Kevin Jermaine Ollie (born December 27, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for eleven National Basketball Association (NBA) franchises in thirteen seasons. He is currently an assistant coach with the University of Connecticut men's basketball team.

Basketball career

Ollie attended and played basketball at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, California. He then starred for four seasons (1991-95) at the University of Connecticut. After his college playing days were over, he joined the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball Association, playing there for 2 seasons (1995-97). After that, since the 1997-98 season he has spent 13 seasons in the NBA with 11 different teams (some of them repeatedly).

In the 2005–2006 season, Ollie was given a starting role by Sixers head coach Maurice Cheeks. The Minnesota Timberwolves made Ollie their captain during the 2008-2009 season. He was then signed by the Oklahoma City Thunder on August 1, 2009 for the veteran's minimum. After the season Ollie retired to join the Connecticut Huskies as an assistant coach.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 1997–98 | align="left" | Dallas | 16 || 0 || 13.4 || .333 || .000 || .720 || 1.3 || 2.0 || .4 || .0 || 2.9 |- | align="left" | 1997–98 | align="left" | Orlando | 19 || 0 || 11.4 || .411 || .000 || .689 || .9 || 1.7 || .4 || .0 || 4.1 |- | align="left" | 1998–99 | align="left" | Sacramento | 7 || 0 || 9.7 || .308 || .000 || .800 || .9 || .4 || .4 || .1 || 1.7 |- | align="left" | 1998–99 | align="left" | Orlando | 1 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0 |- | align="left" | 1999–00 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 40 || 0 || 7.3 || .449 || .000 || .757 || .8 || 1.2 || .2 || .0 || 1.8 |- | align="left" | 2000–01 | align="left" | New Jersey | 19 || 0 || 8.5 || .185 || .000 || .632 || 1.2 || 1.3 || .3 || .0 || 1.2 |- | align="left" | 2000–01 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 51 || 4 || 15.0 || .430 || .333 || .729 || 1.4 || 2.4 || .5 || .0 || 3.8 |- | align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Chicago | 52 || 17 || 22.0 || .383 || .500 || .838 || 2.5 || 3.7 || .7 || .0 || 5.8 |- | align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Indiana | 29 || 0 || 19.9 || .400 || .000 || .804 || 1.9 || 3.4 || .9 || .0 || 5.4 |- | align="left" | 2002–03 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 53 || 4 || 21.3 || .459 || .200 || .747 || 1.9 || 3.4 || .7 || .1 || 5.7 |- | align="left" | 2002–03 | align="left" | Seattle | 29 || 1 || 26.6 || .441 || 1.000 || .759 || 2.9 || 3.8 || 1.1 || .0 || 8.0 |- | align="left" | 2003–04 | align="left" | Cleveland | 82 || 7 || 17.1 || .370 || .444 || .835 || 2.1 || 2.9 || .6 || .1 || 4.2 |- | align="left" | 2004–05 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 26 || 0 || 6.1 || .355 || .000 || .667 || .7 || .7 || .2 || .0 || 1.1 |- | align="left" | 2005–06 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 70 || 23 || 15.3 || .431 || .333 || .837 || 1.4 || 1.4 || .5 || .0 || 2.7 |- | align="left" | 2006–07 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 53 || 23 || 17.3 || .433 || .000 || .822 || 1.4 || 2.5 || .4 || .0 || 3.8 |- | align="left" | 2007–08 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 40 || 0 || 7.5 || .420 || .000 || .800 || .5 || 1.0 || .2 || .0 || 1.8 |- | align="left" | 2008–09 | align="left" | Minnesota | 50 || 21 || 17.0 || .407 || .000 || .833 || 1.5 || 2.3 || .4 || .1 || 4.0 |- | align="left" | 2009–10 | align="left" | Oklahoma City | 25 || 0 || 10.5 || .400 || .000 ||1.000|| 1.0 || 0.8 || .4 || .0 ||1.8 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 662 || 100 || 15.6 || .410 || .310 || .792 || 1.5 || 2.3 || .5 || .0 || 3.8

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 1999–00 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 10 || 0 || 6.5 || .500 || .000 || .889 || .5 || 1.2 || .2 || .0 || 2.0 |- | align="left" | 2000–01 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 23 || 0 || 5.3 || .370 || .000 || .929 || .4 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 1.4 |- | align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Indiana | 5 || 0 || 23.6 || .423 || .500 || 1.000 || 2.4 || 4.6 || .6 || .0 || 5.8 |- | align="left" | 2007–08 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .250 || .000 || 1.000 || .3 || 1.0 || .7 || .0 || 1.3 |- | align="left" | 2009–10 | align="left" | Oklahoma City | 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 41 || 0 || 7.9 || .406 || .500 || .935 || .7 || 1.5 || .2 || .0 || 2.1

References

External links

Kevin Ollie profile at NBA.com

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birth date	July 20, 1975
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}} Walter Ray Allen (born July 20, 1975) is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. He has played professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, and the Boston Celtics; and collegiately for the University of Connecticut Huskies. One of the most accurate 3-point and free throw shooters in NBA history, he is a ten-time NBA All-Star and won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States Men's Basketball Team. Allen has acted in two films, including a co-starring role in the 1998 Spike Lee film ''He Got Game''. On , Allen became the NBA's all-time leader in regular season three-point field goals made, surpassing Reggie Miller's mark of 2,560. On , Allen surpassed Miller's career total of 6,486 three-point field goal attempts.

High school

The third of five children, Ray Allen was born at Castle Air Force Base near Merced, California, the son of Flora and Walter Allen. A military child, he spent time growing up in Saxmundham in England, Altus in Oklahoma, Edwards Air Force Base in California, and Germany. He attended high school in Dalzell, South Carolina, where he led Hillcrest High School to a basketball state championship.

College career

Allen attended the University of Connecticut from 1993 to 1996, where he earned All-American status and was named USA Basketball's Male Athlete of the Year in 1995. In 1995–96, his final college season, Allen was a first-team All-American and won the Big East Player of the Year award. Allen finished his UConn career third on the Huskies' career scoring list with 1,922 points and set a single-season school record by connecting on 115 three-pointers in 1995–96.

In 2001, he was named honorary captain of the 25-member UConn All-Century Basketball Team. On February 5, 2007, his name and number were honored at Connecticut's Gampel Pavilion during the "Huskies of Honor" ceremony at halftime of the men's basketball game against the Syracuse Orange.

NBA career

Milwaukee Bucks (1996–2003)

Allen was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the fifth pick of the 1996 NBA Draft. Immediately after his selection, Allen and Andrew Lang were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to fourth pick Stephon Marbury. Allen was a member of the NBA's All-Rookie 2nd Team in 1996. His most successful season with the Bucks occurred during the 2000–01 season as he won the 3-point shootout during All-Star Weekend, was selected to the All-NBA Third Team, and led the Bucks, as part of Milwaukee's "Big Three", alongside Sam Cassell and Glenn Robinson, to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost in seven games to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Seattle SuperSonics (2003–2007)

Allen remained with the Bucks midway through the 2002–03 season, when he was dealt to the Sonics, along with Ronald Murray, former UConn teammate Kevin Ollie, and a conditional first round draft pick, in exchange for Gary Payton and Desmond Mason. After an injury-riddled 2003–04 season, he was named to the All-NBA 2nd Team and, alongside teammate Rashard Lewis, led the Sonics to the Conference Semifinals in 2005.

During the 2004 preseason, Allen had a brief war of words with Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, whom Allen accused of alienating teammates trying to prove that he did not need Shaquille O'Neal to win games and championships. Allen told the press that if the Lakers remained a mediocre squad, "in about a year or two he will be calling out to (Lakers owner) Jerry Buss that we need some help in here, or trade me." When asked about Allen's comments, Bryant responded, "Don't even put me and that dude in the same breath."

After the 2004–05 season, Allen signed a 5-year, $80 million contract extension. In the 2006–07 regular season, he averaged a career-high 26.4 points per game while adding 4.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.

During his Seattle tenure, Allen achieved many individual accomplishments. On March 12, 2006, Allen became the 97th player in NBA history to score 15,000 points. On April 7, 2006, Allen moved into second place on the NBA's list of all-time 3-point field goals made, trailing only Reggie Miller. On April 19, 2006, Allen broke Dennis Scott's ten-year-old NBA record for 3-point field goals made in a season against the Denver Nuggets.

