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Kirill Marchenko: “He believed that Ovechkin would beat Gretzky’s record. I dreamed of seeing it with my own eyes “

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6 months ago

June 23, 2025

Jon

Kirill Marchenko: “He believed that Ovechkin would beat Gretzky’s record. I dreamed of seeing it with my own eyes “

Alexander Ovechkin / Photo: © Sarah Stier / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

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).

“I am going to play in the Stanley Cup final next season” – Forward “Columbus” Marchenko

Source: Sportbox

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

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Junior World Hockey Championship. 8 goals and almost a tournament record for Finland

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6 minutes ago

December 29, 2025

Robert

Junior World Hockey Championship. 8 goals and almost a tournament record for Finland

The third day of competitions at the Junior World Hockey Championship held in the USA has ended.

After defeating Denmark with a score of 6:2, the Finnish team also defeated Latvia with a score of 8:0. The Latvian team, which was only defeated by Canada in extra time, did not have the strength to cope with another strong opponent.

The Finnish team outscored its opponent with 41:7 (an anti-record at the World Championships – six shots per game).

Finnish hockey players lead the group with 6 points, while Latvia is in second place with one point.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group B

Finland – Latvia 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)

Discs: 04:11 Hemming – 1:0, 14:19 Kukhta – 2:0, 19:16 Verstergaard – 3:0, 21:37 Hemming – 4:0, 34:06 Saareleinen – 5:0, 42:51 Versterinen – 6:0, 45:35 Ruohonen – 7:0, 50:31 Bolius – 8:0

Goalkeepers: Rimpinen – Vekvanag

Source: Sport UA

Robert

I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.

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Junior World Hockey Championship. The comeback and victory of one of the favorites

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8 hours ago

December 28, 2025

Robert

Junior World Hockey Championship. The comeback and victory of one of the favorites

The third day of matches in the elite league of the U-20 World Youth Hockey Championship has started.

The Swedish team, which started the tournament with a difficult victory against Slovakia, defeated the Swiss team with a score of 3-2 today. And again there were difficulties for one of the favorites.

The Swedes lost 1:2 but scored three goals in the third period to win.

While Sweden and the USA are leaders in the group with six points, Switzerland is in last place with two losses.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Swedish – Switzerland 4:2 (1:1, 0:1, 3:0)

Discs: 00:53 Nilson (Salin, Valenius) – 1:0, 14:27 Weidacher – 1:1, 38:22 Steiner (Mooji) – 1:2, 40:57 Bjork (Frondell) – 2:2, 46:28 Pettersson (Danielsson, Nilsson) – 3:2, 59:13 Pettersson – 4:2

Goalkeepers: Harenstam – Neuenschwander

Source: Sport UA

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Derby day in the NHL. New York and Florida Wars, 7 goals for Toronto, success for San Jose

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23 hours ago

December 28, 2025

Robert

Derby day in the NHL. New York and Florida Wars, 7 goals for Toronto, success for San Jose

The NHL returned after the Christmas break and several derbies took place on the first day of play.

New York Islanders beat the Rangers with a score of 2:0 on their home ice, extending their streak to five and taking second place in their league behind Carolina.

Another battle between neighbors Florida and Tampa Bay ended 4:2 in favor of the Lightning. Both teams in the Atlantic Group are in the top 4.

Maple won the Canadian derby between Toronto and Ottawa 7:5, while forward Auston Matthews scored three points. That’s right, Toronto is still second to last in the East.

In the west, Calgary won its derby against Edmonton 3-2, but Oilers captain Connor McDavid scored in 12 straight games.

Among other results, we highlight San Jose’s victory over Vancouver 6:3 thanks to McClean Celebrini’s 20th goal of the season, as well as table leaders Colorado’s hard-fought victory over Vegas 6:5 in the penalty shootout.