Alex Ovechkin belatedly celebrated his 35th birthday in Moscow on Thursday.
The sweetest moment of the party happened when Ovechkin slow danced with his mother Tatyana.
Alex Ovechkin’s parents, Tatyana and Mikhail, have been his biggest supporters throughout his hockey career. And though he seems to break a new record every other day–whether the record is from his franchise, this season, or the entirety of NHL history–they still make the time to recognize his accomplishments.
When Ovechkin scored goal number 700, Tatyana and Mikhail, who are currently in Russia, recorded a video congratulating him.
They wished he and his young family well, praised the fans in DC, and thanked the Washington Capitals “because they have this camaraderie, and love each other,” Mikhail said. “[They’re] just a great team, thank god.”
By Brennin Weiswerda 8 months ago
With his secondary assist on TJ Oshie’s goal against the Vancouver Canucks Tuesday night, Alex Ovechkin surpassed Sergei Fedorov as the highest scoring Russian in NHL history.
To mark the occasion, Ovechkin’s parents Tatyana and Mikhail wrote their son a moving letter congratulating him not just on the milestone, but how proud they are of their son for using hockey to make others happy.
By Julia Karron 2 years ago
Wednesday night, just before returning to practice from their All Star-slash-bye-week break, Caps stars Alex Ovechkin and Dmitry Orlov, together with their wives, Nastya and Varvara, and Tatyana Ovechkina attended a concert at The George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium by famed Russian singer-songwriter Aleksandr Rozenbaum.
Rozenbaum was a longtime friend of Nastya’s mother, Russian actress and director Vera Glagoleva, who died in August 2017 at the age of 61.
Of course, the whole affair was well-documented on Instagram.
By Graham Dumas 2 years ago
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin isn’t quite ready to let the Stanley Cup out of his sight. Over the last 48-hours, since winning the championship with the Capitals Thursday, Ovechkin has celebrated in the MGM hotel lobby, partied in a Vegas nightclub, on the Caps flight back to DC, a Clarendon bar, Nationals Park, and Georgetown Waterfront.
Saturday evening was, by comparison, a much quieter affair. Ovi finally took the cup home, along with his Conn Smythe trophy, and spent the evening with his family, friends, and the other Caps Russians.
By Donya Abramo 2 years ago
On Monday, a derecho, a line of storms with heavy winds, hit the Washington DC area, causing thousands of homes to lose power. Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was one of those affected, and he had an interesting way to pass the time until the power came back on.
By Donya Abramo 2 years ago
Alex Ovechkin has hit a number of milestones in his career. Several have come during the 2017-18 season, including his 1,100th point, his 500th assist, and now his 600th goal.
Many of Ovechkin’s career milestones have happened with his parents, Mikhail and Tatyana, in the stands. Though they were in Moscow when their son tallied goal number 600, that didn’t stop them from penning an emotional letter on NHL.com/ru.
By Donya Abramo 3 years ago
There are three certainties in life. Death, taxes, and Tatyana Ovechkina sitting alone at Caps games.
Except Saturday night at Verizon Center, Tatyana sat with her family, changing up a decade-long tradition that started when Alex Ovechkin was a teenaged Capitals player.
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.
Wednesday night, Alex Ovechkin scored his 1,000th point in front of his hometown fans. Ovechkin’s wife Nastya was also in attendance as well as the Russian machine’s parents, Mikhail and Tatyana.
Unlike Ovechkin’s 500th goal celebration, Ovi’s family was not featured in NBCSN’s national telecast of the game. The Ovechkins did however talk to Sovetsky Sport’s Pavel Lysenkov.
“We just returned home from the game,” Mikhail Ovechkin said to Lysenkov as translated by Igor Kleyner. “Of course we are very happy. What a day! We are proud of our son. As a father, I am very pleased. Put it right on the front page of Sovetsky Sport. But now I want to pass the phone to Tatyana. Let her talk about Sasha, she is better at that than I am.”
“It’s a great day,” responded Tatyana Ovechkina. “This is real happiness. It took Sasha only 35 seconds to score his goal. He didn’t want anybody to wait for too long for this point. He had a chance, and he took it. A timely shot, he caught the goalie. Turned out to be a pretty goal.”
