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Alexander Ovechkin
Personal data
Age / 24 years
Growth / 188 cm
Weight / 106 kg
Hometown / Moscow
Family / Mother-Tatyana Ovechkina (Kabaeva), Olympic champion-1976 as part of the USSR national team in basketball
Game number / 8
Role / left extreme forward
Cloud -grip / right
An important detail / loves to play in helmets with a darkened visor, but this is not always allowed by the organizers of the tournaments
Career
The current club / Washington Capitals (since 2005)
Previous club / Moscow "Dynamo" (2001 - 2005)
Achievements in the Russian Championship / Super League champion in Dynamo (2005)
Achievements in the NHL / Best beginner of the year (2006), the best player of the year (2008, 2009), the best scorer of the regular season (2008), the best sniper of the regular season (2008, 2009)
Experience in the Russian national team / world champion among youth teams (2005), world champion (2008), bronze medalist of the world championships (2005, 2007), member of the Olympics (2006)
An important fact / in November 2009 missed in the NHL championship two and a half weeks due to shoulder injury
Read all the dossier to the Russian Olympic team