On January 12, 2007, Allen scored a career-high 54 points against the Utah Jazz in a 122–114 overtime win, the second most in Sonics history. Shortly after, he had ankle surgery on both ankles and missed the remainder of the 2006–07 season.

Boston Celtics (2007–present)

On June 28, 2007, the Sonics traded Allen and Glen Davis, the 35th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, to the Celtics in exchange for Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, and the fifth overall pick, Jeff Green. Shortly after acquiring Allen, the Celtics acquired Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett to play alongside Allen and Paul Pierce.

On November 4, 2007, Allen passed 17,000 points for his career with his first of two 3-pointers in overtime in a 98–95 victory against the Toronto Raptors, in which he sank the game winning 3-pointer with three seconds remaining in overtime.

On February 13, 2008, Allen was named by NBA Commissioner David Stern to replace injured East All-Star Caron Butler of the Washington Wizards, who was out with a left hip flexor strain, for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans. While LeBron James was given the All-Star MVP Award, many analysts, including the TNT commentators of the game, felt it should have gone to Allen, who scored 14 points in a stretch of 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the fourth quarter to seal the win for the East team.

On March 28, 2008, Allen was honored as the 3rd best of the 20 greatest players in franchise history during Milwaukee's ''40th Anniversary Team Celebration'', but could not attend the festivities because of the Celtics' game against the New Orleans Hornets. The Boston Celtics finished 66-16, and were the #1 seed in the 2008 NBA Playoffs. The Celtics struggled in the first two rounds of the playoffs, losing every single away game, but maintaining a undefeated playoff record at home. The Celtics had defeated the #8 seeded Atlanta Hawks 4-3 and then defeated the #4 seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 4-3 as well. They advanced to the NBA Finals after a 4-2 Conference Finals series win over the Detroit Pistons.

On June 12, 2008, Allen would play all 48 minutes and contribute greatly with 19 points and 9 rebounds in what would become the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, with the Celtics coming back from a 24-point deficit at one point in the second quarter and a deficit as large as 20 in the third. In that game, Allen would make the game clinching layup with 16.4 seconds remaining to give the Celtics a 5-point lead and put the game away.

On June 17, 2008, in the series-ending Game 6 of the NBA Finals, Allen tied an NBA Finals record with seven three-pointers in the Celtics' 131–92 victory of the Los Angeles Lakers, and also broke the record for three-pointers made in a NBA Finals series with 22, eclipsing the previous record of 17 by Dan Majerle and Derek Harper.

On February 5, 2009, Allen was named as the All-Star replacement for Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson. This marks Allen's ninth time on the All-Star team and the second straight year he has made it alongside teammates Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.

On February 22, 2009, with his streak ending at 72, Allen broke the Celtics franchise record in consecutive free throws made previously set by Larry Bird (71).

In the first round of the 2009 playoffs against the Chicago Bulls, game one proved to be tough for Allen. He ended up shooting 1–11 from the field, and the Celtics lost by two. In game 2 however, Allen nailed the game winning three-pointer at the end of regulation with two seconds left to cap off an impressive 30 point night. In Game 6, despite a Boston loss, Allen managed to score 51 points. Boston ended up winning the series in 7 Games. He reunited with former teammate and co-captain of the Seattle Sonics, Rashard Lewis in the Conference Semifinals, this time as opponents, however. After 4 games and a 2–2 series tie, his highest scoring game was a 22 point performance in a Game 2 victory.

On December 10, 2009, Allen scored 18 points to reach the 20,000 point total for his career.

On June 6, 2010, in Game 2 of the 2010 NBA Finals in a 103–94 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers, Allen set the record for most three-pointers made in an NBA Finals game on 8–11 shooting. He broke Michael Jordan's record of six three-pointers in one half by hitting seven in the first half and had tied Scottie Pippen and Kenny Smith's record for most three-pointers in one game in the NBA Finals by half time. Allen also became the first player in NBA history to have two separate games of scoring at least seven three-pointers in the NBA Finals. In the following game, on June 8, 2010, Allen was one miss shy of tying the NBA Finals record of most consecutive missed shots, going 0–13 from the field, including 0–8 from the 3-point line. He did, however, manage to score 2 points from the free throw line.

After becoming a free agent on July 1, 2010, Allen re-signed two year-deal with the Boston Celtics on July 7 worth $20 million.

During a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 10, 2011, Allen became the all-time NBA leader in total 3-point field goals made (2,562), surpassing Reggie Miller's record of 2,560. The 35 year-old shooting guard finished the game with 20 points but the Celtics eventually lost 92-86. In the 2010-11 season Allen was named to his tenth All-Star game alongside teammates Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. Also during All-Star Weekend Allen competed in the 3-Point Shootout, but lost to James Jones of the Miami Heat.

Acting career

In 1998, Allen co-starred alongside Denzel Washington in the Spike Lee film ''He Got Game'' as high school basketball phenomenon Jesus Shuttlesworth. Roger Ebert praised Allen as a "rarity: an athlete who can act," while ''New York'' magazine described him as "graceful and fast in the basketball scenes" while giving "a somberly effective minimalist performance." His role as Shuttlesworth earned him the nickname "Jesus" from teammates and fans.

Allen also appeared as Marcus Blake in the 2001 film ''Harvard Man''.

Personal life

Allen has a borderline case of obsessive–compulsive disorder, to which he attributes his consummate shooting style. He is a member of the Air Jordan brand, which is a subsidiary of Nike.

Allen served as NBA Spokesperson for the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA program. and was selected as NBA Spokesman for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. He also started the "Ray of Hope" Foundation to assist charities in several communities.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 1996–97 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 81 || 30.9 || .430 || .393 || .823 || 4.0 || 2.6 || .9 || .1 || 13.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1997–98 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 82 || 40.1 || .428 || .364 || .875 || 4.9 || 4.3 || 1.4 || .2 || 19.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1998–99 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 50 || 50 || 34.4 || .450 || .356 || .903 || 4.2 || 3.6 || 1.1 || .1 || 17.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1999–00 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 82 || 37.4 || .455 || .423 || .887 || 4.4 || 3.8 || 1.3 || .2 || 22.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2000–01 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 82 || 38.2 || .480 || .433 || .888 || 5.2 || 4.6 || 1.5 || .2 || 22.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 69 || 67 || 36.6 || .462 || .434 || .873 || 4.5 || 3.9 || 1.3 || .3 || 21.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 47 || 46 || 35.8 || .437 || .395 || .913 || 4.6 || 3.5 || 1.2 || .2 || 21.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 29 || 29 || 41.3 || .441 || .351 || .920 || 5.6 || 5.9 || 1.6 || .1 || 24.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 56 || 56 || 38.4 || .440 || .392 || .904 || 5.1 || 4.8 || 1.3 || .2 || 23.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 78 || 78 || 39.3 || .428 || .376 || .883 || 4.4 || 3.7 || 1.1 || .1 || 23.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 78 || 78 || 38.7 || .454 || .412 || .903 || 4.3 || 3.7 || 1.4 || .2 || 25.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 55 || 55 || 40.3 || .438 || .372 || .903 || 4.5 || 4.1 || 1.5 || .2 || 26.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 73 || 73 || 35.9 || .445 || .398 || .907 || 3.7 || 3.1 || .9 || .2 || 17.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 79 || 79 || 36.4 || .480 || .409 || .952 || 3.5 || 2.8 || .9 || .2 || 18.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston || 80 || 80 || 35.2 || .477 || .363 || .913 || 3.2 || 2.6 || .8 || .3 || 16.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston || 80 || 80 || 36.1 || .491 || .444 || .881 || 3.4 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .2 || 16.5 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 1102 || 1098 || 37.0 || .452 || .399 || .893 || 4.3 || 3.6 || 1.2 || .2 || 20.2 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| All-Star | style="text-align:left;"| | 10 || 0 || 20.1 || .423 || .310 || .765 || 2.6 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .2 || 14.5

