Olympics: Vancouver ones to watch - Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin
Olympics: Vancouver ones to watch - Alex Ovechkin
 Alex Ovechkin is hitting his stride just ahead of the Vancouver Olympics.
 The 24-year-old Russian is one of the few players in the National Hockey League who can bring fans out of their seats with his end-to-end rushes.
 He is also a student of the game and has the skill and charisma that hockey purists like. But he has also been accused of being a dirty player who lets others fight his battles for him.
 "Ovechkin may be the villain in hockey circles  but the kids eat him up. They think he is sick " said Canadian television analyst and former NHL goaltender Greg Millen.
Ovechkin may be the villain in hockey circles  but the kids eat him up. They think he is sick " said Canadian television analyst and former NHL goaltender Greg Millen.
 Ovechkin was named the NHL's player-of-the week last week  scoring 10 points in four games.
 He also reached the 30-goal mark for the fifth straight National Hockey League season and is on pace to score 60 goals this season with the Washington Capitals.
 Flash meets substance and skill whenever Ovechkin and Canadian golden boy Sidney Crosby square off.
 It has also silenced the critics who claimed hockey was on its death bed a few years ago. Ovechkin is the most electrifying player in the league and could very well lead the league in goals by the end of the season.
 Crosby now has a Stanley Cup ring which Ovechkin hopes he will get this year with the first-place Capitals.
 Attendance at Capitals' games spiked 15 percent after Ovechkin scored one of most the spectacular goals in NHL history against the Phoenix Coyotes in January 2006.
 These Olympics are just the appetizer for Ovechkin who is looking forward to 2014 when the Winter Games are in Sochi  Russia.
Olympics: Vancouver ones to watch [TGT][TGT] is hitting [TGT] stride just ahead of the Vancouver Olympics.
 The 24-year-old Russian is one of the few players in the National Hockey League who can bring fans out of their seats with [TGT] end-to-end rushes.
 [TGT] is also a student of the game and has the skill and charisma that hockey purists like. But [TGT] has also been accused of being a dirty player who lets others fight [TGT] battles for [TGT].
 "[TGT] may be the villain in hockey circles  but the kids eat [TGT] up. They think [TGT] is sick " said Canadian television analyst and former NHL goaltender Greg Millen.
[TGT] may be the villain in hockey circles  but the kids eat [TGT] up. They think [TGT] is sick " said Canadian television analyst and former NHL goaltender Greg Millen.
 [TGT] was named the NHL's player-of-the week last week  scoring 10 points in four games.
 [TGT] also reached the 30-goal mark for the fifth straight National Hockey League season and is on pace to score 60 goals this season with the Washington Capitals.
 Flash meets substance and skill whenever [TGT] and Canadian golden boy Sidney Crosby square off.
 It has also silenced the critics who claimed hockey was on its death bed a few years ago. [TGT] is the most electrifying player in the league and could very well lead the league in goals by the end of the season.
 Crosby now has a Stanley Cup ring which [TGT] hopes he will get this year with the first-place Capitals.
 Attendance at Capitals' games spiked 15 percent after [TGT] scored one of most the spectacular goals in NHL history against the Phoenix Coyotes in January 2006.
 These Olympics are just the appetizer for [TGT] who is looking forward to 2014 when the Winter Games are in Sochi  Russia.