Meet the Players

Supports Athletes Against Autism … Joined Right To Play as an athlete ambassador in September 2006 … Purchases eight season tickets to Capitals home games and donates them to soldiers and needy children as part of Ovi’s Crazy 8s program … Launched his own designer streetwear clothing line with CCM and designer Roger Edwards, 6/11/08 … Received the key to the city from Washington, D.C., mayor Adrian M. Fenty on 6/13/08, the day after he won his first Hart Trophy … Has appeared on the cover of The Hockey News 11 times (including special issues) and the cover of The Washington Post Magazine once … Cover athlete on 2K Sports’ NHL 2K10 game … Celebrated the launch of that game by driving a Zamboni down Sixth Avenue to the NHL Store in New York (9/9/09) … Cover athlete on EA Sports’ NHL 07 video game and the Russian edition of NHL 09 … Threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals game on 9/27/06 … Honorary chair of the Caps Care Classic on 10/2/06, Washington’s annual charity golf tournament, where he hit a hole-in-one while taking practice shots on the par 3, 160-yard fourth hole at the Springfield Golf & Country Club … Celebrated his 22nd birthday by leading a beautification project at Shaw Junior High School in Washington, D.C., on 9/18/07 … For his 23rd birthday, he hosted the Ovi’s Crazy 8s Skills Session for nearly 100 house league youth hockey players at Kettler Capitals Iceplex … Was featured as the FOX News Sunday Power Player of the Week by Chris Wallace on 4/13/08 … Participated in the Closing Ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Olympics ... His mother, Tatiana, won two Olympic gold medals in basketball (1976 and 1980) … Father, Mikhail, is a former professional soccer player … Spends his summers in Moscow … Enjoys vacationing in Turkey … Idolized former Soviet great Alexander Maltsev while growing up … Listens to hip hop, R&B and techno/dance music … Favorite American movie is Gladiator … Likes playing video games in his spare time … Lists basketball as his favorite sport other than hockey … Lists pasta and sushi as his favorite foods.

DID YOU KNOW?

Alex Ovechkin is the first player to lead the league in shots five times since the statistic was first tracked in 1967-68.