National Hockey League club captain (NHL ) Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin said that he had somewhat changed the preparation and training system for the new season.
Ovechkin turned 38 on September 17. The Russian scored 822 goals in regular NHL championship matches, with Wayne Gretzky being the leader in this indicator, scoring 894 goals.
— As for training, I did some things differently. But the most important thing was that I needed to get my body back from what I had last year.
Obviously, you have almost four months to prepare. At the beginning of the year we need to be more precise, because the points we lost at the beginning of the (last) season cost us the playoffs,” Ovechkin quotes. Fans of Nova Caps .
The 2023/24 NHL season begins on October 11. The regular season will last until April 19, after which the playoff phase will begin.
Source : MatchTV
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