Playoffs

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 1999 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 3 || 3 || 40.0 || .532 || .474 || .615 || 7.3 || 4.3 || 1.0 || .3 || 22.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2000 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 5 || 5 || 37.2 || .444 || .385 || .909 || 6.6 || 2.6 || 1.6 || .0 || 22.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001 | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 18 || 18 || 42.7 || .477 || .479 || .919 || 4.1 || 6.0 || 1.3 || .6 || 25.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 11 || 11 || 39.6 || .474 || .378 || .889 || 4.3 || 3.9 || 1.3 || .4 || 26.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 26 || 26 || 38.0 || .428 || .396 || .913 || 3.8 || 2.7 || .9 || .3 || 15.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 14 || 14 || 40.4 || .403 || .350 || .948 || 3.9 || 2.6 || 1.1 || .4 || 18.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 24 || 24 || 38.5 || .431 || .386 || .863 || 3.3 || 2.6 || .9 || .1 || 16.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 9 || 9 || 40.1 || .523 || .571 || .960 || 3.8 || 2.4 || 1.2 || .1 || 18.9 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 110 || 110 || 39.5 || .452 || .415 || .900 || 4.0 || 3.4 || 1.1 || .3 || 19.4

Honors

NBA Champion: 2008

Olympic gold medalist as member of the United States men's basketball team that played at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

10-time NBA All-Star: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

All-NBA Second Team: 2005

All-NBA Third Team: 2001

NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 1997

NBA Joe Dumars NBA Sportsmanship Award: 2003

The Sporting News "Good Guy": 2000, 2001, 2005

NBA All-Star Weekend Three-point Shootout champion: 2001

NBA records

Regular season

Three-point field goals made, career: 2,612 (as of May 11, 2011)

Seasons leading the league in three-point field goals made: 3 (–, )

Consecutive seasons leading the league in three-point field goals made: 2 (–)

Three-point field goals made, season: 269 ()

Three-point field goals made, half: 8, second half, for Milwaukee Bucks vs. Charlotte Hornets,

Tied with many other players

Three-point field goal attempts, career: 6,554 (as of May 11, 2011)

Playoffs

Consecutive points scored in a game: 19, for Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers, Broken by LeBron James on

Three-point field goals made, 6-game series: 22, for Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 2008 NBA Finals

Three-point field goals made, 7-game series: 28, for Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 2001 Conference Finals

Three-point field goals made, game: 9, twice 9, for Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 9, for Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls, (3 OT)

Three-point field goal attempts, game: 18, for Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls, (3 OT)

Finals

Three-point field goals made, 6-game series: 22, for Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 2008 NBA Finals

Three-point field goals made, game: 8, for Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers,

Also holds second (see below)

Three-point field goals made, half: 7, first half, for Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers,

Three-point field goals made, quarter: 5, second quarter, for Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers,

Three-point field goal attempts, 6-game series: 42, for Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 2008 NBA Finals

All-Star

Three-point field goals made, career: 20

Three-point field goal attempts, career: 64

Three-point field goal attempts, game: 11 (2005)

Three-point field goal attempts, half: 7, second half (2005)

Ranks 2nd in NBA history

Regular season

Three-point field goal attempts, season: 653 () Trailing George McCloud (678, )

Three-point field goal attempts, none made, game: 0—10, for Seattle SuperSonics vs. Boston Celtics,

Playoffs

Field goal attempts, none made, game: 0—13, for Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers,

Three-point field goals made, one postseason: 57 (2001)

Trailing Reggie Miller

Three-point field goals made, 7-game series: 27, for Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls, 2009 First Round

Three-point field goals made, game: 8, for Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers,

Three-point field goals made, half: 7, first half, for Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers,

Three-point field goal attempts, 7-game series: 58, for Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls, 2009 First Round

Finals

Field goal attempts, none made, game: 0—13, for Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers,

Three-point field goals made, game: 7, for Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers,

Three-point field goal attempts, 7-game series: 41, for Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 2010 NBA Finals

Three-point field goal attempts, game: 11, for Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers,

All-Star

Three-point field goals made, game: 5, twice (2005, 2008)

Three-point field goal attempts, game: 10 (2002)

Ranks 3rd in NBA history

Regular season

Three-point field goals made, game: 10, for Milwaukee Bucks vs. Charlotte Hornets,

Playoffs

Three-point field goals made, 5-game series: 19, for Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat, 2010 First Round

Ranks 4th in NBA history

Highest free throw percentage, season: .952 (237—249) ()

Milwaukee Bucks franchise records

Consecutive games played: 400, from to

Three-point field goals made, career: 1,051

Three-point field goals made, season: 229 ()

Three-point field goals made, game: 10, vs. Charlotte Hornets,

Three-point field goals made, half: 8, second half, vs. Charlotte Hornets, Tied with Tim Thomas (second half, at Portland Trail Blazers, ) and Michael Redd (second half, vs. Houston Rockets, )

Three-point field goal attempts, career: 2,587 Broken by Michael Redd on

Three-point field goal attempts, season: 528 ()

Three-point field goal attempts, game: 17, at Cleveland Cavaliers, (2 OT)

Three-point field goal attempts, game (regulation): 14, four times 14, vs. Utah Jazz, 14, vs. New York Knicks, 14, vs. Charlotte Hornets, 14, vs. Charlotte Hornets,

Tied by Michael Redd

Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder franchise records

Three-point field goals made, season: 269 ()

Three-point field goal attempts, season: 653 ()

Boston Celtics franchise records

Highest free throw percentage, season: .952 (237—249) ()

Consecutive free throws made: 72, from to

Highest three-point field goal percentage, 2010-2011 season: .444 (168 for 378), eclipsing the record set by Eddie House in the 2008-2009 season

See also

List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders

List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders

List of National Basketball Association players with 1000 games played

List of National Basketball Association players with 50 or more points in a playoff game

References

External links

Ray Allen official website

Ray Allen - databasebasketball.com

Ray Allen Video at ESPN Video Archive

''Voices on Antisemitism'' Interview with Ray Allen from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin (; ; born September 17, 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to playing in the NHL, Ovechkin played for HC Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Superleague for four seasons from 2001 until 2005. Ovechkin was the first overall selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, drafted from Dynamo after 3 seasons with the club. Since the 2004–05 NHL season was lost because of a lockout, Ovechkin remained with Dynamo for one more season before transferring to the NHL for the 2005–06 NHL season, in which he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year, scoring 52 goals and 54 assists to lead all rookies with 106 points.

During the 2007–08 season, he led the NHL with 65 goals and 112 points to capture the Rocket Richard and Art Ross Trophies. That season he also won the Lester B. Pearson Award as the top player voted by the NHL Players' Association and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP. He is the only player to win all four awards since the Rocket Richard Trophy's inception in 1999. He would lead Team Russia to a gold medal at the World Championships the same year.

In 2009, he again won the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP, the Lester B. Pearson Award, and the Rocket Richard Trophy. Ovechkin also led the Capitals to their second consecutive division title. He won the Ted Lindsay Award, which the Pearson Award had been renamed, for a third straight year in 2010, as well as being named to the First All-Star Team for a fifth consecutive season.

Early life

Alex Ovechkin is the son of Mikhail Ovechkin, a former professional soccer player, and Tatyana Ovechkina, who won two Olympic gold medals while competing for the Soviet women's basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The first sign of Ovechkin's future came when he was two years old—while in a Soviet toy store, he grabbed a toy hockey stick and refused to let go. His parents treasure the picture to this day. Whenever he saw a hockey game on TV, he "dropped all his toys" and ran to the TV, protesting if his parents tried to change the channel. His parents say they knew he would be an athlete when he chose to run up the steps to their 10th floor apartment instead of taking the elevator. They also encouraged him to be athletic, sending him out to play at nearby soccer fields and basketball courts.

Sergei, Ovechkin's older brother, had initially introduced him to hockey, and Alex enrolled in hockey school at the age of 8. Soon after he began, however, he had to postpone his hockey career because his parents were unable to take him to the rink. But one of Ovechkin's coaches saw his talent and insisted to his parents that he should continue playing hockey. Sergei later died in a car accident when Alex was only 10. A childhood friend claims this is one of the reasons Ovechkin is so passionate on the ice. He also has another older, brother, Mikhael.

Playing career

Dynamo Moscow

Ovechkin began playing in the Russian Superleague with Dynamo Moscow at the age of 16. Making his professional debut in the 2001–02 season, he scored four points in 21 games. He would spend three seasons there prior to being drafted by the NHL, and he would rack up 36 goals and 32 assists in 152 career games.

