Athletistic / Hockey. Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kirill Marchenko spoke about his meeting with Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin.
“I managed to meet Ovechkin last year, but until now we were just saying hello to Malkin on the ice. And Alexander invited us to dinner when Columbus came to a game in Washington. Above all, I have pleasant memories of this meeting! Regarding hockey, there were a lot of people.
I also took a hockey stick from him – that’s an event for me. She is now at my house, along with two others – Nikita Kucherov and Kirill Kaprizov. The next target is the stick of Artemi Panarin, with whom we communicate well. When he comes to Columbus or we come to New York, we always go to dinner.
When I was a child, like all Russian boys, my idol was Ovechkin. The style of play, the goals, I loved everything about him! But at 16-17, I loved Crosby. Then Kucherov. But in first place, if we take all the years as a whole, it will be Ovechkin. So meeting him was a big event for me,” Sport-Express quotes Marchenko.
Alexander Ovechkin made his NHL debut in October 2005. Since then, Washington has made the playoffs for the 15th time. In the 2023/2024 season, the 38-year-old Russian played 79 regular season matches, scored 31 goals and provided 34 assists.
Source: Sport
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