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“Ovechkin is in good shape and doing what he did well before” – Plyushchev

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3 weeks ago

December 1, 2025

Jon

“Ovechkin is in good shape and doing what he did well before” – Plyushchev

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

Former Russian national team coach Vladimir Plyushchev told Match TV that Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin is in good shape.

This season, Ovechkin has scored 12 goals and provided 14 assists. He updated his own record for goals in the NHL regular season – he scored 909 goals. Taking into account the playoff matches, the Russian has 986 goals, according to this indicator he is second only to Canadian Wayne Gretzky (1016).

— If a person scores regularly and is noted for his good actions on the court, then we can probably say that he is in good shape, that he is doing what he did well before and is doing now. Everything is going in the positive direction in which, probably, the club’s leaders wanted to see him, and he wanted to see himself on the court. He shouldn’t be a statist.

— Will they be able to take the Stanley Cup this season or is it too early to talk about it?

— The NHL season has just begun, so you can talk about anything, draw conclusions… You can dream. To do the analyzes professionally – no, of course,” Plyushchev told Match TV.

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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With the strengthening of the composition. Storm scored 8 goals in the derby

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2 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Robert

With the strengthening of the composition. Storm scored 8 goals in the derby

The Ukrainian hockey championship match took place between Storm and Odeshchina. The meeting ended with a score of 8:3 in Storm’s favor.

It should also be said that the team, which had major problems in its squad and regularly played with 12-13 hockey players, received important reinforcements from Dnepr. Five new artists appeared in the application of Odessa residents and brought immediate results.

Newcomers Laktionov, Chupryna and Deliy scored two points each.

The teams have 17 points and share 3-4 places.

Ukrainian Hockey Championship

Storm – Odeshchina 8:3 (2:0, 3:2, 3:1)

Discs: 11:28 Chuprina (Laktionov, Stotsky) – 1:0, 15:10 Mosyuk (Trushchenko, Poimanov) – 2:0, 24:06 Ponomarev (Ratushny) – 3:0, 24:40 Khanin – 3:1, 25:12 Dvornik (Bechtold) – 3:2, 31:58 Ruzhitsky (Laktionov) – 4:2, 34:05 Laktionov (Deliy, Chuprina) – 5:2, 42:19 Deliy (Derkach, Chuprina) – 6:2, 44:22 Reyuka (Poimanov, Ratushny) – 7:2, 52:30 Tailor (Kutsevich) – 8:2, 57:40 Hear -8:3

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. Calendar and match results

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8 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Robert

Junior World Hockey Championship. Calendar and match results

Traditionally, one of the most interesting hockey tournaments of the year begins – the U-20 World Junior Championship in the elite league. The tournament will take place in the USA from December 26 to January 5.

The American team will defend the title it won in Canada a year ago. However, Maple will try to heal herself after the failure.

The teams are divided into two groups of 5 teams, the top 4 will advance to the play-offs and the last two will compete for survival among the elite.

Group A: USA, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany

Group B: Finland, Czech Republic, Canada, Latvia, Denmark

Calendar

Group A

26 December

Sweden – Slovakia. Starts at 20:00

27 December

Germany – USA. Starts at 01:00

Slovakia – Germany. Starts at 21:00

28 December

USA – Switzerland. Starts at 01:00

Sweden – Switzerland. Starts at 21:00

29 December

Germany – Sweden. Starts at 20:00

30 December

Slovakia – USA. Starts at 01:00

Switzerland – Germany. Starts at 21:00

31 December

Switzerland – Slovakia. Starts at 20:00

January 1

USA – Sweden. Starts at 01:00

Group B

26 December

Denmark – Finland. Starts at 22:30

27 December

Czech Republic – Canada. Starts at 03:30

Latvia – Canada. Starts at 23:30

28 December

Denmark – Czech Republic. Starts at 03:30

Finland – Latvia. Starts at 23:30

29 December

Finland – Czech Republic. Starts at 22:30

30 December

Canada – Denmark. Starts at 03:30

Latvia – Denmark. Starts at 23:30

31 December

Czech Republic – Latvia. Starts at 22:30

January 1

Canada – Finland. Starts at 03:30

Source: Sport UA

Robert

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NHL. Triumphs of Tampa Bay and Philadelphia, failures of Anaheim and Los Angeles

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9 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Robert

NHL. Triumphs of Tampa Bay and Philadelphia, failures of Anaheim and Los Angeles

Tampa Bay continues to battle for the lead in the NHL’s Atlantic Division. Today Lightning, St. They beat St. Louis on the ice with a score of 4:1, with tall forward Darren Reddish scoring a goal and two assists.

Tampa sits second in the league, two points behind Detroit with one game remaining.

Philadelphia is doing well, beating Vancouver 5:2 to move into second place in the Metropolitan Division. True, competition in the league is tight and the second place is separated from the penultimate by a few points.