Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky ...

“The Great One” was The Gracious One. Wayne Gretzky congratulated Alex Ovechkin during an in-game on-ice ceremony Sunday after the Washington Capitals star broke his longstanding record with the 895th ...

The moment Alex Ovechkin erased Wayne Gretzky’s name from the top of the NHL’s career goals list, Gretzky celebrated. “I was really happy for him. I felt like I scored the goal,” Gretzky said on the ...

SPORTS RECORDS are sometimes described as unbreakable. Over the weekend Alexander Ovechkin, a star Russian ice-hockey player with the Washington Capitals, provided an object lesson in why claims of ...

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