This was six years ago during an exhibition hockey game played on national television involving Russian greats such as Pavel ...

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky ... as the commissioner joins the Russian hockey star for an on-ice celebration that highlights the feat in real time.

His wife Nastasiya was in attendance at Lenovo Centre for the game along with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman ... dap-up with Bettman who was seated in the row behind her. B/R Open Ice shared ...

“We have all just witnessed history in front of greatness,” Gary Bettman said ... make a push for the President’s Trophy and home ice advantage throughout the playoffs.

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin became the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer on Sunday, passing Wayne Gretzky by scoring the 895th goal of his career against the New York Islanders, and ...

Ice hockey's "Great One" Gretzky was in attendance along with National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman to witness Ovechkin's history-making strike, which was greeted by deafening chants of ...

RALEIGH, N.C. --NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and many other League executives ... before the game there was a rehearsal for the on-ice ceremony the NHL will stage the moment he breaks the record.

Easter egg details in the painting include that names of Ovechkin’s wife Nastya and sons Sergei and Ilya engraved in the Stanley Cup, the number 894 on Gretzky’s glove and 895 on the brim of ...

Following the handshake line with the Islanders, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Gretzky were called to the carpet, where Bettman was booed as usual, and Gretzky received a roar of cheers. The two ...