Alexander Ovechkin

Birth Name:

Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin

Birth Place:

Moscow, Russia

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
Has played in the Russian Superleague with the HC Dynamo Moscow
Served as the cover athlete for the video game "NHL 2K10․"
Was picked first overall by the Washington Capitals in the 2004 NHL Draft

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