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Kirill Marchenko: “He believed that Ovechkin would beat Gretzky’s record. I dreamed of seeing it with my own eyes “
Kirill Marchenko said the Russian striker of Columbus on the air of Match TV, which he dreamed of seeing how Washington striker Alexander Ovechkin will set a sniper NHL record.
In the season – 2024/25 Ovechkin became the best sniper in the history of regular NHL championships with 897 goals. Earlier, the record belonged to Wayne Gretzki (894), the Russian exceeded the achievement of the Canadian on April 6 in the match with the New York Ailenders (1: 4).
– This is my idol. The role model is for me, I copied everything from it: yellow laces, club. This is my favorite player.
He believed that he would beat Gretzky’s record. I dreamed of seeing it with my own eyes.
I wanted it to happen in the match with the Columbus. Our goalkeepers did not want this as much as possible, but who would ask them (smiles)? We even joked with Voronkov: I go out and immediately beat someone on my hands for removal, Dima comes out – he does the same. Let them play a little “five by three” (laughs).
But he even got ahead of the schedule. This is a huge achievement, and everyone is proud of this, ”Marchenko said on the program“ Loud ”on the TV channel“ Match TV ”.
Given the playoffs of the 39 -year -old Ovechkin 974 goals in the NHL, according to this indicator, he goes the second after Gretzka (1016).
Source: Sportbox
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