The following off-season, Ovechkin was selected first overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. He had been projected as the first overall pick for nearly two years and had earned comparisons to Mario Lemieux. He was so highly regarded that the Florida Panthers attempted to draft him in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the 9th round, even though his birthday was two days after the cut-off (September 15, 1985). Rick Dudley, the general manager of the Panthers, claimed the pick was legitimate, claiming that Ovechkin was old enough with leap years taken into consideration.

Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Ovechkin remained with Dynamo for one more season. He recorded 27 points in 34 games in 2004–05, while missing nearly two months of play because of a shoulder injury sustained in the gold medal game against Canada in the 2005 World Junior Championships. In the playoffs he helped Dynamo win the Russian Superleague title.

With the threat of the lockout cancelling another NHL season, Ovechkin signed a contract with rival Russian team Avangard Omsk. In order to maintain his eligibility for the NHL in the event that the lockout ended, the contract contained an out clause with a July 20, 2005 deadline. Although a new NHL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) had not yet been reached between players and owners, Ovechkin decided to opt out and signed with the Capitals on August 5, 2005. The deal was a three-year, entry-level contract worth the rookie maximum of $984,200 per season with performance-based bonuses to inflate his annual salary to as much as $3.9 million.

Washington Capitals

left|thumb|Ovechkin receives key to the cityTwo days after signing, the lockout ended with a new CBA. Ovechkin played his first game with the Capitals on October 5, 2005, scoring two goals in a 3–2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. On January 13, 2006 in Anaheim, Ovechkin scored his first career hat trick against Jean-Sébastien Giguère of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to help Washington win the game. Three days later, on January 16, he scored a goal that veteran hockey reporter Bill Clement called "one of the greatest goals of all time". Knocked down by Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Paul Mara and sliding on his back facing away from the net, Ovechkin was able to hook the puck with one hand on his stick and slide it into the net past goalie Brian Boucher for his second goal of the night. It became referred to as "The Goal". On February 1, Ovechkin was named NHL Rookie of the Month for January 2006 as well as being named Offensive Player of the Month, becoming only the third player in NHL history to earn both honors simultaneously.

Ovechkin finished the 2005–06 season leading all NHL rookies in goals, points, power-play goals, and shots. He finished third overall in the NHL in scoring with 106 points and tied for third in goals with 52. His 425 shots led the league, set an NHL rookie record and was the fourth-highest total in NHL history. Ovechkin's point total was the second-best in Washington Capitals history and his goals total tied for third in franchise history. He was also named to the NHL First All-Star Team, the first rookie to receive the honor in 15 years. After the season ended, Ovechkin received the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's best rookie. EA Sports made him one of the cover athletes for ''NHL 07''. The following season, Ovechkin appeared in his first NHL All-Star Game in Dallas on January 24, 2007. He completed his second NHL season with 46 goals and 92 points.

Playing in the final season of his rookie contract, in 2007–08, Ovechkin signed a 13-year contract extension worth $124 million with the Capitals on January 10, 2008. The contract, which averages $9.5 million per year, is the richest in NHL history. Working without an agent, Ovechkin negotiated directly with Capitals owner Ted Leonsis and general manager George McPhee.

Late in the season, on March 3, 2008, Ovechkin notched his 50th, 51st and 52nd goals of the campaign for his fourth career NHL hat trick and to hit the 50-goal mark for the second time in his career. Later that month, on March 21, 2008, Ovechkin scored his 59th and 60th goals of the season against the Atlanta Thrashers, becoming the first NHL player to score 60 goals in a season since Mario Lemieux and Jaromír Jágr in 1995–96 and 19th player overall. Four days later, on March 25, Ovechkin scored his 61st goal of the season to break the Washington Capitals' team record for goals in a single season previously held by Dennis Maruk. He also went on to break Luc Robitaille's record for most goals by a left winger in one season on April 3, 2008, by scoring two goals for his 64th and 65th of the season. He also became the first NHL player to score at least 40 even-strength goals in one season since Pavel Bure in 1999–2000.

Leading the league in scoring with 65 goals and 112 points, Ovechkin captured both the Art Ross Trophy and the Rocket Richard Trophy in 2007–08. It was the first time in 41 seasons that a left-winger led the NHL in points since Bobby Hull led the league with 97 points in 1965–66.

Ovechkin helped lead a rejuvenated Capitals team back to the Stanley Cup playoffs with a stronger supporting cast that included countryman Alexander Semin, rookie center Nicklas Bäckström and defenseman Mike Green. He scored the game winning goal in his NHL playoff debut with less than five minutes left in Game 1 against the Philadelphia Flyers. He scored nine points in seven games against the Flyers as the Capitals were eliminated in the opening round. In the off-season, Ovechkin was awarded the Lester B. Pearson Award as the top player voted by the NHL Players' Association (NHLPA) and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP, becoming the first player in the history of the NHL to win all four major awards, including the Art Ross and Rocket Richard Trophies. Ovechkin was also awarded his third consecutive Kharlamov Trophy, named after Soviet hockey star Valeri Kharlamov and presented by Sovetsky Sport newspaper as the best Russian NHL player as voted by other Russian NHL players.

In late October of the 2008–09 NHL season, Ovechkin returned home to Moscow to visit his ailing grandfather, missing only the second game of his career up to that point, snapping a consecutive streak of 203 games played. On February 5, 2009, Ovechkin scored his 200th goal against the Los Angeles Kings becoming only the fourth player in the NHL to reach the milestone in four seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy and Mario Lemieux. On March 19, he scored his 50th goal of the season, becoming the first Washington Capitals player to reach the 50-goal mark three times. He finished the campaign with 56 goals to capture his second consecutive Rocket Richard Trophy, joining Jarome Iginla and Pavel Bure as the third player to win the award twice and the second player after Bure (2000 and 2001) to win the award in back-to-back seasons. With 110 points, he finished as runner-up to countryman Evgeni Malkin for the Art Ross.

Ovechkin and the Capitals repeated as division champions en route to meeting the Rangers in the opening round. After advancing to the second round in seven games, Ovechkin notched his first NHL playoff hat trick on May 4, 2009, in Game 2 against the Penguins to help Washington to a 4–3 win. The Capitals were eventually defeated by Pittsburgh, the eventual Stanley Cup champions, in seven games. Ovechkin finished the 2009 playoffs with a post-season career-high 21 points in 14 games. He went on to win the Hart and Pearson Trophies for the second consecutive year, becoming the seventeenth player to win the Hart multiple times.

Just over a month into the 2009–10 season, Ovechkin suffered an upper-body injury during a game against the Blue Jackets on November 1, 2009, after a collision with opposing forward Raffi Torres. After returning, Ovechkin was suspended by the NHL on December 1 for two games (one for the action, and one for a second game misconduct penalty during the season) for a knee-on-knee hit to Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Tim Gleason during a game the previous day. Both Gleason and Ovechkin had to be helped off the ice, although Gleason later returned during the game, while Ovechkin did not. Ovechkin was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct at the time. Capitals Coach Bruce Boudreau commented that Ovechkin's style of play was at times "reckless". The suspension was Ovechkin's first of his career, causing him to forfeit $98,844.16 in salary.

On January 5, 2010, Ovechkin was named captain of the Washington Capitals after previous captain Chris Clark was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets. He became the first European, second youngest and 14th overall captain in team history.

On February 5, 2010, at a game against the New York Rangers, Ovechkin, with his second goal and third point of the game, reached the 500-point milestone of his NHL career. He is the fifth player to achieve the milestone in only five seasons, reaching it in 373 career games.

On March 14, 2010, at a game against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center, Ovechkin sent Hawks defenseman Brian Campbell into the boards after Campbell had dumped the puck to the blue line. Ovechkin was called for boarding, receiving a 5-minute major and a game misconduct, and was suspended for 2 games (for a third game misconduct of the season, a 2-game suspension is automatic). Campbell suffered a fractured clavicle and fractured rib, and was expected to be out 7–8 weeks.

Ovechkin won the 2009–2010 Ted Lindsay Award, becoming only the second player to win the award in three consecutive years.

Ovechkin currently ranks third in Capitals history in goals (only Peter Bondra and Mike Gartner have tallied more goals) and is 7th in total points.

