{allcanada} Sept. 17: Ovechkin born in Moscow

 

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THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Sept. 17

1985: Alex Ovechkin, the highest-scoring Russia-born player in NHL history, is born in Moscow.

Ovechkin is taken by the Washington Capitals with the No. 1 pick in the 2004 NHL Draft and joins them for the start of the 2005-06 season. He wins the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie and is named a First-Team All-Star after scoring 52 goals and finishing with 106 points.

In 2007-08, Ovechkin becomes the first NHL player since 1995-96 to score at least 60 goals in a season when he gets 65. He scores at least 50 seven times in his first 11 seasons.

Ovechkin becomes the first NHL player born in Russia to score 500 goals on Jan. 10, 2016, and the first to score 600 when he gets two against the Winnipeg Jets on March 12, 2018. In 2017, he is named to the 100 Greatest NHL Players.

He finishes the 2017-18 season with 49 goals, winning the Maurice Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goal-scorer for the seventh time in 13 seasons, then wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP when he helps the Capitals win the Stanley Cup for the first time since entering the NHL in 1974. Ovechkin passes Sergei Fedorov for the most points by a Russia-born player with an assist on Feb. 5, 2019, and he finishes the season with 51 goals to lead the League for the eighth time, passing Bobby Hull for the most in NHL history.

 

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1970: The Buffalo Sabres, one of two expansion teams joining the NHL for the 1970-71 season, play the first game in team history, a 4-4 preseason tie against the New York Rangers in Peterborough, Ontario. Center Billy Inglis scored the first goal; however, he never scores a regular-season goal for the Sabres, finishing with one assist in 14 games.

 

1971: Future Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, the top pick in the 1971 NHL Draft, plays his first game and has three assists for the Montreal Canadiens in a 7-4 preseason win against the Boston Bruins at the Forum.

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