MOSCOW, Oct 14 National Hockey League (NHL) Club General Manager» Washington Capitals» Brian McLellan said that he spoke with team captain Alexander Ovechkin about the situation in Ukraine.
& # 34; I don't know exactly how he (Ovechkin) feels about what is happening. He wants to be loyal to his country. I understand what's going on. I have my own point of view, but I don’t know what the Russian players think about all this", McLellan is quoted by The Athletic.
Ovechkin is 37 years old, he is a graduate of Dynamo Moscow, which included in 2013 won the Gagarin Cup. In 2018, he won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals. The Russian, with 780 goals, is the third-best scorer in NHL history behind Gordie Howe (801) and Wayne Gretzky (894).