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 ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break ...

Ovechkin needs nine more goals to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894. “I’m so excited,” Selanne said Tuesday. “Now, something is going to happen that a lot of people thought was ...

Photos of altered LCBO labels on Wayne Gretzky’s wines that mock the Canadian former NHL star are receiving some laughs from Canadians online. The scathing labels emerged on Reddit late Monday ...

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 ...

Former NBA legend and current analyst Charles Barkley has stepped forward to defend Wayne Gretzky from some recent criticism. Gretzky has been feeling the heat from some Canadians as of late ...

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 ...