In 2009–2010 Ovechkin surpassed the mark of Montreal Canadiens Hall of Fame goaltender Bill Durnan (first four seasons from 1943–44 through 1946–47) and became the first player in NHL history voted a First Team All-Star in each of his first five seasons.

In 2011, Ovechkin and the Capitals took part in the New Year's Day NHL Winter Classic, facing Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ovechkin did not score any points, but he and the Capitals won 3–1.

On March 8, 2011, in a 5-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers, Ovechkin recorded his 600th career point.

On April 5, 2011, Ovechkin scored his 300th career goal, becoming the 6th youngest and 7th fastest player to do so.

International play

}} At the age of 16, Ovechkin helped lead the Junior National Team to the Gold medal with two hat tricks, one against Switzerland and one against USA, and an assist.

At the age of 17, when he was selected by Russian coach Viktor Tikhonov to play in the Česká Pojišťovna Cup EuroTour tournament, Ovechkin became the youngest skater ever to play for the Russian National Team. In that tournament he also became the youngest player ever to score for the National Team. He also was selected to play at the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, which he amassed 14 goals and 4 assists in 8 games, leading Russia to a Sliver medal.

At the age of 18, Alex Ovechkin was named Captain of the Junior Russian National Team. Russia finished 5th in the tournament. In 2003, the team would go on to win a gold medal in the IIHF World U20 Championship.

At the age of 19, Ovechkin was named to the Russian National Team for the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, making him the youngest player to play in the tournament.

Also at the age of 19, Alex Ovechkin was named Captain of the Junior National Team in the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament, lasting from December 25, 2004, to January 4, 2005, was Ovechkin's third and last. At the end of the tournament he had collected 7 goals (tied for tournament lead). His team received the silver medal after losing the gold medal game to Canada on January 4, and Ovechkin was named the Best Forward of the tournament as well as selected to the tournament All-Star Team. In 2005 Ovechkin played in his first IIHF men's World Championships. He scored five goals and three assists, landing eighth in the top scorers list and sharing third place in goal scoring.

In 2006, Ovechkin played in his first Winter Olympic Games. Although Russia came away from the games without a medal, Ovechkin scored 5 goals in the tournament, including the game-winner against Canada's Martin Brodeur, eliminating Canada from the tournament. Ovechkin was the only player not on the Swedish (Gold) or Finnish (Silver) teams to be named to the all-tournament team.

At the 2006 IIHF World Championships, Ovechkin scored six goals and three assists (nine points) in seven games before Russia lost 4–3 to the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals. For his efforts, Ovechkin was one of six players selected to the Media All-Star Team.

At the 2008 IIHF World Championships, Ovechkin helped lead Russia to the gold medal by finishing with 12 points (six goals, six assists) in nine games. He was selected to the Media All-Star Team for the second time in five tournament appearances.

In the 2010 Winter Olympics, Ovechkin and Team Russia were one of the favourites to win the Gold Medal. Despite high expectations, Russia lost to Canada 7–3 in the quarterfinals. Ovechkin finished with 2 goals and 2 assists in Russia's four games.

After being eliminated in the first round of the NHL playoffs, Ovechkin joined Team Russia for the 2010 IIHF World Championships along with many other Russian stars, such as Malkin, Datsyuk, and Kovalchuk. Despite being heavily favoured to win the tournament, Russia lost to the Czech Republic in the finals. This loss ended a disappointing year for Ovechkin on the international stage.

Ovechkin also joined the Russian team for the 2011 IIHF World Championships after the Capitals were eliminated from the NHL playoffs. He played in 5 games for the Russian team, but did not manage to score any points. This was the first time Ovechkin failed to score any points in a World Championship tournament.

Off the ice

The day after he received his first Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP, he was given the key to the city by Washington mayor Adrian M. Fenty for being the first Washington MVP winner in a major sport since Joe Theismann of the Washington Redskins in 1983.

On June 11, 2008, Ovechkin also launched his own line of designer streetwear with CCM.

Ovechkin was reportedly involved in a feud with Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin, who was drafted second behind Ovechkin in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Though the two were reported to be good friends when they roomed together during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, this friendship quickly cooled. There is no definitive information on what caused the feud, but the most popular theory is that it began in August 2007, when Ovechkin supposedly punched Malkin's Russian agent, Gennady Ushakov, at a Moscow nightclub. Ovechkin has denied that version of events, while Malkin confirmed it, although he was not certain whether this was the precipitating event to the feud. The most notorious event took place on January 21, 2008 in Pittsburgh, when Ovechkin took a run at Malkin, which would have seemingly resulted in a devastating hit had Malkin not ducked out of the way just in time. The two would also not make eye contact at the 2008 NHL Awards Ceremony. Despite these incidents, Ovechkin has repeatedly denied "having it out" for Malkin. it apparently dissipated as mysteriously as it started. On January 24, 2009, at the SuperSkills Competition, Malkin assisted Ovechkin in his stunt during the Breakaway Challenge. Malkin handed Ovechkin his props for the stunt as well as handing him his stick and pouring some sports drink down Ovechkin's throat. Though there is no final word on the nature and status of the feud, considering their past interactions, this incident appears to show that the feud has effectively ended. It has been reported that Ilya Kovalchuk, who was then the Atlanta Thrashers' captain and is also teammate of Ovechkin and Malkin on the Russian national team, brokered the peace between the two. On January 24, 2009, Ovechkin won the Breakaway Competition at the SuperSkills Competition for the 2nd consecutive year in Montreal after emerging in the final few seconds wearing a hat bestowed with a Canadian flag and white sunglasses. On January 25, 2009, Ovechkin scored 1 goal and notched 2 assists, as well as scoring the game-ending shootout goal in the 2009 NHL All-Star Game as the Eastern Conference won 12–11.

He has also made a brief cameo appearance in Vlad Topalov's music video for "Perfect Criminal". He appears at 3:50 minutes into the video, playing "the last man on Earth".

Late in the 2008–09 NHL season, Ovechkin garnered some criticism over his exuberant after-goal celebrations. In the February 28, 2009, segment of Hockey Night in Canada's Coach's Corner, Canadian hockey analyst Don Cherry likened Ovechkin's celebrations of jumping into the boards and his team-mates to that of soccer players, concluding that this was not the Canadian way and advising Canadian kids to ignore Ovechkin's example. Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau came to Ovechkin's defense, stating Cherry "doesn't know Alex like we know Alex", and Ovechkin himself stated that he "doesn't care" about Cherry. The next notable incident happened on March 19, 2009, in a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. After scoring his 50th goal of the season, Ovechkin put his stick on the ice, pretending to warm his hands over it because it was "hot". The incident sparked an immediate response from Tampa Bay coach Rick Tocchet who said that "[Ovechkin] went down a notch in my books". Boudreau had also stated that he would discuss the incident with Ovechkin, and teammate Mike Green, despite being the first to celebrate with Ovechkin afterwards, commented that he did not wish to join in the pre-meditated celebration. Ovechkin himself was unapologetic, and said about Don Cherry in particular, "He's going to be pissed off for sure...I love it!".

He is the cover athlete of 2K Sports hockey simulation video game ''NHL 2K10'', as well as the cover athlete of EA Sports ''NHL 07''.

On July 6, 2009, Ovechkin was named an ambassador for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

In late 2009, he was named GQ's 48th most powerful person in D.C.

