Alexander Ovechkin Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a silver meal at the 2002 World U18 Championships in ice hockey
• Won a gold medal at the 2012 Ice Hockey World Championships
• In 2007, he was selected to play in the 2007 All-Star Game
• In 2013, he received the Rocket Richard Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy
• Is the son of former Olympic basketball player Tatyana Ovechkina
• Interested in hockey since the age of two, he started playing the sport when he was eight years old
• In 2005, he scored two goals in his very first NHL game
• Was picked first overall by the Washington Capitals in the 2004 NHL Draft
• Has played in the Russian Superleague with the HC Dynamo Moscow
• Served as the cover athlete for the video game "NHL 2K10․"