Sports director of Dynamo Moscow Alexey Sopin said that before “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin During the season, he corresponded with the Blue and White technical staff and sent messages in which he encouraged Dynamo.
Ovechkin graduated from Dynamo; as a member of the team he became champion of Russia and winner of the Gagarin Cup. Ovechkin is part of the Dynamo leadership, holding the position of advisor. The Blue and White occupy third place in the KHL Western Conference standings with 35 points.
— Ovechkin congratulates Dynamo on their KHL victories?
“He also communicates with the Dynamo staff, and we correspond. We call each other less often. It’s not like Ovechkin writes us congratulations after every victory or successful away series. But he regularly sends messages like: “I follow you. Well done! Keep up the good work.” We have received such messages from him several times this season.
— Despite his busy schedule, Ovechkin came to the Dynamo school this summer.
— Yes, his schedule is very tight. I think there is little time left, even for family and friends.
What I admire about Alexander is that he almost never refuses his native Dynamo. We asked him to come to school – he came, asked him to come to the MHL team presentation – he came. He invited me to the Ovi Cup in Mytishchi, and I came too. And I saw how many people were lining up for his autograph and photo. And he doesn’t turn anyone away, even if it lasts for hours, and he already has to go home. This is what makes Ovechkin very happy: he pays attention to people.
And for kid hockey players in general, it’s hard to overestimate how important it is for them to see Ovechkin. The guys of our youth team receive a huge boost of energy and motivation when a world hockey star comes up to them, communicates on an equal basis and says goodbye.
And he also made a big impression on the adult Dynamo hockey players. You should have seen how even our strangers lit up when we told them, “A big guy can come to our training.” “Unfortunately, such a meeting did not work out this season, but we will do it again,” Sopin told .
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