Report: Washington Capitals could play NHL regular season game in Russia next...
Sport-Express’ Igor Eronko reported on Monday evening that the Washington Capitals have a week to come to an agreement to play a regular season NHL game in Russia next season. According to Eronko, NHL...
View ArticleReport: The Washington Capitals will not play a game in Russia next season
The Washington Post reported in November that the Washington Capitals were interested in playing an NHL regular-season game in Russia as soon as next year. “We’ve talked about different things...
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What is That Weird Song Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin Are Singing So Poorly?
For those of you whose lives literally stop until we post about that thing Ovechkin just did on social media, I would like to apologize on behalf of the entire blog for being more than 48 hours late...
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Russian Astronomer Names Newly Discovered Asteroid After Alex Ovechkin
Photo: Leonid Elenin’s Facebook On March 31, 2009, Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin discovered an asteroid. Some five years later, Elenin has chosen the perfect name for it: Alex Ovechkin. Elenin, who...
View ArticleRussia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics as national team announces Channel...
Debate raged for months about the NHL’s seemingly small decision to forbid its players from participating in next year’s Winter Olympics games. One of the league’s biggest opponents was Capitals...
View ArticleAlex Ovechkin wants ‘no more war’, hopes Russia’s conflict with Ukraine ends...
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin spoke to the media today following the team’s practice in Philadelphia. Ovechkin answered questions about Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine and whether or...
View ArticleNHL condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, suspends all business...
The National Hockey League rebuked Russia’s invasion of democratic Ukraine on Monday. The league is suspending all business with its Russian partners moving forward. The NHL also announced that it is...
View ArticleNHL says Stanley Cup will not travel to Russia or Belarus this summer
Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine continues to have repercussions for Russian and Belarusian-born players across the NHL. Wednesday, during the NHL’s pre-Stanley Cup Final press conference, deputy...
View ArticleRussian State Duma preparing bill that will require athletes to pay...
The Russian State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports is preparing a bill that would rquire Russian athletes to pay compensation in the event of a change of citizenship. The proposed payments...
View ArticleAlex Ovechkin says Capitals were scheduled to play St. Louis Blues in Russia...
The Washington Capitals have never played an NHL regular-season game outside of North America but they were very close to doing so during the 2020-21 season. Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin revealed the...
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