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Alexander Ovechkin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alex Ovechkin, OVI, Ovi Ovechkin, Ovi One, Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin, Aleksandr Ovechkin, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Ovechkin, A. Ovechkin
Russian ice hockey player
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Aleksandr Ovechkin is a Russian ice hockey player born in Moscow on September 17, 1985. He holds citizenship in both the Soviet Union and Russia. Ovechkin plays the left winger position and competes in the National Hockey League. He has played for the Washington Capitals and HC Dynamo Moscow. He was drafted by the Washington Capitals.
He has represented Russia in international competition, participating in the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2019 IIHF World Championship. His career statistics include 1,487 matches played, 895 total goals, and 6,852 total shots. He has received the Order of Honour and the Honoured Master of Sports of Russia award, along with gold and silver medals.
Ovechkin is educated at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism. His nicknames include Alexander The Great, Ovie, and Александр Великий. His mother is Tatyana Ovechkina, and his relative is Vera Glagoleva.
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Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. Nicknamed "Ovi" and "the Great Eight" in reference to his jersey number, Ovechkin is widely regarded as one of the greatest goal scorers of all time.
Known for
- Extra Time2026
- Minute of Silence2025
- Ужин с Роговым — Self - Guest2025
- GR8TNESS — Self2023
- By the Way — Guest2023
- Unprincipled — Александр Овечкин2020
- Washington Capitals 2018 Stanley Cup Champions — Self2018
- All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup2016
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest2014
- Zaitsev, burn! Showman Story — Alexander Ovechkin2010
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1985-09-17 ) 17 September 1985 (age 40) , Moscow , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Height
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- Weight
- 238 lb (108 kg; 17 st 0 lb)
- Position
- Left wing
- Shoots
- Right
- Nhl team former teams
- Washington Capitals , Dynamo Moscow
- National team
- Russia
- Nhl draft
- 1st overall, 2004 , Washington Capitals
- Playing career
- 2001 – present
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Team
- Washington Capitals
- Position
- Winger
- Nationality
- Russia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Mother
- Tatyana Ovechkina
- Occupation
- ice hockey player
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Stanley Cup
- Participant in
- 2019 IIHF World Championship
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Member of team
- HC Dynamo Moscow
- Position played
- left winger
- League
- National Hockey League
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Mass
- 104
- Image
- Alex Ovechkin 2017-05-06.jpg
- Height
- 190
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- Commons category
- Alexander Ovechkin
- date of birth
- 1985-09-17
- nickname
- Ovie
- drafted by
- Washington Capitals
- relative
- Vera Glagoleva
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1487
- total goals in career
- 895
- total shots in career
- 6852
- penalty minutes in career
- 831
- career plus-minus rating
- 62
- total points in career
- 1619
- total assists in career
- 724
- social media followers
- 2549094
- P10632
- Alexander Ovechkin
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- name in native language
- Александр Овечкин
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Encyclopedic overview
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Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Russian: Алексaндр Михайлович Овечкин, romanized: Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Ovechkin, pronounced [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn]; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Great 8" (in reference to his jersey number) and "Ovi", as well as "Alexander the Great" (Russian: Александр Великий) by Russian media, Ovechkin has scored the most career goals in NHL regular season history, and is the only player in NHL history to have scored 900 regular season goals.
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