(L-R) Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), Ovechkin's wife Nastya, and sons Sergei and Ilya watch a video during a ceremony honoring Ovechkin's becoming the ...

Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Kings' Wayne Gretzky (99) of the Los Angeles Kings scores his record-setting 802nd career NHL goal during an NHL hockey game against the Vancouver Canucks in ...

The prime minister and the president don’t tell us how to play hockey. We don’t tell them ... Or sign-in if you have an account. Wayne Gretzky has broken his silence to state publicly that ...

Wayne Gretzky, left, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman react as they watch during the second period of an NHL hockey game between Washington Capitals and New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y., Sunday ...

Part of what makes Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal ... His true calling card was his setup ability. Gretzky’s 1,963 career assists are more than 50 percent higher than ...

ONE: Surrounded last week by sports reporters eager to quiz him about Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin breaking his NHL goal-scoring record, Wayne Gretzky evidently wasn’t asked ...

Alex Ovechkin his family and Wayne Gretzky after breaking the NHL icon’s scoring record. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Absolute scenes as one of ice hockey’s most iconic records was broken.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Wayne Gretzky is widely considered to be the best hockey player ever, with a 20-year NHL career that defies comparison to any other player ...

NEW YORK — Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky ... toward the record, Gretzky has the most (122). Ovechkin has 72. Gretzky also had another 56 in the World Hockey Association regular ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin could not contain his happiness moments after scoring his 895th goal to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record ... had just won a pee-wee hockey game.

NEW YORK — Alex Ovechkin could not contain his happiness moments after scoring his 895th goal to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL ... he had just won a pee-wee hockey game. The gap-toothed grin ...

Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals was once ... He has another year left in the Western Hockey League and at the world junior hockey championship to build up his game. He's more of a ...