Former presenter of “Match TV” and “KHL TV” Daria Mironova, who now lives in the USA, reacted in her social networks to the honor of the US military by the forward of the National Hockey League (NHL) club Ovechkin.
“What will the MPs say? Can they dare to do this?!” — Mironova wrote.
Four US Army soldiers engaged in a symbolic confrontation, after which Ovechkin shook hands with one of them.
The Islanders-Washington match ended with a score of 1:4. After this match, the 38-year-old Russian has 826 goals in the NHL regular championship; According to this indicator, the captain of the Russian team ranks second after Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who scored 894 goals. Ovechkin has 68 goals left to reach his record.
Ovechkin opened the scoring of the match with the goal he scored in the 10th minute of the first period, with an assist from Evgeny Kuznetsov, another Russian striker of the capital. Ovechkin also scored five seconds before the final siren. The striker broke the goalless streak that lasted for six matches.
Ovechkin before was praised Washington’s youth.