Athletistic/Hockey. Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, who plays for the Washington Capitals, shared his plans for the day after breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record.
“How am I going to spend this day after reaching the record? I believe that many of us will wake up with a slight hangover. We will have to resort not only to water, but also to other drinks to bounce back “, said Ovechkin. confided the correspondent of the “Championship” edition.
Recall that the hockey player has been playing in the National Hockey League since 2005. During this time he played 1347 games, during which he scored 822 goals, made 663 assists and scored a total of 1485 points with an indicator of usefulness of “+67”. In 2018, Alexander Ovechkin won the Stanley Cup with the Washington team. In 18 years of playing in the NHL, Ovechkin managed to score 822 scored goals. He is the second all-time leading scorer in NHL history, just 72 behind Wayne Gretzky.
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Source: Sport

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