{"id":316269,"date":"2025-11-27T06:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/316269\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:53:10","slug":"alex-ovechkins-sons-sergei-and-ilya-take-warmups-with-capitals-ahead-of-dads-pregame-ceremony-for-900-goals-and-1500-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/316269\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin\u2019s sons, Sergei and Ilya, take warmups with Capitals ahead of dad\u2019s pregame ceremony for 900 goals and 1,500 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/alex-ovechkin-ovi-jr-warmups-capitals.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alex Ovechkin takes the ice with Sergei and Ilya during warmups\" decoding=\"async\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8: Dr Kat from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rmnb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#crashers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of a pregame ceremony honoring him for scoring 900 goals and playing in 1,500 games, Alex Ovechkin was joined \u2014 adorably might I add \u2014 by his two sons, Sergei and Ilya, for warmups before Wednesday\u2019s game against the Winnipeg Jets.<\/p>\n<p>The two Ovi Juniors, wearing matching black Screaming Eagle jerseys, Dynamo Moscow socks, and yellow skate laces, took the ice with about two minutes remaining.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>They took some shots on Logan Thompson \u2014 and occasionally scored on the Caps starter.<\/p>\n<p>Sergei, a seven-year-old hockey prodigy, even brought out some of his slick stick-handling moves for the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, dad took a photo with his mini mes to remember the moment forever.<\/p>\n<p>But Ovechkin\u2019s sons did more than give Caps fans a glimpse \u2014 if everything goes right \u2014 of the team\u2019s future in the 2040s. Sergei and Ilya greeted Capitals players in the locker room before the game, giving them fist bumps.<\/p>\n<p>They were also in the tunnel to properly learn how to get limber with the pros, and most importantly, how to make loud noises.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll remember this night forever.<\/p>\n<p>Your dad is so cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8: Dr Kat from #crashers Ahead of a pregame ceremony honoring him for scoring 900 goals and playing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-316269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}