During the 2010–11 season, he has been featured in one of ESPN's ''This is SportsCenter'' commercials, in which he laughed off a question by an ESPN personality accusing him of being a Russian spy before being pulled upward by a line through an open ceiling tile by countryman and former Capitals teammate Semyon Varlamov. Ovechkin is featured on the wrapping of Big Deal candy bar.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				! colspan="5"		Playoffs
Season (sports)>Season	! Team	! League		! GP		Goal (ice hockey)>G	Assist (ice hockey)>A	Point (ice hockey)>Pts	Penalty (ice hockey)>PIM	! GP	! G	! A	! Pts	! PIM
2001–02				21		2	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	0
2002–03	Dynamo Moscow	RSL		40		8	7	15	29	5	0	0	0	2
2003–04	Dynamo Moscow	RSL		53		13	10	23	4	3	0	0	0	2
2004–05	Dynamo Moscow	RSL		37		13	14	27	32	10	2	4	6	31
	Washington Capitals			81		52	54	106	52	—	—	—	—	—
	Washington Capitals	NHL		82		46	46	92	52	—	—	—	—	—
	Washington Capitals	NHL		82		65	47	112	40	7	4	5	9	0
	Washington Capitals	NHL		79		56	54	110	72	14	11	10	21	8
	Washington Capitals	NHL		72		50	59	109	89	7	5	5	10	0
	Washington Capitals	NHL		79		32	53	85	41	9	5	5	10	10
RSL totals				! 151		! 36	! 33	! 69	! 106	! 21	! 2	! 4	! 6	! 35
NHL totals				! 475		! 301	! 313	! 614	! 346	! 37	! 25	! 25	! 50	! 18

International

! Year	! Team	! Event	! Result	! GP	! G	! A	! Pts	! PIM
	Russia			8	14	4	18	0
	Russia			6	6	1	7	4
	Russia	U18		6	9	4	13	6
	Russia	WJC	5	6	5	2	7	25
			10	6	1	1	2	0
	Russia		6	2	1	0	1	0
	Russia	WJC		6	7	4	11	4
	Russia	WC		8	5	3	8	4
	Russia		4	8	5	0	5	8
	Russia	WC	5	7	6	3	9	6
	Russia	WC		8	1	2	3	29
	Russia	WC		9	6	6	12	8
	Russia	Oly	6	4	2	2	4	2
	Russia	WC		9	5	1	6	4
	Russia	WC	4	5	0	0	0	4
Senior totals				! 66	! 32	! 18	! 50	! 65
U20 totals				! 18	! 18	! 7	! 25	! 33
U18 totals				! 14	! 23	! 8	! 31	! 6

NHL All-Star Games

Year	! Location		! G!!A!!Pts
55th National Hockey League All-Star Game	2007			1	0	1
56th National Hockey League All-Star Game	2008			2	0
57th National Hockey League All-Star Game	2009			1	2
58th National Hockey League All-Star Game	2011			1	1
All-Star totals			! 5!!3!!8

Awards

NHL

NHL All-Rookie Team: 2006

NHL First All-Star Team: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

NHL Number 1 Star of the Month: January 2006, January 2008, March 2008, November 2008, January 2010

NHL Offensive Player of the Month: January 2006

NHL Rookie of the Month: December 2005 and January 2006

NHL Number 1 Star of the Week: Week Ending – December 30, 2007; March 9, 2008; March 23, 2008; December 28, 2008; October 5, 2009; January 18, 2010.

NHL Offensive Player of the Week: Week Ending – December 31, 2005; January 23, 2006

NHL Player of the Year – ''Sporting News'': 2008, 2009

NHL All-Star Game selections: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

Calder Memorial Trophy – NHL Rookie of the Year: 2006

Kharlamov Trophy – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Lester B. Pearson Award (Most Outstanding Player): 2008, 2009

* Ted Lindsay Award (Formerly known as Lester B. Pearson Award): 2010

Hart Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player): 2008, 2009

Art Ross Trophy: 2008 (112 points)

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy: 2008 (65 goals), 2009 (56 goals)

International play

2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – ''Best Forward''

2006 Winter Olympics – ''Ice Hockey All-Tournament Team''

2006 IIHF World Championship – ''Media All-Star Team''

2008 IIHF World Championship – ''Media All-Star Team''

Records

NHL records

First player to win the Art Ross Trophy, Maurice Richard Trophy, Lester B. Pearson Award and Hart Memorial Trophy as well as win all four in a single season (Note: The Maurice Richard Trophy was established for the 1998–99 season). Only player to be named to the NHL First All-Star Team in each of his first five seasons

Most goals scored by a left-winger in a season (2007–08) – 65 goals

Most points scored by a left-wing rookie (2005–06) – 106 points

Most shots on goal by a left-winger in a season (2008–09) – 528 shots

Most shots on goal by a rookie in a season (2005–06) – 425 shots

Point streak in consecutive games to start an NHL career by a No. 1 overall pick (2005–06) – 8 games

Most regular season points by a Russian-born NHL rookie (2005–06) – 106 points

Fastest overtime goal – 6 seconds; (December 15, 2006 vs. Atlanta Thrashers; tied with Mats Sundin and David Legwand)

Washington Capitals records

Most seasons with 50 or more goals – 4 (2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10)

Most shots on goal in a season – 528 (2008–09)

Most goals in a season (2007–08) – 65 goals

Most power play goals in a season (2007–08) – 22 PP goals (tie with Peter Bondra)

Most career overtime goals – 10 OT goals

Most career penalty shots attempted – 6 shots (most recent on January 17, 2010)

Most goals in a season by a rookie (2005–06) – 52 goals

Most points in a season by a rookie (2005–06) – 106 points

Point streak by a rookie – 11 games (17 points; 5 goals, 12 assists), March 18 – April 7, 2006

Point streak by a rookie to start season – 8 games

Goal streak by a rookie – 7 games, February 10 – March 8, 2006

References

External links

RussianProspects.com Alexander Ovechkin Profile

Player profile at eurohockey.com

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name	Kevin Ayers
background	solo_singer
birth name	Kevin Ayers
birth date	August 16, 1944
origin	Kent, England
years active	1960's–present
instrument	Guitar, bass
genre	PsychedeliaPopExperimental music
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Kevin Ayers (born 16 August 1944 in Herne Bay, Kent) is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement. BBC DJ John Peel wrote in his autobiography that "Kevin Ayers' talent is so acute you could perform major eye surgery with it."

Ayers was a founding member of the pioneering psychedelic band Soft Machine in the late 1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. He has recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years has worked with Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, John Cale, Elton John, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Nico and Ollie Halsall, among others. After living for many years in Deià, Majorca, he returned to the United Kingdom in the mid 1990s. He now lives in the south of France. His most recent album was ''Unfairground'', which was recorded in New York City, Tucson, Arizona, and London in 2006.

Biography

Early life

Ayers is the son of maverick BBC producer Rowan Ayers, but following his parents' split and his mother's subsequent marriage to a British civil servant, Ayers spent most of his childhood in Malaysia. The tropical atmosphere and unpressured lifestyle had an impact, and one of the frustrating and endearing aspects of Ayers' career is that every time he seemed on the point of success, he would take off for some sunny spot where good wine and food were easily found.

Ayers returned to England at the age of twelve, and in his early college years took up with the burgeoning musicians' scene in the Canterbury area. He was quickly drafted into the Wilde Flowers, a band that featured Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper, as well as future members of Caravan. Ayers has stated in interviews that the primary reason he was asked to join was that he probably had the longest hair. However, this prompted him to start writing songs and singing.

Soft Machine

The Wilde Flowers morphed into Soft Machine with the addition of keyboardist Mike Ratledge and guitarist Daevid Allen. Ayers switched to bass (and later both guitar and bass following Allen's departure from the group) and shared vocals with the drummer Robert Wyatt. The contrast between Ayers' baritone and Wyatt's reedy tenor, plus the freewheeling mix of rock and jazz influences, made for a memorable new sound that caught on quickly in the psychedelic 1960s. The band often shared stages (particularly at the UFO Club) with Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd. They released their debut single 'Love Makes Sweet Music' / 'Feelin' Reelin', Squeelin' in February 1967, making it one of the first recordings from the new British psychedelic movement. Their debut album, ''The Soft Machine,'' was recorded in the USA for ABC/Probe and released in 1968. It is considered a classic of the genre.

Solo career, 1969-1999

After an extensive tour of the United States opening for Jimi Hendrix, a weary Ayers sold his white Fender Jazz bass to Noel Redding and retreated to the beaches of Ibiza in Spain with Daevid Allen to recuperate. While there, Ayers went on a songwriting binge that resulted in the songs that would make up his first album, ''Joy of a Toy''. The album was one of the first released on the new Harvest label, along with Pink Floyd's releases. ''Joy of a Toy'' established Ayers as a unique talent with music that varied from the circus march of the title cut to the pastoral "Girl on a Swing," and the ominous "Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong", based on a Malaysian folksong. Ayers' colleagues from Soft Machine backed him, with the addition on some cuts of Rob Tait, sometime Gong drummer.

One interesting product of the sessions was the single, "Religious Experience (Singing a Song in the Morning)", early recordings of which featured Syd Barrett on guitar and backing vocals. The lead guitar that appears on the final mix was often thought to have been played by Barrett, even appearing on various Barrett bootlegs, but Ayers has said that he played the solo, emulating Barrett's style. However the 2004 CD reissue of ''Joy of a Toy'' includes a mix of this song featuring Barrett's guitar as a bonus track.

