Alexander Ovechkin: biography, personal life, records

1. Alexander Ovechkin: biography (career development)

2. Ovechkin case

3. Alexander Ovechkin in the NHL

4. Alexander Ovechkin: personal life

5. Alexander Ovechkin: records

If you ask anyone to list the ten best current hockey players, Alexander Ovechkin will definitely be on the list. However, this is not surprising, because the Russian not only amazes with his game, but also claims to become a new legend, with each match reducing the number of goals to Gretzky’s world-famous record.

Alexander Ovechkin: biography (career development)

The biography of Alexander Ovechkin begins in 1985 . It was then, September 17, that a great player was born in Moscow, whose career several years later would be watched by hockey fans from all over the world.

Alexander's parents are professional athletes . Father Mikhail played football for Dynamo Moscow, and mother Tatyana twice became an Olympic champion in basketball as part of the USSR national team.

It’s curious, but Alexander Ovechkin didn’t get into hockey at the suggestion of his parents. Moreover, the relatives were against the child’s involvement in such an unsafe sport. The 8-year-old boy was brought onto the ice by his older brother Sergei , who saw in the boy the makings of a future hockey player. He also helped him at first.

When Sasha was 10, 25-year-old Sergei died in an accident.

Since childhood, Alexander was distinguished by his strong-willed character and desire to win. Soon, these qualities helped the guy get into the Dynamo , where the young hockey player took part in children's tournaments. It’s curious, but even then the purposeful boy was recognized as the best almost everywhere.

In 2000, Ovechkin was promoted to the senior team, and a year later, at the age of 16, he became the youngest participant in the Russian Super League . Over five years of playing for Dynamo, the guy declared himself as the most talented young hockey player in Russia. Alexander entered his first serious competition in 2002, and a year later received the title of winner of the World Youth Championship and was invited to the national team.

During the period 2003-2004, the hockey player scored 13 goals, for which he received the title of best sniper in the history of the club, and the next season he brought Dynamo victory at the Russian Championship.

Hockey career of Alexander Ovechkin

After that there were many more exciting matches and gaming achievements.
Seeing the progress of the young player, the bosses of Dynamo Moscow included the promising forward in the main team. In 2000, Alexander was included in the lineup for the Russian Super League match for the first time. A year later he became the main player of HC Dynamo Moscow. Ovechkin's amazing goal at the Junior World Championship (2003) In the same year, 17-year-old Ovechkin, who had recently won the world youth championship, made his debut in the Russian national team under the leadership of coach Viktor Tikhonov (Ceska Pojishtovna Cup). He managed to score a goal against the opponent and thereby become both the youngest player ever to take to the ice as part of the main Russian national team, and the youngest hockey player to score a goal as part of the main team. By that time, his fame as a rising hockey star had spread beyond Russia. In 2003, representatives of the NHL club Florida Panthers contacted the player’s agent. That time, the deal to move to the strongest league on the planet fell through. However, already during this period it became clear that the talented young player would not stay in the Russian Super League for long. Ultimately this is what happened.

Alexander Ovechkin - 10 best goals in the NHL In 2004, he was drafted by the Washington Capitals at number 1. The young hockey player planned to play for the American club that same fall, but a lockout disrupted his plans. Thus, he played for Dynamo for another year, as did Andrei Markov, Pavel Datsyuk and Maxim Afinogenov. By the way, that year became incredibly successful for the club - for the first time in 5 years it became the Champion of Russia. Ovechkin appeared in ten playoff games and broke his own scoring record despite a shoulder injury.

At the end of the lockout, Ovechkin signed a contract with the Washington team. He was offered a record salary for a rookie in the NHL - he earned $3.85 million in one season. On October 5, 2005, he played his first NHL game, meeting at the rink with the Columbus Blue Jackets players. During the match, he managed to make a double and bring the team victory.

Ovechkin on the day of his NHL debut

The hopes of the club management placed on the Russian player were justified from the very first matches. Three months after his debut, he was recognized as the rookie of the month, they began to talk about him as a favorite for the Calder Trophy, along with Cindy Crosby (at the end of the season, he still became the leader, ahead of Crosby). In the first half of the 05/06 season, he earned 49 points. Of the Russians, only Ilya Kovalchuk earned more than him that season. Ovechkin's first goal for the NHL In February 2006, Ovechkin suffered a groin injury, but still went to the Olympics in Turin. Following the results of the Winter Games, he became one of the best players (6 points) and was included in the symbolic team, but the team was left without a prize.

In May 2008, Ovechkin was called up to the Russian national team. This year was a triumph for the team: for the first time in 15 years, it took gold, beating the host of the tournament, Canada. Ovechin missed the next World Championship due to his participation in the Stanley Cup.

