Is now the time to be buying or selling Alex Ovechkin cards as he closes in on Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record?

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

With the yellow skate laces and tinted visor, the goal celebrations and gap-toothed smile, Alex Ovechkin became a role model ...

Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

Alex Ovechkin has been regarded as one of the best goal-scorers of this generation. However, he is well on his way to ...

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Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

“I had Ovechkin jerseys, and everyone did. Who didn't?” U.S.-born defenseman Brock Faber of the Minnesota Wild said. “Everyone always wanted to be Ovi. ... When he was younger in his career ...