Pavel Datsyuk

Alex Semin and Alex Ovechkin score hat tricks in Semin’s farewell game in Krasnoyarsk

Alex Semin’s team defeated Team Datsyuk 10-9 in Semin’s farewell game from hockey on Thursday. Semin, 38, announced his retirement in May.

Semin’s farewell game, entitled The Match of World Hockey Stars – the Legendary Overtime, featured former Capitals teammates Alex Ovechkin and Viktor Kozlov. Other notables included Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov, former Capital Andrei Nikolishin (1998 Stanley Cup Final team), and Dallas Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin. The proceeds from the ticket sales went to orphanages in the area as well as to the development of sled hockey in Krasnoyarsk.

Semin and Ovechkin both netted hat tricks in the victory. Arguably the most beautiful play came when Semin assisted on an Ovechkin goal by chipping a pass overtop the net that fell perfectly in the crease for an Ovechkin put back.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov participate in ‘From Pure Heart’, help raise 20 million rubles for charity

On Monday, Caps’ Russians Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov participated in From Pure Heart – a charity hockey game first started in 2009 by Ilya Kovalchuk and Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin, who’s in South Florida with his wife Nastya and one-week-old baby Sergei, was unable to participate.

This year’s game took place at Shayba Arena in Sochi and featured some new international firepower. Hockey Hall of Famers Teemu Selanne and Jari Kurri joined Russian national stars Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeni Malkin, and Alexander Radulov on the ice to help raise nearly $294k for charity.

Kuznetsov and Orlov, who played on the same team as Selanne, won 10-8. Orlov registered three assists while Kuznetsov went point-less.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov participates in Ilya Kovalchuk’s ‘From Pure Heart’ charity game

Saturday in Saint Petersberg, Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov participated in the seventh annual “From Pure Heart” charity hockey game, which pitted Friends of Team SKA versus Team Kovalchuk.

Kuznetsov, who is close friends with fellow charity game player Pavel Datsyuk, sported a blue SKA number 92 jersey and the symbolism of that is rich. In the KHL, Kuznetsov’s RFA rights are owned by SKA and he nearly signed with the team during the offseason, reportedly turning down a two-year, $20 million deal.

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By Ian Oland 6 years ago

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Pavel Datsyuk: ‘The door still isn’t closed’ for NHL players to go to the Olympics

In an interview with Sovietsky Sport’s Pavel Lysenkov, former Red Wing star Pavel Datsyuk weighed in on whether he thought NHL players might make it to the Olympics this winter in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Datsyuk was more optimistic than one might have thought given what the NHL brass have had to say lately on the issue.

“On one hand, I don’t really want to get into what who they might let go [to the Olympics]. It’s not for me to say,” Datsyuk said. “On the other, we just have to wait a bit and everything will be clear. I repeat, there is a chance, and the door still isn’t closed. I think the sides can still agree, but that will happen closer to New Year’s.”

Here are his full remarks.

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By Graham Dumas 6 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin poses with his family ahead of NHL’s Top 100 Ceremony

Early Friday, Alex Ovechkin arrived in Los Angeles for the 2017 All-Star Weekend and has kept himself busy ever since. In the afternoon, Ovechkin filmed a commercial for Beats By Dre.

In the evening, Ovechkin traveled to the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles ahead of the NHL’s Top 100 Ceremony. While he had a free moment before the ceremony, Ovechkin, who is expected to be on that prestigious list, posed with his Olympic gold medal-winning mother Tatyana, his wife Nastya, his older brother Mikhail, and his father Mikhail.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Pavel Datsyuk’s SKA home debut attended by Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov

Capitals teammates Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov spent Thursday together in Russia supporting friend and former Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk. Datsyuk, who retired from the NHL over the summer, played his first home game for SKA St. Petersburg.

It took just 38 seconds for him to score.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov Serves as Guest Instructor at Pavel Datsyuk’s Skill Development Camp

Photo: Pavel Datsyuk’s Facebook page

Tuesday, Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov was busy volunteering his time, serving as a guest instructor at Pavel Datsyuk’s Skill Development Camp. With all that magic under one roof, I’m surprised the hockey rink didn’t implode.

Datsyuk, who retired from the NHL and signed a two-year deal with Ska St. Petersberg 11 days ago, thanked Kuznetsov for his contribution on his Twitter account.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov Hangs Out with Pavel Datsyuk in DC, Michael Latta Trolls the Instagram Comments

Photo: @kuzya092

While teammates Andre Burakovsky and Stan Galiev watched what the NFL billed as a “professional football” game in Maryland on Monday night, Evgeny Kuznetsov pal’d around D.C. with one of his idols, Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk.

Kuzy posted a photo of himself with Datsyuk and an unidentified other serious-looking man Monday night, using the graduation cap emoji, presumably because he’s hoping to learn a thing or two from the Russian “Magic man.”

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By Nathan Burchfiel 8 years ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov Will Play Against His Idol, Pavel Datsyuk, Tonight

Ever since the Capitals drafted Evgeny Kuznetsov in the 2010 draft, the young Russian has tried to emulate Russian NHL superstars. One of those superstars is 37-year-old magic man Pavel Datsyuk, whom Kuznetsov will face tonight in Detroit.

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By Ian Oland 8 years ago

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Apparently, Pavel Datsyuk is the Magic Man

Bad photoshop by me

After scoring one of the prettiest goals of the year, Pavel Datsyuk nabbed all the headlines after the Wings-Bruins game on Friday night. In the neutral zone, the 35-year-old Russian reached behind his body, pulled a puck through his legs, skated into Boston’s offensive zone, and scored. That was the game one game-winner.

Appreciate this ish.

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By Ian Oland 9 years ago

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