“The most influential person and athlete in Russia is hockey player Alexander Ovechkin. The most important and recognizable Russian athlete. He gave a lot to world and Russian hockey.
If we take footballers, I will mention Pavlyuchenko, Pogrebnyak and Arshavin, ”Sport24 quotes the former striker of the German national team.
Ovechkin broke one of Gretzky’s records
Today, February 11, Ovechkin set a new NHL record for goals against an empty net. He scored into an empty net for the 57th time in his career.
Source: Sport
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