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Alex Semin calls Alex Ovechkin the best hockey player in the world right now

Former Capitals forward and current captain of HC Vityaz, Alex Semin, took part in the KHL All-Star weekend in late January.

As part of the festivities, ESPN’s Emily Kaplan polled some of the players on a broad range of topics, from what they like to splurge on, to who the best hockey player in the world is right now.

Semin stuck by his fellow Young Gun and name-twin when he gave his answer: Alex Ovechkin.

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By Donya Abramo 3 months ago

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Alex Semin scores on breakaway with son at KHL All-Star Skills Competition

Former Capitals’ Young Gun Alex Semin is having another strong season in the KHL. As the 35-year-old captain of Vityaz Podolsk, Semin has 12 goals and 28 points in 37 games this season. His performance was enough to make him a KHL All-Star, which is being held this year in Moscow.

Saturday, Semin participated in the KHL All-Star Skills Competition and got some help from a special friend on a breakaway attempt.

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By Ian Oland 3 months ago

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Alex Semin is officially the captain of KHL Vityaz

Thirty-five-year-old Alex Semin is continuing his career in the Kontinental Hockey League this season and playing for HC Vityaz for the second straight year. After wearing an “A” for Vityaz during the 2018-19 campaign, Semin was officially announced as the captain days before the season.

He wore the captain’s “C” Monday in Vityaz’s regular-season opener against Traktor Chelyabinsk.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Alex Semin attends birthday party for Alex Ovechkin’s son

It has been over seven years since Alex Semin shared the Capitals locker room with Alex Ovechkin, but the two Sashas proved they are still fast friends when, on Sunday, Semin attended the birthday party of Ovechkin’s one-year-old son, Sergei.

Ovechkin, holding Sergei, stood next to Semin, who appeared to be holding his young son, Danil. The pair watched as a troop of six dyed poodles performed tricks at the elaborate birthday party being thrown in Sergei’s honor.

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By Elizabeth Kong 8 months ago

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Alex Semin captains preseason game for HC Vityaz

Former Capital Alex Semin wore the captain’s “K” on his jersey for a friendly preseason game in the KHL. Semin led HC Vityaz in their first exhibition game of the summer against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, which they lost by a score of 3-2. The game was played in Germany where the teams’ training camps are located.

Semin signed a one-year contract extension with Vityaz in May for the 2018-19 season after serving as one of the team’s alternate captain. The head coach of Vityaz referred to Semin as one of the team’s leaders.

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By Brennin Weiswerda 8 months ago

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Alex Semin signs one-year contract extension with KHL Vityaz

Alex Semin’s hockey career will continue for another season. Saturday, the former Capitals forward signed a one-year contract extension with HC Vityaz, which plays near Moscow.

Last season, the 35-year-old winger had 41 points in 54 games (19 goals and 22 assists). He served as one of the team’s alternate captains.

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By Ian Oland 11 months ago

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No bongos: Alex Semin gets in fight, bleeds everywhere

34-year-old Alex Semin is currently playing in the KHL again after flirting with grad school.

Wednesday, Semin’s Vityaz lost 6-0 to SKA St. Petersberg, but the former Capitals forward left an indelible mark on the game.

And by “indelible mark” I mean blood.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Alex Semin returns to the KHL, signs one-year deal with Vityaz

Ex-Capital and everyone’s favorite enigmatic Russian Alexander Semin will make his return to big-league hockey next season. Semin will play for the KHL’s Vityaz, which roughly translates as “The Knights”.

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By Graham Dumas 2 years ago

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Alex Semin comes to the US following the birth of his second child, Danil

Former Capitals forward Alexander Semin, who has been playing this season for Sokol Krasnoyarsk of Russia’s second-tier Vyschaya Khokeinaya Liga (VHL), has taken a leave of absence of unspecified duration from the club to return to the United States following the birth of his second child, Danil.

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By Graham Dumas 2 years ago

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Alex Semin, still hoping to return to the KHL, plays for a local minor league team in Krasnoyarsk

Although over the summer he enrolled in Siberian Federal University, former Capital Alexander Semin has resumed his hockey career, playing for HK Sokol Kransoyarsk, a team in Russia’s Vysshaya Khokeinaya Liga, or VHL.

The VHL is Russia’s second professional hockey league, the rough equivalent of North America’s AHL. Semin, who grew up in Krasnoyarsk, previously played four games with Sokol in the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season.

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By Graham Dumas 2 years ago

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