3 at MSG

2013-05-06T22:21:00.001-04:00

Caps 3, Rangers 4. Or should it be Caps 3, Refs 4. :) It was not the best game for Ovi, though he played his best. Big part of it, Caps received 5 consecutive minor penalties (some very questionable, thank you, refs) and obviously Ovi doesn't play on PK. On the winning goal by Rangers when Ovi got -1, it didn't look good. But his late-game heroics were only possible because defenseman

It's official: Ovechkin, Komarov are engraved on Gagarin's Cup

2013-05-06T16:40:00.001-04:00

Unfortunately Nicklas Backstrom was not included. Earlier Dynamo's GM Andrei Safronov guaranteed that Backstrom will be on Gagarin's Cup, but added that it would be decided by team's voting. Source: http://www.dynamo-history.ru/person/gagarin.php Related post: Ovechkin receives confirmation about KHL playoffs ring Руководители: Мальцев Александр Ротенберг Аркадий Нургалиев Рашид Сафронов

Ovechkn talks after morning skate at MSG

2013-05-06T14:21:00.000-04:00

@WaltonCaps Alex Ovechkin draws a bit of a media crowd in New York. 5/6/13: Caps captain Alex Ovechkin addresses the media about tonight's Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the New York Rangers. Follow @OvetjkinBlog on Twitter !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//

Two down, two to go.

2013-05-04T15:56:00.002-04:00

Rangers 0, Caps 1, OT. Mike Ribiero mic'd up for Mike Green's OT Game Winner in Washington Alex Ovechkin got an assist on Mike Green's goal. The primary assist went to Mike Ribeiro who did an awesome fake on slapshot before passing it to Green. What I thought at that moment, "Ribeiro? Nah, he's not gonna shoot... but if he has no choice... he might...". This is what two Rangers defencemen

More from 'behind the enemy lines' on how to defend against Ovechkin and Caps

2013-05-03T16:07:00.000-04:00

It's amazing what Ovi can do when he is on top of his game; no matter how well the opposite players know where, when and how Ovechkin will attempt to score on them, they still can't stop him. That's why I totally agree with Bruce Boudreau, on what he said back in 2010, almost 3 years ago: "Ovi's got to create the space for Ovi. The team's not going to create it; that's his job. Ovi has had people

No country for Ovechkin

2013-05-03T01:09:00.000-04:00

NHL's John Carlson and Alex Ovechkin Share Their Pregame Routines Ovi: I like techno, I like DJ stuff. The guys like to listen to country stuff, so hate it. I leave the room. hehe You want more? Here's more... Even more? Here's more... Follow @OvetjkinBlog on Twitter !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id

Captain Ovechkin's goal makes Capitals going

2013-05-02T22:23:00.000-04:00

Rangers 1, Caps 3. Caps lead series 1-0. One down, three to go. Ovechkin (Green, Backstrom), Johansson (Oleksy) and Chimera (Perreault) scored in the second period. Awesome goal by Ovi, just awesome. Quick hands, it's not a vintage Ovechkin, it's a new, re-invented Ovechkin. Ovechkin's stats: After the 1st period: total ice time 6:36, 6 shifts, average 1:06, PP 2:22, even 4:14, 4 shots on

Ovechkin talks after Wednesday morning skate

2013-05-01T18:34:00.002-04:00

5/1/13: Caps captain Alex Ovechkin addresses the media as the Caps are a day away from Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. New York. relax and take it easy ...cool rappers are here haha telly.com/JN012S— Maria Kirilenko (@mkirilenko) May 1, 2013 Follow @OvetjkinBlog on Twitter !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=

Ovechkin: "To be honest with you..."

2013-04-30T16:36:00.000-04:00

4/30/13: Caps captain Alex Ovechkin addresses the media after Tuesday's practice as the Caps continue to get ready to face the New York Rangers Ovechkin's favorite catch phrases (and why not? Same questions, same answers :): To be honest with you... we just have to play simple... Fun Fact: 20 y. ago when Mario Lemieux scored 12 goals in Apr, a record broken by Alex Ovechkin, there was no

Alex Ovechkin: How Maurice Richard trophy was won.

2013-04-30T13:05:00.002-04:00

Very interesting, it shows that Ovi has adjusted his shooting (shhhh... :). He used to score above glove side of a goalie. The goalies have figured it out, they have adjusted to him. Now Ovi has made his own adjustment. A never ending war between attack and defense, like after the invention of radar the stealth bombers were invented. :) “@buccigross: Alex Ovechkin scored 18 of his 32 goals to