MOSCOW, 7 Oct. Nastasia Shubskaya, wife of Alexander Ovechkin, Russian striker of the Washington National Hockey League club Alexander Ovechkin, answered the question of Hello magazine which country she considers her home. in North America with a break in 2012-2013. because of the lockout.
"Home is Moscow. We grew up here, our parents and friends are here. Of course, in America, during this time, we managed to have close people, but we still consider Russia our home,", said Shubskaya.
Ovechkin was born in Moscow and began his career at Dynamo Moscow. He has repeatedly announced his intention to end his performance in hockey in this club. The 37-year-old Ovechkin has 780 goals in the NHL regular season, according to this indicator, he ranks third in the history of the tournament. More goals were scored by Canadians Wayne Gretzky (894) and Gordie Howe (801).