Alexander Ovechkin

Alexander Mikhaïlovitch Oveckin (Ru: АлександрМихайловичОвечкин, Aleksandr Michajlovič Ovečkin ; born the September 17th 1985 with Moscow, Russia) is a player Russian Profession nel of Hockey.

Career

Regarded as the best young person player available for the fishing out of the National league of hockey in 2004, it was selected in the forefront by the Capitals of Washington. Because of the lockout of the Season LNH 2004-05, Ovechkin due to have patience before tasting with the play of the LNH in the uniform of its new team; thus, it spent this season with the Dynamo Moscow of the Russian league of elite.

In its first countryside in the LNH, Ovechkin makes turn the heads, posting offensive aptitudes out of the commun run and counts already 52 goals and 54 master keys (106 points) in 81 matches, all the more notable fact as Capitals are poor and stagnate in the hollows of the league. It capped Dion Phaneuf and Sidney Crosby which is two years young person than Ovechkin, in its fight for the title of recruit of the year by gaining the prestigious Trophée Calder.

At the time of the Winter Olympics of 2006 with Turin, it is named in the team of the Olympic tournament. With its selection, it fails the 4th place, beaten by Finland in semi-final then by the Czech Republic at the time of the finale for the 3rd place.

Ovechkin is a young very talented and general-purpose player since it is able to bring a physical dimension from his robustness. It is extremely fast and probably has the best shooting of the wrist of the league. Its control of the disc higher than the average also enables him to carry out superb pretenses. One will note inter alia his spectacular goal successful vis-a-vis the Coyotes of Phoenix at the time of his season recruit, goal which was qualified by the network televised Canadian TSN of the most beautiful goal of the season and surely of most beautiful in signals 10 of the most beautiful goals of the history of the national league.

Statistical

on April 20th 2007

Honors and trophies

See too

External bonds

Alexander Ovechkin on NHL.com
Alexander Ovechkin on hockeydb.com
www.ovechkinfans.com
www.alexander-ovechkin.info

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