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Today, December 24, at 6 o’clock in the morning, Moscow time captain of the Russian hockey player “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin scored his 802nd puck (bypassing the legendary Gordie Howe) and took a clean second place in the list of the best snipers in the history of the league. Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record is 92 goals.
As a reward for the achievements of Alexander the Great, the NHL recognized the Russian as the only star of the game day in the NHL, about collecting ONLY our compatriot in the list of the best.
The left winger of the “capitals” (as fans and journalists call the “Washington Capitals”), created in a Moscow sports family. Mother – Tatyana Nikolaevna, two-time Olympic champion in the USSR national basketball team. Father – Mikhail Viktorovichplayed for football Moscow “Dynamo”.
“My father was an athlete, my mother was a great athlete, so how could I not become an athlete?” – Alexander once said in one of his popular interviews.
Ovechkin Jr. started the case in the Moscow Dynamo, on the 2004 project he was chosen by Washington under the general first number. The club has never changed, twelve years as captain in a spectacular game that led to the Stanley Cup victory in 2018, becoming the most valuable player of the tournament. He made his debut in the Russian national team at the age of 17, participated in thirteen world championships and three Olympics.
And the most important thing. Alexander Ovechkin is a three-time world champion in the national ice hockey team of the Russian Federation. You caught later why I focused on the production fact.
Now look at the photo. Ovechkin in the locker room holds three-washers on his hand: 797, 798, 799. Adding attention that he has an old bib with a patch, where is the inscription: “In memory of Lokomotiv” (“In memory of Lokomotiv”) and the logo? So. The Russian has only been wearing this bib since 2011, when a team from Yaroslavl died in a plane crash. It turns out that Ovi, together with the “Yariks” (as the players were affectionately called by their fans), wins both the World Championship and the Stanley Cup. And the NHL records are crushing, remembering their comrades in the sports craft.
And now the comment of the Olympic champion in speed skating of the State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova:
“We expect this. When Ovechkin was already on the list of snipers, it became clear that only Gretzky would be ahead of him. We wish Sasha good luck. He is really a great fellow and writes our players into the annals of hockey. Moreover, the day before yesterday was Hockey Day, so everything worked out to the point that it suffered. Breaking Gretzky’s record will be hard, but Sasha will try. He definitely set himself such a goal. Does Ovechkin remain a public athlete despite the fact that the public is in America? Ovechkin never gave up on Russia. He is a true patriot. But this does not prevent the Americans from entering into contracts, although Sasha does not hide his relationship with Putin and many other points. However, in this situation, the sport and the fans decide.”
Why I focused on the performance of Alexander Ovechkin for the Russian team. With an anthem, a flag and a coat of arms (then still allowed). Today, the telegram channel Readovka posted a video with explanatory text:
“Ovechkin in Russian produced with words of love and gratitude to his family on the air of an American television channel. At the last match, the Russian captain of one of the Washington Capitals NHL clubs, Alexander Ovechkin, scored a double in the match with Winnipeg (4: 1). Those two goals put him in second place in NHL history in goals scored. He got 92 goals from NHL record holder Wayne Gretzky today. According to experts, Ovechkin topped the NHL Book of Records as early as possible in the 2024/25 season.”
At this moment, there are 196 comments under the post. Many enthusiastic, but hardly a third of these:
“Why is he not imprisoned in error?”
“I could bring in Russia with the help”
“Guys, wake up, he hasn’t been Russian for a long time”
“Everything is fine, except that he could play for ours … it’s sad”
“Is he really Russian?”
“And in the forties, I wonder if one of ours would have been rooting for a hockey player playing for the Germans?”
“He pays tangible money in the form of taxes against the country that he glorifies! Basically, he’s a traitor!”
“What wonderful news! At the top of her. Wow… Thanks Ovechkin. The guys from the front are simply delighted, they feel so much better there. Cut off a chunk of all these Ovechkins “
“What is there to be happy about. Who does he benefit? Scored heads in this America. What an achievement! And what’s the point. To whom it became better or easier from this. The bubble earned itself. That’s all”
“Why publish it let it be there what it wants”
“She speaks Russian! Well, hero! Doesn’t he have enough money yet? They are already climbing out of all the holes, we are fighting with the amers, and once he found them … well done.
And this is without a mat and fierce insults chosen. It turns out that there is no prophet in his Fatherland and Ovechkin urgently needs to return home in order to indicate citizenship and calm the outraged citizens. Now back to February 2022. After training in Philadelphia, Ovechkin got to the journalists and thought about the thought that The Athletic published.
“Difficult situation. My whole family is in Russia, and some moments scare me. But we can’t do anything about it. It was just expected that everything would end soon and everything would be fine. Please, no more war. It doesn’t matter who is fighting: Russia, Ukraine or other countries – we live in a world that must live in peace, becoming a world for everyone. Putin is my president. But, as I said, I am out of politics. I’m just an athlete. And I really hope that this will all end soon. But I can’t take anything.”
In a matter of minutes, the words of the captain of “Washington” are located under the heading “Main” all sports sites in Russia, the USA and Canada.
I do not analyze the comments of Readovka Telegram channel subscribers. Let me just say that I strongly disagree with them. What up “We are at war with the amers”, then we supply depleted uranium to “amers” and spare parts for their nuclear power plants. Russian oilmen have already started a discussion with Kyiv colleagues prices for transit through Ukraine for 2023. They communicate so tightly. But Sanya Ovechkin is definitely “Traitor and earned money for himself”.
Atu him, such and such! And why did Putin only call him during the wedding and congratulate him on the wedding, right? Or how?!
I think the telegram channel “Image of the Future” answered the questions well:
“Everyone has already forgotten that Alex Ovechkin is part of the Putin Team project. But America applauds the winners. It’ll be this way forever. Rome recognizes only winners. Politicians and negotiators are usually forgotten or stabbed with daggers in case of complaint. Everything had to start earlier, as it will happen according to special operations. The plan was to use force in case of resistance. But they were afraid, they used weakness.
Actually, I have everything.
PS The Medialogy company of the most frequently encountered Russian athletes in the domestic media for 2022, formed to detect three manifestations: citation index, positive and negative, identified messages.
Topping the list was Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin. The media index of the captain of the “capital” votes is 1,282,165.1. The second became the Olympic champion in the team figure skating tournament Kamila Valieva — 1,089,621.3. Second place player Artem Dziuba – 807 238.2.