A second album, ''Shooting at the Moon'', soon followed. For this, Ayers assembled a band that he called The Whole World, including a young Mike Oldfield on bass and occasionally lead guitar, avant-garde composer David Bedford on keyboards and improvising saxophonist, Lol Coxhill. Again Ayers came up with a batch of engaging songs interspersed with avant-garde instrumentals and a heavy dose of whimsy.

The Whole World was reportedly an erratic band live, and Ayers was not cut out for life on the road touring. The band broke up after a short tour, with no hard feelings, as most of the musicians guested on Ayers' next album, ''Whatevershebringswesing'', which is regarded as one of his best, featuring the mellifluous eight-minute title track that would became Ayers' signature sound for the '70s.

''Bananamour'' is the fourth studio album by Kevin Ayers and it featured some of his most accessible recordings, including "Shouting in a Bucket Blues" and his whimsical tribute to Syd Barrett, "Oh! Wot A Dream". After Whatevershebringswesing, Ayers assembled a new band anchored by drummer Eddie Sparrow and bassist Archie Legget and employed a more direct lyricism. The centrepiece of the album is 'Decadence', his withering portrait of Nico.

1974 was a watershed year for Ayers. In addition to releasing his most compelling music in this year, he was helped provide other artists with access to a wider stage, most notably Lady June (June Campbell Cramer). The recording, titled ''Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy,'' made in a front room of Cramer's home in Vale Court, Maida Vale, brought Lady June's spoken word poetry together with the music and voice of Ayers, and also had contributions by Brian Eno and Pip Pyle. It was originally released on Ayers' own Banana Productions label (via Virgin/Caroline).

''The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories'' marked Ayers' move to the more commercial Island record label and is considered by many to be the most cohesive example of Ayersian philosophy. The production was expensive, with Ayers quoting the recording costs in a 1974 NME interview as exceeding £32,000 (a vast figure at the time). On this LP Mike Oldfield returned to the fold and guitarist Ollie Halsall from progressive rock band Patto began a twenty-year partnership with Ayers.

On the 1 June 1974, Ayers headlined a heavily publicised concert at the Rainbow Theatre, London, accompanied by John Cale, Nico, Brian Eno and Mike Oldfield. The performance was released by Island Records just 27 days later on a live LP entitled ''June 1, 1974''. Tensions were somewhat fraught at the event since the night before John Cale had caught Ayers sleeping with his wife prompting him to write the bile-soaked paean 'Guts' that would appear on his 1975 album ''Slow Dazzle''.

In 1976 Ayers returned to his original label Harvest and released ''Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)''. The album was a more commercial affair and secured Ayers a new American contract with ABC Records. The LP featured contributions from B.J. Cole and Zoot Money. That same year Harvest released a collection entitled ''Odd Ditties,'' that assembled a colorful group of songs that Ayers had consigned to single B-Sides or left unreleased.

The late '70's and '80's saw Ayers as a self-imposed exile in warmer climes, a fugitive from changing musical fashions, and a hostage to chemical addictions. 1983's ''Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain'' was, perhaps, a low-point for Ayers. He was quoted in a 1992 BBC radio 1 interview as saying he had "virtually no recollection of making those records". The road back was marked with 1988's prophetically titled ''Falling Up'', that received his first unanimously positive press notices in years. In 1988 he also recorded a vocal track for Mike Oldfield's single, "Flying Start". The lyrics of this song contains many references to Ayers' life.

Despite the critical acclaim ''Falling Up'' received, Ayers by this point had almost completely withdrawn from any public stage, a state further compounded by the sudden death, by a drugs overdose, of his musical partner Ollie Halsall. An acoustic album ''Still Life with Guitar'' recorded with Fairground Attraction surfaced in France on the FNAC label and was subsequently released throughout Europe. Some collaborations with Ayers fanatics Ultramarine and a concert tour with Liverpool's Wizards of Twiddly completed his output in the '90's. A recording of a London concert with the Wizards of Twiddly was released on the Market Square label in 2000 under the title ''Turn The lights Down!''.

Ayers also did two brief tours of California in 1998 and 2000, both of which were organized and financed by Los Angeles-based musician Richard Derrick, who had also produced Ayers' two solo Los Angeles concerts in 1993. Shows were limited to Los Angeles and San Francisco, with local musicians serving as backing bands. Ayers headlined the 1998 shows, while the 2000 shows saw him opening for Gong (their only concerts together in the US). Derrick released the highlights from these concerts on his Box-O-Plenty label in 2004 as ''Alive In California''.

Solo career, 2000 to present

In the late '90's, Ayers was living the life of a recluse in the South of France. At the Sculpture Centre, he met American artist Tim Shepard who had been invited to use studio space there, and the two became friends. Ayers started to show up at Shepard's house with a guitar, and by 2005, passed some new recordings onto Shepard, most taped on a cassette recorder at his kitchen table. The songs were by turns "poignant, insightful and honest," and Shepard, "deeply moved" by what he heard, encouraged Ayers to record them properly for a possible new album.

Signing with London's LO-MAX Records, Shepard found equal enthusiasm for the demos and after making some tentative enquiries, discovered a hotbed of interest for Ayers' work amongst the current generation of musicians. New York's Ladybug Transistor set up rehearsals for a possible recording organised by band leader Gary Olson, and Kevin flew out to New York. When the rehearsals gelled, the entourage, which had now swelled to include horn and string players, flew out to Tucson, Arizona where the first sessions were recorded in a dusty hangar known as Wavelab Studios.

With the tapes from the first sessions, Shepard set about getting Ayers to complete the album in the UK, where by now word had spread, and a host of musicians started gravitating to the studio. Shepard recounted meeting Teenage Fanclub at a Go-Betweens party and hearing their passion for Ayers' music, and wrote a letter to singer, guitarist Norman Blake. Mojo magazine reported that, within a couple of weeks, Ayers was in a Glasgow studio with Teenage Fanclub and a host of their like-minded colleagues, who had all assembled to work with their hero. Bill Wells from the Bill Wells Trio rubbed shoulders with Euros Childs from Gorkys Zygotic Mynci and Francis Reader from the Trash Can Sinatras.

Friends and peers from the past also visited the sessions. Robert Wyatt provided his eerie Wyattron in the poignant 'Cold Shoulder', Phil Manzanera contributed to the brooding 'Brainstorm', Hugh Hopper from Soft Machine played bass on the title track and Bridget St. John, a British Folk singer beloved of John Peel, duetted with Ayers on 'Baby Come Home', the first time they had sung together since 1970 on ''Shooting at the Moon''. ''The Unfairground'' was released to critical acclaim in September 2007.

Discography

Soft Machine

!Title	!Label	!Date of Release
	ABC/Probe	Dec 1968

Solo

Albums

!Title	!Label	!Date of Release
''Joy of a Toy''	Harvest	Nov 1969
	Harvest	Oct 1970
''Whatevershebringswesing''	Harvest	Nov 1971
''Bananamour''	Harvest	May 1973
''The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories''	Island	May 1974
''June 1, 1974'' (with Nico, John Cale and Brian Eno)	Island	Jun 1974
''Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy'' (with Lady June and Brian Eno)	Caroline/Virgin	Nov 1974
''Sweet Deceiver''	Island	Mar 1975
''Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)''	Harvest	Jun 1976
''Rainbow Takeaway''	Harvest	Apr 1978
''That's What You Get Babe''	Harvest	Feb 1980
''Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain''	Charly	Jun 1983
''Deià...Vu''	Blau	Mar 1984
''As Close As You Think''	Illuminated	Jun 1986
	Virgin	Feb 1988
''Still Life with Guitar''	FNAC	January 1992
''The Unfairground''	LO-MAX	September 2007

