Alexander Ovechkin
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Alexander
Mikhaylovich Ovechkin (en ruso, Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ове́чкин, nacido el 17
de septiembre de 1985) es un jugador profesional de hockey sobre hielo que
juega como extremo izquierdo por los Washington Capitals de la National Hockey
League.
Alexander
Mikhaylovich Ovechkin (Russian: Александр Михайлович Овечкин; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲet͡ɕkʲɪn]; born
September 17, 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and
captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
). Prior to playing in the NHL, Ovechkin played
for HC Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Superleague for four seasons from 2001
until 2005. Ovechkin 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, Ovechkin 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.
During the 2007–08 season, he led the NHL with
65 goals and 112 points to capture the Rocket Richard and Art Ross Trophies.
That season he also won the Lester B. 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, he again won the Hart Memorial Trophy
as league MVP, the Lester B. Pearson Award, and the Rocket Richard Trophy.
Ovechkin 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.
