Washington Capitals’ Russian captain Alexander Ovechkin translated for the capital’s new player Ivan Miroshnichenko after the preseason match against the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Miroshnichenko said in Russian during a meeting with American journalists that he was very inspired.
“Emotions were running high in the first period. Playing with people like that… I used to watch them on TV and Ovi was drafted when I was born,” the Capitals press service quotes him as saying.
Ovechkin translated Miroshnichenko’s words into English and joked during the translation after his teammate said that the current captain of the capital was born that year (2004), when the club selected him with the first pick in the NHL draft: “God, how old I have become.”
The match against Detroit ended with Washington winning 4:3. Miroshnichenko made his debut for the Capitals and had two assists. Ovechkin made an assist.
The new season in the NHL will start on the night of October 11, Moscow time. Three games will be played on the first day: the Vegas Golden Knights will face the Seattle Kraken, Nashville will play Tampa, and the Chicago Blackhawks will face the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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