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Alex Ovechkin is nearing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record, with just 6 more needed to surpass the milestone. Meanwhile, Heritage Auctions is featuring three game-worn Ovechkin jerseys, including those from his 300th and 400th goals.
One of the last jerseys worn by Wayne Gretzky in his NHL career has hit the auction block at Heritage, carrying a pre-sale estimate of $500,000. The Rangers sweater is photo-matched to four games from the 1998-99 NHL season, including the Jan. 10, 1999, game in which Gretzky scored his 892nd goal.
His long connection to Russian President Vladimir Putin complicates Alex Ovechkin's legacy in the eyes of some.
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Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every chance to succeed at hockey and along the way showed he didn’t need special treatment.
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Alex Ovechkin is a hat trick away.The Washington Capitals forward scored goal No. 891 of his career on Tuesday night.
Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of becoming the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer continues, and a just-signed college star could join the lineup as the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals begin a road back-to-back when they visit the Bruins on Tuesday.
Reminders of Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record are all over Washington and the surrounding suburbs of the nation’s capital.