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Alex Ovechkin Is the Third Player in Russian National Team History to Score 60 Points

By Ian Oland (@ianoland) on May 16, 2016 | 0 Comment

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 14: Russia's Alexander Ovechkin #8 looks on during the national anthem after a 5-1 preliminary round win over Switzerland at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

Photo: Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images

According to Sport Express, Alex Ovechkin accomplished a bit of history on Saturday. When the Great Eight assisted on Evgeny Kuznetsov’s magical, mid-air deflection goal, he tallied his 60th World Championship point. That puts him third all-time among all Russian national team players.

In 68 games, Ovechkin has scored the second-most goals (32) and the fourth-most assists (28) assists.

From Sports Express via Google Translate:

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Ovechkin trails only Ilya Kovalchuk (81) and Evgeni Malkin (62) all-time.

When you compare Ovechkin to the history of both the USSR and Russia, he sits in 20th place. The best scorer in USSR/Russian history of the tournament is Boris Mikhailov who scored 164 points (98 goals, 66 assists).

In Ovechkin’s 14-year career playing for Team Russia (World Junior Championships, World Championships, Olympics, and the World Cup), the Great Eight has scored 82 goals in 119 games.

Age Team GP G A P PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG SH%
16 Team Russia – IIHF U18 World Championship 2002 8 14 4 18 0 14 2 1 1 31.8
17 Team Russia – IIHF U20 World Championship 2003 6 6 1 7 4 8 1 0 2 33.3
17 Team Russia – IIHF U18 World Championship 2003 6 9 4 13 6 13 4 0 0 22.0
18 Team Russia – IIHF U20 World Championship 2004 6 5 2 7 25 2 3 0 1 16.7
18 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2004 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.1
18 Team Russia – World Cup 2004 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 33.3
19 Team Russia – IIHF U20 World Championship 2005 6 7 4 11 4 6 4 0 0 24.1
19 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2005 8 5 3 8 4 7 0 0 2 16.7
20 Team Russia – Olympics ‑ Turin 2006 8 5 0 5 8 3 2 0 1 16.1
20 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2006 7 6 3 9 6 6 2 0 0 17.1
21 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2007 8 1 2 3 29 1 0 0 0 4.0
22 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2008 9 6 6 12 8 11 2 0 3 14.3
24 Team Russia – Olympics ‑ Vancouver 2010 4 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 11.1
24 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2010 9 5 1 6 4 3 1 1 4 11.4
25 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2011 5 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0 0.0
26 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2012 3 2 2 4 2 5 0 0 1 16.7
27 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2013 1 1 1 2 0 -2 0 0 0 12.5
28 Team Russia – Olympics ‑ Sochi 2014 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.2
28 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2014 9 4 7 11 8 6 1 2 0 7.7
29 Team Russia – IIHF World Championship 2015 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.7
WHC Totals 67 32 27 59 65 35 6 3 10 11.0
WJC-U20 Totals 18 18 7 25 33 16 8 0 3 23.4
Olympics Totals 17 8 3 11 10 6 2 0 2 11.0
WJC-U18 Totals 14 23 8 31 6 27 6 1 1 27.1
World Cup Totals 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 33.3
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