With the yellow skate laces and tinted visor, the goal celebrations and gap-toothed smile, Alex Ovechkin became a role model ...

Ovechkin also has that elusive "It Factor," which has made him world famous. Most especially in his native Russia ... all I can say is that Alexander Ovechkin checks a great many boxes.

The ban, a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, means it’s decreasingly likely the Capitals star will get to play in the ...