Alex Ovechkin has an uncanny knack for finding open ice, slipping into those forgotten pockets near the net where he can unleash his shot. Whether the pressure is mounting or the arena is hushed, ...

Shortly after Wayne Gretzky became the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer in 1994, his father mentioned how someone, someday, would break his record. "I looked at my dad,” Gretzky recently recalled, ...

After breaking Wayne Gretzky's goals record last season, Alex Ovechkin became the first player in NHL history to hit the 900-goal milestone. Patrick Smith / Getty Images Alex Ovechkin’s historic ...