World Ice Hockey Championship in Quebec (2008)

In December 2008, Ovechkin signed a new contract with the Washington Capitals. He agreed to play for 13 seasons, for which he was promised to pay $124 million (the first 6 for 9 million, the next 7 for 10). Before this, the NHL had never signed a contract worth more than $100 million.

At the beginning of 2010, Ovechkin became team captain instead of Chris Clark, who had left for Columbus.

Ovechkin's 500th NHL goal In January 2021, he earned his 1,000th NHL point with his 546th goal. Ovechkin: 1000 points in the NHL

Ovechkin case

Alexander Ovechkin's talent was quickly noticed overseas. Back in the 2004 draft, the hockey player was selected first overall, which gave him the opportunity to be in the NHL the following season. Then the athlete’s transition to the National Hockey League was prevented by a lockout , due to which he remained at Dynamo.

At the end of the season, the contract with Dynamo ended, but the Moscow club planned to extend the agreement with the athlete in order to receive monetary compensation if he moved to the NHL (based on the results of the draft, he was selected by Washington ). At the same time, the Omsk Avangard , under the terms of the contract with which Alexander would receive $1,800,000 per season.

Alexander Ovechkin chose Avangard's offer by signing a preliminary contract. According to the rules, in order to keep the player, Dynamo had to duplicate the competitors’ offer, which was done. At this point, in fact, the proceedings would have reached a dead end if not for a couple of formalities that had to be clarified in court. Firstly, the Omsk club was not against releasing the player to the NHL without compensation, while the Muscovites demanded $2,000,000 , and secondly, the player himself stated that the club owed payment.

The media proudly called the conflict the “Ovechkin Case ,” the outcome of which was to be decided in an arbitration court on August 2, 2005. A few weeks before the hearing, Alexander Ovechkin announced that he would play in the NHL and sign a contract with Washington immediately after the end of the lockout. As a result, the court ruled that all rights to the player belong to the Moscow club. The player himself stated that he would not return to Moscow, having finally decided on the decision to leave for the National Hockey League .

As a result, the hockey player nevertheless left for the NHL, and Dynamo made claims to the American club several times. When the Washington court recognized the Moscow club's arguments as untenable, the Ovechkin Case was officially closed.

Ovechkin gave his parents a flock of elite sheep

The first batch of elite animals has already been delivered to the site

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Last week, Alexander Ovechkin and his charming wife Anastasia celebrated their second wedding anniversary - the outstanding hockey player and the daughter of Vera Glagoleva got married on July 8, 2021. The married couple celebrated this significant date in one of the luxury hotels in Italy.

On Instagram, Alexander Ovechkin left a touching message to his wife:

— 2 years since our wedding, there was a lot of joy, smiles, love and happiness! Thank you, my beloved, for giving me this every day! I love you, my sweet girl.

Despite the summer vacation, Ovechkin has already begun preparing for the new hockey season. Jogging, training on exercise machines and first training sessions at the skating rink. So far on my own, without a coach. And soon the three-time world champion and Stanley Cup winner plans to come to Russia. Some time ago, Ovechkin bought a large plot of land in the Istra district of the Moscow region - about 40 acres. It is located next to the estate of his parents - Tatyana Nikolaevna and Mikhail Viktorovich. Just for fun, a hockey player once asked his father:

- What if we, the Ovechkins, raise sheep on our property? Not bad idea?

- Why do we need sheep? - Dad scratched the back of his head.

- What do you mean why? Wool, meat, milk. And where there is milk, there is cheese and cottage cheese,” Sasha continued. “You and mom will have something to do in your free time.”

Not right away, but I persuaded him. In fact, isn’t it cool - purebred sheep from Alexander Ovechkin! The first batch of elite animals has already been delivered to the site. These are not stupid goats, but sweet, kind sheep.

The hockey player's family settled on the Frolov breed of sheep. They are easy to fatten and hardly get sick, so they are very suitable for growing in your own backyard. The yield of meat at slaughter is very high - as a rule, more than half the weight of the animal. Each female gives birth to two or three cubs, with up to two lambings per year. Due to the high fertility of queens, the Frolov breed has become very popular. Farmers have the ability to regulate the birth rate of lambs. Make sure that animals subject to slaughter are on the farm all year round.

One of the main advantages is the excellent taste of the meat. It does not have a specific lamb smell, which scares off many gourmets. The fact is that in Frolov sheep the glands that secrete sweat are much less active than in other breeds. Let's add that the lack of hair on the legs and belly of these animals is also a nice bonus - you can save on haircuts.

