This offseason has been weird. Here is another crucial example.
In July, Alex Ovechkin and Brooks Laich landed on two of the biggest magazine covers in the world. Except it has nothing to do with hockey. And everything to do with their recent, competing weddings on July 8.
We’ve documented the luxuriousness of Alex Ovechkin’s recent wedding. Here’s another fabulous wrinkle.
The Russian couple had several wedding videos produced by PartyVision – except I feel like the word video is not really capturing the essence how incredible these are. For instance, one of the movies, which documents the Ovechkins’ love story, is entirely animated.
Last weekend, Alex Ovechkin and Nastya Ovechkina got married in a lavish wedding at Barvikha Luxury Village, just outside of Moscow. Famous Russian musicians performed in front of a guest list that included some of the biggest names in hockey. During the reception, host Nikolay Baskov read a telegram that Russian President Vladimir Putin sent to congratulate the young couple. Putin then called the Ovechkins to wish them well.
But that wasn’t all. Putin also sent the Ovechkins a wedding gift.
Alex Ovechkin and Nastya Ovechkina’s wedding celebration spilled into a second day on Sunday, as friends and family of the couple went on a river cruise along the Moskva River. The Moskva River runs through the heart of Moscow, including Saint Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin.
The private boat ride included food and drinks as well as more performances from some of Russia’s finest musicians. The night ended like a fairytale with fireworks being shot high into the Moscow sky.
Saturday, Alex Ovechkin tied the knot with his longtime significant other Nastya Ovechkina at Barvikha Luxury Village.
The legendary celebration reached Peak Ovi when the Russian machine, shirtless, ambled up on stage and began singing and dancing to Boney M’s Rasputin.
And yes, there is video.
Dmitry Orlov wasn’t the only Capitals representative at Alex Ovechkin’s wedding.
Caps center Evgeny Kuznetsov was there. And so was longtime, huggy Ovechkin teammate Alex Semin. The duo was captured onstage by an onlooker during the wedding reception. The group, which included Orlov, Ilya Kovlachuk, and several others, awkwardly danced and laughed.
Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov was at Alex Ovechkin’s bachelor party last week and Saturday he was in Moscow for the Russian machine’s fancy wedding with Nastya Ovechkina.
During the wedding ceremony at the Barvikha Concert Hall, Orlov and wife Varvara took a photo with the (sorta) newly-wed couple.
Not only did Vladimir Putin meddle in the US elections, he also infiltrated Alex Ovechkin’s wedding.
Saturday night during the Ovechkins’ wedding reception, host Nikolay Baskov read a telegram that Putin sent to congratulate the young couple.
On July 8, 2017, nearly a year after getting technically married, Alex Ovechkin and his wife Nastya Ovechkina held their wedding at Barvikha Luxury Village, an exclusive enclave just outside of Moscow.
In Instagram videos shot by friends and family, Ovechkin, wearing a black tuxedo, can be seen marrying his beautiful wife Nastya outside during a rainy ceremony. Members of Nastya’s wedding party held transparent umbrellas up as the couple said their I do’s.
Alex and Nastya held their wedding reception at Barvikha Concert Hall. Friends captured the couple walking into the venue (their walk up song was Play That Funky Music) and their romantic first dance as husband and wife.
Saturday, Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin celebrated his bachelor party with an entourage that included the newly re-signed Dmitry Orlov. The same day, Nastya Ovechkina went out with her closest friends, including Orlov’s wife Varvara Orlova, to celebrate her bachelorette party.
Ovechkina, of course, was thrilled, when she saw the decorations: cartoon sheep made of flowers.
By Graham Dumas 4 years ago