Singles

!Title	!Label	!Date of Release
Love Makes Sweet Music(with Soft Machine)	Polydor	Feb 1967
	ABC/Probe (USA)	Nov 1968
Singing a Song in the Morning	Harvest	Feb 1970
Butterfly Dance	Harvest	Oct 1970
Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes	Harvest	Aug 1971
Oh! Wot A Dream	Harvest	Nov 1972
	Harvest (FR)	Nov 1972
Caribbean Moon	Harvest	Apr 1973
The Up Song	Island	Feb 1974
	Island (NL)	Feb 1974
	Island	Jul 1974
	Island	Feb 1976
Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes (reissue)	Harvest	Feb 1976
	Harvest	Apr 1977
Mr Cool	ABC (USA)	Apr 1977
	Harvest	Feb 1980
	Columbia (ES)	1980
My Speeding Heart	Charly	1983
Who's Still Crazy	WEA (ES)	1983
Stop Playing with My Heart	Blau (ES)	1984
	Illuminated	1986
Am I Really Marcel?	Accidentales (ES)	1988
The Best We Have	Accidentales (ES)	1988
Thank You Very Much	FNAC	1992
Baby Come Home	LO-MAX	Sep 2008

Compilations & Live Recordings

''Odd Ditties'' (Harvest 1976) (a collection of rarities and unreleased tracks)

''The Kevin Ayers Collection'' (SFM 1983)

''Banana Productions: The Best of Kevin Ayers'' (EMI 1989)

''BBC Live in Concert'' (Windsong 1992)

''Document Series Presents Kevin Ayers'' (Connoisseur Collection 1992)

''1969-80'' (Alex 1995)

''First Show in the Appearance Business: The BBC Sessions 1973-1976'' (Strange Fruit 1996)

''The Garden of Love'' with Mike Oldfield and Robert Wyatt (Voiceprint 1997)

''Singing the Bruise: The BBC Sessions, 1970-1972 [live]'' (Strange Fruit 1998)

''Too Old to Die Young: BBC Live 1972-1976'' (Hux 1998)

''Banana Follies'' (Hux 1998)

''Turn the Lights Down'' (live) with the Wizards of Twiddly (Market Square 2000)

''The Best of Kevin Ayers'' (EMI 2000)

''Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought of You: The Island Records Years'' (Edsel 2004)

''Alive In California'' (Box-O-Plenty Records, November 2004)

''BBC Sessions 1970-1976'' (Hux 2005)

''Some Kevin Ayers'' (white label promo 2007)

''Songs For Insane Times: An Anthology 1969-1980'' (EMI, September 2008)

References

Further reading

''Gong: The Return of the Banana'' by Steve Peacock (Sounds Oct 16, 1971)

''Is This Man A Dipso?'' by Nick Kent (NME 31 August 1974)

''Let's Drink some Wine and Have a Good Time'' by Kenneth Ansell (ZigZag 46, 1974)

''Ayers and Graces'' by Nick Kent (NME Dec 7, 1974)

''Despair and Temperance in Maida Vale'' by Mike Flood Page (Sounds 25 January 1975)

''The Confessions of Doctor Amphibious and the Malaysian Headwash'' by Max Bell (NME 24 May 1975)

''Golden Ayers'' by John Ingham (Sounds Mar 6, 1976)

''Ready to Die'' by John Ingham (Sounds Jul 3, 1976)

''Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s'' (University Of Chicago Press 2002) ISBN 0-226-07562-1

''Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock'' (Hal Leonard 2003) ISBN 0-634-05548-8

''You Need a Bit Missing Upstairs to Play This Game'' by Jonathan Glancey (The Guardian 4 July 2003)

''Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous'' by Graham Bennett (SAF Publishing 2005)

''Whatevershebringswesing'' sleevenotes by Martin Wakeling (EMI September 2006)

''Joy of a Toy'' sleevenotes by Martin Wakeling (EMI September 2006)

''The Rare Record Price Guide'' (Diamond Publishing Group Ltd Oct 2006) ISBN 0-9532601-5-1

''Kevin Ayers: Mojo Working'' by James McNair (Mojo July 2007)

''The Unsung Hero of Psychedelia'' by Lisa Verrico (The Sunday Times September 2, 2007)

''The Father of the Underground'' by Garth Cartwright (Daily Telegraph 30 August 2007)

''Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt'' by Simon Reynolds (Reynoldsretro Dec 14 2007)

''The New Musical Express Book of Rock'', 1975, Star Books, ISBN 0-352-30074-4

External links

Kevin Ayers (his own site)

1998 Kevin Ayers interview at Perfect Sound Forever (online music magazine)

The Wire's ''100 Records That Set the World on Fire (When No One Was Listening)''

Pitchfork news story

NME news story

The Sunday Times feature

Daily Telegraph feature

The Independent feature

Simon Reynolds feature

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name	Ollie Halsall
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Peter John Halsall
alias	Ollie
born	March 14, 1949, Southport, England
died	May 29, 1992, Madrid, Spain
instrument	Guitar, Vibraphone
genre	Pop, Rock music|rock
years active	1966–1992
label	Virgin, Epic
associated acts	Timebox, Patto, The Rutles, Boxer, Kevin Ayers
website	olliehalsall.co.uk
notable instruments	Guitar, Vibraphone }}

Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall (14 March 1949 - 29 May 1992) was a left-handed guitarist and is best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers. He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music. He was known as ''Ollie'' because of his distinctive way of pronouncing his surname with a dropped 'h'. The Ollie Halsall Archive was established in 1985, with the aim of documenting and promoting the work of a unique musician.

Career

''Ollie may not have been the best guitarist in the world, but he was certainly among the top two''. John Halsey, 1997

Halsall (ex Pete and the Pawnees, The Gunslingers, The Music Students, all 1964, The Rhythm and Blues Incorporated, 1965), came to London in October 1966 to play vibraphone with the pop rock outfit Timebox (which included bassist Clive Griffiths and keyboardist 'Professor' Chris Holmes. Halsall took up guitar, they enlisted Mike Patto on vocals and drummer 'Admiral' John Halsey.

It has been suggested that the electric guitar parts played in Donovan's psychedelic 1968 single "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" were played by Halsall.

In 1970, following the departure of Holmes, Timebox evolved into the band ''Patto''. They played a blend of progressive Jazz rock featuring Halsall's guitar work.

In 1973, Halsall left to join Jon Hiseman's Tempest. After less than a year, he quit and did numerous sessions including a track for Kevin Ayers which this led to a permanent position in Ayers' band ''The Soporifics''.

In 1975, ''Patto'' staged a brief reunion comprising just three benefit gigs. The reuniting of Halsall and Patto sparked the formation of Boxer during 1975. ''Boxer'' never reached its true potential, as Mike Patto died in 1979 during the mid term of their contractual obligations to the Virgin record label and are best remembered for their debut album ''Below The Belt'' and its controversial sleeve design.

Probably the best known recording of Halsall is his work on the album ''The Rutles'' (1978), on which he plays many of the instruments and provides backing and lead vocals, most notably on the tracks "Doubleback Alley", "With a Girl Like You" and "Get Up and Go". Eric Idle was cast in his place in the accompanying film and Halsall only featured as a very minor cameo role as ''Leppo'', the fifth Rutle who became lost in Hamburg.

During 1976 Halsall had rejoined Ayers with whom he stayed for the next sixteen years. In 1989, he replaced ill Enrique Sierra of Radio Futura, a Spanish rock band.

A finished solo album remains unreleased - produced by Robert Fripp.

Halsall died from a heroin overdose on 29 May 1992 at 13 Calle de la Amargura, Madrid, Spain.

Discography

;with Mike Patto

1967-69 ''The Deram Anthology'' (as Timebox)

1970 ''Patto'' (as Patto)

1971 ''Hold Your Fire'' (as Patto)

1972 ''Roll Em, Smoke Em, Put Another Line Out'' (as Patto)

1975 ''Below the Belt'' (as Boxer)

1979 ''Bloodletting'' (as Boxer)

;with Kevin Ayers

1974 ''The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories''

1974 ''June 1, 1974'' (with Nico, John Cale and Brian Eno)

1975 ''Sweet Deceiver''

1976 ''Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)''

1978 ''Rainbow Takeaway''

1980 ''That's What You Get Babe''

1983 ''Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain''

1984 ''Deià...Vu''

1986 ''As Close As You Think''

1988 ''Falling Up''

1992 ''Still Life with Guitar''

;Other Albums

1972 ''Tempest'' (as Tempest)

1973 ''Living in Fear'' (as Tempest)

1996 ''The Rutles Archaeology'' (as The Rutles)

References

External links

The Ollie Halsall Archive

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