Alex Ovechkin chases Wayne Gretzky
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Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader on Friday night – a mark that once seemed insurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The Great One.
National Hockey League |
Ovechkin scored his 893rd and 894th goals to tie Gretzky for the most in League history against the Chicago Blackhawks at Capital One Arena on Friday.
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Wayne Gretzky will soon have company in at least one category. "The Great One" holds several of the most meaningful records in NHL history, including the record for most career goals with 894.
As parents and players headed into the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre on a recent weekend here in Brantford, passing a triumphant statue of the hockey prodigy lifting the Stanley Cup, the anger and ...
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne ... Gretzky has the most (122). Ovechkin has 72. Gretzky also had another 56 in the World Hockey ...
Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career, setting off a wild celebration on the ice with his teammates and chants