Ovechkin, Kovalchuk in hockey friendly in Moscow
While Moscow Dynamo United went for training camp in Belarus, Ovechkin stayed in Moscow. As he said in an interview, he planned to train with Kovalchuk under the guidance of Kovalchuk's personal trainer and join Dynamo when they would be back from Belarus.
Ovi and Kovi might also participate in hockey show and friendly game described below by our field reporter Emily:
AIF.: The sports forum will start in Moscow on July 29, 2010. This event will be attended by chief executives of the country. What will happen there, what are the goals and who is expected as guests?
Baidakov (Vice-Mayor of Moscow): The forum "Russia as a Sports Power" will be held in Moscow for the first time. We are expecting 2700 delegates: there will be professionals, leaders of the Federations, directors of sports schools, athletes, representatives of the business. The foreign delegation will be very representative, by the International Olympic Committee. The heads of 17 international sports federations have already agreed.
AIF: As far as I know, there will be the show, where the legends of hockey with meet with the state government officials?
Baidakov: This idea was born from a group of fans of the game in the Moscow and Russian government. Zhukov, Nurgaliyev, Shoigu, Fetisov will play.. The veterans of the Soviet hockey will play against them. This game will be open and friendly. For more entertainment we plan to invite Kovalchuk and Ovechkin. The game will be held before the opening of the Forum.
Source: www.aif.ru/society/article/36305
I am pretty sure Tyurkin will be there too.
Update:
This game has already happened today. Ovi and Kovi didn't play, but I guess they were maybe honored guests. The video report doesn't say anything about them: http://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Hokkej/spbvideo_Sostoyalsya-match-Legendi-hokkeya-protiv-sbornoy-pravitelistva-RF
Ovi is not available to entertain us here, but we can watch his rookie season on YouTube.
This is not truly HD because back then the hockey games were not in HD, but it's still a pretty good quality, enjoy...
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Is Kovy even in Russia now? I would think that he would be in the US working on the mess with his contract. Maybe he's letting his agent deal with that though and is back in Russia to work out with Ovie.
Looking forward to seeing some pics of Ovie at this event.
"Let's start a riot"
Well, Ovie started something in his rookie season, for sure. The talent, skill, showmanship, star power, it was there for all to see right from the beginning. And it only got better.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane TJ.
I have to admit, though, I much prefer the Ovie of the past 3 seasons for several reasons:
1-he grew up and bulked up, if you catch my drift.
2-the Caps recent jerseys are much more flattering. The color red is so much more appealing than the drab black of the Capitol dome or blue and gold of the awful eagle logo. The newer jerseys are also much more tapered, streamlined, and form fitting. Thank you, thank you, thank you NHL for switching to these new jerseys, just as Ovie grew into them. Those aren't just his shoulder pads filling them up.
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