Friends also advised Ovechkin not to focus only on the Frolov breed, but also to breed East Friesian sheep, whose homeland is Germany. During the lactation period (which lasts from 210 to 245 days), each individual produces up to 600 liters of nutritious milk! It will be enough not only to feed lambs, but also to produce cheese, cottage cheese and other food products. In addition, sheep's milk is used in the production of powdered baby food for weakened babies - it strengthens the immune system. Farmers also breed this breed of sheep to obtain valuable lamb skins.

In short, the family of one of the best hockey players in the world took up not only a profitable, but also a useful business. Perhaps after finishing his career, Alexander will also become a farmer. If Sasha takes on something, he does it conscientiously.

His wife Nastya gives Alexander not only love: last year she gave birth to his son. Photo: Instagram.com Andrey Klinkov

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Alexander Ovechkin in the NHL

It’s definitely impossible to say that Alexander Ovechkin got into the NHL without difficulty. Several teams were involved in the scandalous transfer, and attempts to take the player out of Russia began back in 2003 .

The NHL showed interest in the hockey player back in the 2003 draft , when Florida planned to get him. It is interesting that at that time the transition did not take place due to two days: players born before September 15, 1985 were allowed into the draft, while Ovechkin was born on September 17.

The general director of Florida tried in every possible way to circumvent the rules, even referring to four leap years , removing the “extra days” of which Ovechkin would have turned 18 years old not on September 17, but on September 13. However, the demand did not have time to reach the league leadership and the draft was postponed for a year.

The curious position of the hockey player in the European rankings interested the Washington Capitals , who have the right to be the first to choose a newcomer. At that time, many clubs were interested in Ovechkin, but the Capitals reserved the right to choose Alexander for themselves, planning to build the team around the newcomer. After signing the contract, the Russian was offered the maximum possible salary at that time - $3,850,000 including bonuses.

Alexander Ovechkin's new club did not disappoint. In the first game, the Russian scored two goals, and at the end of the season he overcame the 100-point mark and was awarded the Calder Trophy . His candidacy was supported by 124 out of 129 voters.

As mentioned earlier, the owner of Washington began to build a team around Ovechkin. In 2007, the Russian player was offered a record contract worth $124,000,000 for 13 years. The signed agreement made Alexander the most expensive hockey player in history.

Three years later, Alexander Ovechkin became captain of the Washington Capitals , and a month after receiving the new title, he surpassed the 500-point mark in the NHL.

During his time on the team, the captain did not lose ground and every year amazes the audience with new achievements and records. In 2018, Ovechkin and the team received the Stanley Cup .

Personal life of Alexander Ovechkin

The name of the famous hockey player constantly flashed in the headlines of the overseas press in connection with various high-profile novels. Thus, over the years, journalists attributed to the Russian love relationships with such famous beauties as Victoria Lopyreva, Zhanna Friske and even Fergie (lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas). It is difficult to judge how true these rumors are.

For a long time, the hockey player dated the famous Russian tennis player Maria Kirilenko. On December 31, 2012, the couple announced their engagement. However, in mid-2014, the hockey star’s press service announced their breakup. A little later, Maria gave an interview in which she said that she was tired of putting up with “certain habits of Alexander” and wished him happiness in his future career. Rumors spread in the media that the hockey player’s affair with 19-year-old gymnast Karolina Sevostyanova was to blame.

In the photo: Alexander Ovechkin and Maria Kirilenko

In 2015, the hockey player began dating 21-year-old model Anastasia Shubskaya, the daughter of actress Vera Glagoleva and millionaire Kirill Shubsky. They met at the Beijing Olympics (2008), but did not maintain a relationship for a long time. In 2015, a girl almost drowned in Dubai and told her Instagram followers about the incident. Ovechkin was among them. Concerned about Nastya’s condition, he decided to support her personally. And so their whirlwind romance began, ending with a magnificent wedding. The celebration took place in July 2017.

Alexander Ovechkin is married to Anastasia Shubskaya

Alexander Ovechkin: personal life

It is not surprising that the popular athlete was not deprived of female attention. The media more than once brought the player into affairs with media personalities, including TV presenter Victoria Lopyteva , famous singer Zhanna Friske and even the lead singer of the once popular group Black Eyed Peas Fergie . However, the hockey player himself once said that he would only marry a girl from Russia, and he kept his word.

In 2011, observant media announced Ovechkin’s relationship with tennis player Maria Kirilenko , whom the hockey player met at one of the US Open Grand Slam tournaments. In December 2012, the couple announced their engagement, but the wedding was not destined to take place. In 2014, the couple separated on the initiative of the girl.

