Washington Capitals owner: Gretzky wants to see Ovechkin beat his record

MOSCOW, Oct 13 Canadian Wayne Gretzky plans to travel to regular season matches with «Washington Capitals» to see how Russian Alexander Ovechkin beat his record for goals in the National Hockey League (NHL), said team owner Ted Leonsis. Howe (801) and Gretzky (894). Last season, the forward was ahead of Jaromir Jagr (766), Brett Hull (741) and Marcel Dionne (731). 2022/10/103bc9579e7e9dac9088056ccada48a8.png» />TorontoCanada2 : 2WashingtonUSA» Won't be upset when he overtakes Gordie Howe Wayne Gretzky calls me all the time and says, «Alex beats me. I want to be with your team when that happens. «He will ride with us. That says a lot about Ovi and how much respect our club has earned in the league during his time here,» Leonsis quotes NBC Sports Washington on Twitter. .Ovechkin is 37 years old. He is a graduate of Dynamo Moscow, with which he won the Gagarin Cup in 2013. In 2018, he won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals.