Rg.org has done wonderful work interviewing former Russian NHLers recently, and their latest interview is with a former Montreal Canadiens player, Ilya Kovalchuk, even though he wasn’t with the team ...

It is inevitable Ilya Kovalchuk will return to the Devils for at least part of training camp, but the timing of that return from Russia may determine whether the big winger has created any hard ...

Jared Clinton looks back at NHL trade deadline deals in the last five, 10, 15, 25 and 30 years ago in The Hockey News' 2025 Rookie Issue. Ilya Kovalchuk (Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images) From the moment he ...

We’ve covered most of the theories, options and details of the Ilya Kovalchuk contract rejection, but it appears that there are a few more tidbits floating around. Lyle “Spector” Richardson had a ...

ARLINGTON, Va. --Ilya Kovalchuk feels more comfortable with the Washington Capitals after each game and each practice. There's one thing missing, though. "I want a goal," Kovalchuk said Tuesday. "So ...

ARLINGTON, Va. --Alex Ovechkin and Ilya Kovalchuk had talked since they were teenagers about the possibility of someday playing on the same NHL team. That dream will become a reality when Kovalchuk ...

New Jersey Devils’ Ilya Kovalchuk (17) is congratulated by teammates, Travis Zajac (19), Vladimir Zharkov (18), Henrik Tallinder, top, and Andy Greene, left, after scoring against the Montreal ...

The sale of Ilya Kovalchuk’s incomplete New Jersey mansion has bedeviled the former NHL star for years, but those days could soon be over. The Russian-born hockey player and his wife, singer Nicole ...

DALLAS -- Ilya Kovalchuk has made his decision. The 35-year-old signed a three-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings, with a cap hit of $6.25 million annually. The average annual value was something ...

LOS ANGELES -- Ilya Kovalchuk has an Olympic gold medal but he is back in the NHL to add the one thing missing from his stellar career -- a Stanley Cup. Ironically, Kovalchuk's return to the league is ...

LOS ANGELES -- Two beer-league players lugged their hockey bags to their designated ice sheet when one of them suddenly stopped, gazing out on the ice where the Los Angeles Kings were having a ...

Ilya Kovalchuk announced his retirement this week. He will have had a superb career in the end! The former CH player was also interviewed by RG Media as part of an interview and Ivan Demidov was ...