After the breakup, Alexander was spotted with gymnast Karolina Sevastyanova , but the romance did not last long. Later, the hockey player’s attention was attracted by model Anastasia Shubskaya , with whom it was the matter that led to the wedding. The marriage registration took place on August 28, 2021, and the celebration itself was postponed to July 8, 2021 and took place in the Barvikha Luxury Village near Moscow in Russia.

The Russian President congratulated the young Ovechkin family on their marriage.

A year after the wedding party, it became known that the family was expecting a child. The first-born of Alexander and Anastasia was born on August 18, 2018, the son was named Sergei . On May 27, 2021, the couple had a second boy named Ilya .

Personal life

Journalists have always shown a keen interest in the personal life of Alexander Ovechkin. He was married to Zhanna Friske, Victoria Lopyreva, Black Eyed Peas vocalist Fergie and other celebrities.

An interesting fact is that in one of the interviews the athlete publicly stated that he would only marry a Russian woman.

In 2011, Ovechkin began courting Russian tennis player Maria Kirilenko. Things were heading towards the wedding, but at the last moment the girl changed her mind about getting married.

Alexander Ovechkin and Anastasia Shubskaya

After this, model Anastasia Shubskaya, daughter of actress Vera Glagoleva, became the hockey player’s new lover. The young people started dating in 2015 and soon decided to get married.

Later, the couple had a boy, Sergei. It is curious that the father decided to name his son this way in honor of his deceased older brother.

Ovechkin is fond of collecting sticks with autographs of famous hockey players. He is also interested in cars, as a result of which he owns many expensive brands of cars.

Alexander is involved in charity work. In particular, he transfers funds to several orphanages in Russia.

Alexander Ovechkin: records

Alexander Ovechkin began to amaze with his achievements even while playing in the youth team. Over the years of his career, the athlete managed to set several dozen records not only within his team, but also among Russian hockey players and NHL players.

Among the personal achievements of Alexander Ovechkin it is worth highlighting:

• title of Best Forward of the youth championship (Russia, 2005);
• making the Olympic All-Star Team (2006);
• inclusion in the World Championship All-Star Team according to journalists (2006, 2008);
• selection to the NHL Best Rookie Team (2006);
• Named to the first NHL All-Star Team (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2021) and the second NHL All-Star Team (2011, 2013, 2014 and 2021);
• making the first NHL all-star team of the decade (2010, 2020);
• participation in the NHL All-Star Game (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018);
• receiving such awards as: Calder Trophy (2006), Ted Lindsay Award (2008, 2009, 2010), Hart Trophy (2008, 2009, 2013), Art Ross Trophy (2008), Maurice Richard Trophy" (2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2020), "Conn Smythe Trophy" (2018), "Kharlamov Trophy" (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018);
• inclusion in the list of the 100 greatest NHL players.

In addition, Alexander Ovechkin :

• Honored Master of Sports of Russia;
• ESPN's 2021 Athlete of the Year;
• ESPN's Best NHL Player (2018, 2019);
• winner of the NHL's Best Year of Goal award (2018);
• Winner of the Wayne Gretzky Prize (2019).

The records and amazing statistics set by the Russian can be listed endlessly. However, I would like to dwell on one achievement that has not yet been achieved, but is very expected .

Surely everyone has heard at least once about the achievements of the legendary Gretzky , one of the most famous hockey players of the 20th century. Wayne spent 21 years in sports and broke almost all NHL records. The most important of them are the records for the number of goals and points scored in the National Hockey League championships.

In 1989, Gretzky broke Gordie Howe's points record, and on March 23, 1994, he broke the record for most goals scored. Wayne has 894 goals and 2857 points .

A curious fact is that without suspecting it, much less planning it, Alexander Ovechkin came close to Gretzky’s record , and, according to expert forecasts and the hopes of fans, he can overcome the milestone of 894 goals scored.

Today, the hockey player is 34 years old and has scored 706 goals . He has 188 goals left to reach the record. Considering that on average Ovechkin scores 50 goals per season, Alexander will be able to please with a new achievement no earlier than in four years. But we believe that he will succeed, right?

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Biography of Alexander Ovechkin

Alexander Ovechkin (Alexander the Great, Ovi or the Great Eight, as fans call him) is one of the best forwards in modern hockey history.
He is technical, fast and incredibly accurate, his tough contact game, which has been criticized more than once, brings victories to his teams, and his smile has made more than one girl become interested in hockey. NHL star Alexander Ovechkin

Today, probably everyone knows what kind of player Alexander Ovechkin is. But what kind of person is this talented hockey player? How was his life outside the playing field, and how did he come to professional sports? Read a detailed story about the life and fate of one of the best strikers on the planet below.