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Prior to playing in the NHL, Alex played for HC Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Superleague for four seasons from 2001 until 2005 and he played for Dynamo again (this time in the Kontinental Hockey League) during the 2012–13 NHL lockout.Īlexander Ovechkin (born Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin on September 17, 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger and the captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).When starting the game you choose character classes for your four stickmen, from the eight classes available. He was the first overall selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, drafted from Dynamo after 3 seasons with the club. Since the 2004–05 NHL season was lost because of a lockout, Alex remained with Dynamo for one more season before transferring to the NHL for the 2005–06 NHL season in which he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year, scoring 52 goals and 54 assists to lead all rookies with 106 points.ĭuring the 2007–08 season, Alex led the NHL with 65 goals and 112 points to capture the Rocket Richard and Art Ross Trophies. Pearson Award as the top player voted by the NHL Players' Association and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP. He is the only player to win all four awards since the Rocket Richard Trophy's inception in 1999. He would lead Team Russia to a gold medal at the World Championships the same year. In 2009, Alex won the Hart Memorial Trophy again as league MVP, the Lester B. Pearson Award, and the Rocket Richard Trophy. He also led the Capitals to their second consecutive division title.
He won the Ted Lindsay Award, which the Pearson Award had been renamed, for a third straight year in 2010, as well as being named to the First All-Star Team for a fifth consecutive season.Īlex remained among league leaders in scoring in the 2010–11 NHL season (85 points, 7th in the NHL) and among the league leaders in goals scored in the 2011–12 NHL season (38 goals, 5th in the NHL). In the 2013 NHL shortened lockout season, he led the league in goals with 32, winning him his third Rocket Richard Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy.Īlex began playing in the Russian Superleague with Dynamo Moscow when he was 16 years old. Making his professional debut in the 2001–02 season, he scored four points in 21 games. He would spend three seasons there prior to being drafted by the NHL, and he would rack up 36 goals and 32 assists in 152 career games. The following off-season, Alex was selected first overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. He had been projected as the first overall pick for nearly two years and had earned comparisons to Mario Lemieux. He was so highly regarded that the Florida Panthers attempted to draft him in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the 9th round, even though his birthday was two days after the cut-off (September 15, 1985).
Rick Dudley, the general manager of the Panthers, claimed the pick was legitimate, claiming that Alex was old enough with leap years taken into consideration.ĭue to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Alex remained with Dynamo for one more season. He recorded 27 points in 34 games in 2004–05, while missing nearly two months of play because of a shoulder injury sustained in the gold medal game against Canada in the 2005 World Junior Championships. In the playoffs he helped Dynamo win the Russian Superleague title. With the threat of the lockout cancelling another NHL season, Alex signed a contract with rival Russian team Avangard Omsk. The deal was a three-year, entry-level contract worth the rookie maximum of $984,200 per season with performance-based bonuses to inflate his annual salary to as much as $3.9 million In order to maintain his eligibility for the NHL in the event that the lockout ended, the contract contained an out clause with a Jdeadline.Īlthough a new NHL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) had not yet been reached between players and owners, Alex decided to opt out and signed with the Capitals on August 5, 2005. Two days after signing, the lockout ended with a new CBA. Alex played his first game with the Capitals on October 5, 2005, scoring two goals against goalie Pascal Leclaire in a 3–2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
On Januin Anaheim, Alex scored his first career hat trick against Jean-Sébastien Giguère of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to help Washington win the game.
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