Alexander Ovechkin continues to approach Wayne Gretzky’s record. Even an injury could not greatly hinder the Russian hockey player on the path to a great achievement. Fans are looking forward to seeing their favorite immortalize his name. And some are even ready to sacrifice something very valuable and important.

The young hockey player parted with her lucky stick, believing that this should help Alexander get closer to the coveted record.

“Ovi na fart”

Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin continues to approach Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record. After the puck against the Ottawa Senators, the Russian now has 874 goals, with another 20 left to repeat the result of the star Canadian. Hockey fans on both sides of the ocean, partners and rivals, as well as Gretzky himself, are looking forward to updating the record. One of the Russian’s fans even decided to give him her lucky hockey stick.

15-year-old Maria Kundashkina from Tambov plays hockey – the girl is good at it, she has already scored more than a hundred goals. The athlete probably has many more goals ahead, but she will score with a new stick. And the one that brought good luck on the ice, the young athlete decided to send to her idol, believing that Ovechkin needed it more now.

Alexander Ovechkin / Photo: © Patrick Smith / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

Masha wrote “Ovi na fart” on the stick and sent it to Washington. The cute video went viral on many sports channels, and fans were delighted with the idea of ​​the young hockey player. But in a short video it all happened with lightning speed: here the girl signs the stick, and then the stick is sent somewhere overseas. In fact, everything was somewhat more complicated.

Way to Washington

The injury to Alexander Ovechkin, which the Washington hockey player received at the end of last year, greatly upset Maria. But how could she help the forward while in Tambov? The girl decided to give her something that had brought her good luck in her still short sports career. But she didn’t know any easy ways to contact the Capitals captain.

First, Masha demonstrated the capabilities of the stick on camera, showing that it was convenient for her to score from “Ovechkin’s office.” And then the search for a connection with the hockey player began. It was not possible to do this through the Washington press service, but we managed to find the right people in the Dynamo structure. The stick went to the “blue and white” match, where it was handed over to agent Gleb Chistyakov, who promised to transport the lucky stick to the striker with the help of his mother Tatyana.

Dynamo hockey players / Photo: © KHL / Kuzmin Yuri

After some time, the parcel reached Alexander, and he, of course, did not leave Maria without an answer. The hockey player recorded a touching video message, thanked the athlete for the gift and invited her to the Alexander Ovechkin Cup children’s and youth hockey tournament. By the way, while the lucky stick was moving to Washington, Ovi managed to recover from his injury and began scoring goals again. If the talisman began to work on its way to the USA, then perhaps it will be even more effective on the spot. Then Gretzky’s record will fall sooner than one might expect.