Ross Mahoney, a Regina product who was the Capitals’ director of amateur scouting at the time, recalls meeting a 16-year-old ...

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The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 9 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 886 goals and needs eight to tie and nine to break the record. Ovechkin ...

Well, in the record books at least. Because with nine more goals, Alex Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky’s total of 894, a mark once considered untouchable. But for Kings TV analyst Jim Fox ...

WASHINGTON --Alex Ovechkin is headed for Hollywood within single digits of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record. Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net with 1:29 remaining in the ...

Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record of 894 has stood -- along with his reputation as hockey’s ‘The Great One’ -- since his retirement in 1999. But now, for the first time, Gretzky’s ...

That goal brought him to 886 for his career, putting him eight away from tying Gretzky's record and nine from surpassing it. Considering he's at 33 goals in 48 games, Crosby made clear he expects ...

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record. Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start ...

Charles Barkley is the latest public figure to defend Wayne Gretzky against criticism from Canadians over his ties to Donald Trump. A friend of Gretzky's from the Phoenix area, where the hockey ...

Former NBA MVP Charles Barkley took aim at Canadians who have been critical of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky in recent weeks. Gretzky has come under scrutiny from Canadians for his friendship with ...