Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin “I am ready to help my friends at any time,” a friend of the hockey player, who won an Olympic bronze medal as a member of the Russian national basketball team, told . Vitaly Fridzon .
On Tuesday, September 17, Ovechkin turned 39.
“I would like to sincerely congratulate Sasha and wish him health and happiness. And that he breaks Gretzky’s record. Sasha and I are close friends and if any of us needs help, we always turn to each other. And Sasha will come to the rescue at any time – this is true friendship. His family is like my family,” Fridzon told .
Ovechkin ranks second on the league’s all-time scoring list with 853 goals, behind Gretzky (894).
In the first game of the new NHL season, Washington will host Boston on October 5.
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