Alex Ovechkin was the #1 pick in the 2004 NHL Draft and awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year. He has won the Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL's leading goal scorer, an NHL-record nine times, earned the Art Ross Trophy for most points scored, won the Hart Memorial Trophy for league MVP three times, and the Lester B. Pearson Award/Ted Lindsay Award for best player as voted on by the NHL Players' Association three times. In 2018, Ovechkin won the Stanley Cup for the first time, and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy for most valuable player. Second only to Wayne Gretzky for all-time goal scoring, Ovechkin also holds many records, including the most power play goals, most goals in away games, most overtime goals, most 40-goal seasons, and most goals with the same team in NHL history. He is only the third NHL player in NHL history to score 800 goals in the regular season.
