Ovechkin achieves the impossible | FOX 28 Spokane [Video]

Alex Ovechkin’s record-breaking 895th career goal is the crowning achievement of a stellar 20-season career that will see him go down as one of the greatest players in ice hockey history.

The 39-year-old Russian, who scored twice on Friday to equal Wayne Gretzky’s 26-year-old all-time scoring record, moved one clear of the Canadian legend on Sunday with a long-range strike in the Washington Capitals’ clash with the New York Islanders.

Gretzky’s record had long been considered unbeatable by NHL afficionados until Ovechkin’s relentless pursuit of the mark.

“I could tell you 10 years ago or even eight years ago any of us that played the game in the Gretzky era would have said, ‘I don’t think it’s possible,’” Hall-of-Famer and former Gretzky team-mate Luc Robitaille said recently.

Gretzky was viewed as a ‘one-off’ talent but his era also saw higher scoring rates; the 1980s averaging significantly more points per game …