Tatyana Ovechkina, two-time Olympic basketball champion, mother of a hockey player Alexandra Ovechkina in an interview with , said that she was not interested in the race for historical scorers in the NHL and that she was also sure that her son did not pay much attention to personal statistics.
Ovechkin is 38 years old. The Russian forward, with 853 goals scored, ranks second on the list of the best snipers in NHL history, behind Canadian Wayne Gretzky (894).
— Alexander has a hard time wondering when he will beat Gretzky’s record?
“Personally, I’m not interested in it at all.” Well, Sasha just plays hockey, not caring about personal statistics. And the pucks – they will come, they will not go anywhere. We all know that Sasha loves and knows how to score. God grant that everything works out for him,” Ovechkina told .
The Russian striker’s current contract with the American club runs until the end of the 2025/26 season.
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