Skater Kostomarov called the hockey player Ovechkin a great athlete
Olympic champion in ice dancing Roman Kostomarov spoke about meeting the striker of the National Hockey League Club (NHL) “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin. His words are given by Sport24.
The skater said that he did not communicate with a hockey player for long, but managed to understand his size. He called Ovechkin a great athlete. “There are almost no such people in the world,” Kostomarov said.
This season, Ovechkin scored 31 goals and made 17 assists in 45 matches. Thus, the hockey player brought the total number of goals in the NHL regular championships to 882. The Russian reduced the lag behind the Canadian Wayne Gretzka record in the number of goals in regular championships to 10.
Together with Washington, Ovechkin in 2018 won the Stanley Cup. In addition, the striker is a three -time world champion in the Russian national team (2008, 2012, 2014).
Source: Lenta
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