{"id":674089,"date":"2026-05-30T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/674089\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:30:09","slug":"alex-ovechkin-to-go-on-annual-long-vacation-in-turkey-before-making-decision-on-nhl-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/674089\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin to go on annual, long vacation in Turkey before making decision on NHL future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Ovechkin<\/a> is headed on vacation.<\/p>\n

The news came as Ovechkin attended a LEGO-themed party for his youngest son, who turned six on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to Match TV<\/a>, the Washington Capitals<\/a> captain and his family are traveling south from Russia for their annual beach vacation. Ovechkin has regularly chosen Turkey as his summer getaway in recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, Sasha celebrates his youngest son, Ilyusha\u2019s, birthday,\u201d a source told Match TV on Wednesday<\/a>, as translated by Google Translate. \u201cAnd soon, as is his tradition, he\u2019ll be heading to Turkey for a month at the same all-inclusive hotel where he\u2019s vacationed in recent years. He\u2019ll be doing his morning exercises again, playing beach volleyball, and leading a healthy lifestyle. Alexander hasn\u2019t changed his habits.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the first day of his Turkey vacation last year, Ovechkin, commonly known as a the GOAT around the hockey world, encountered a herd of goats<\/a>. While taking in their family\u2019s accommodations, Ovechkin\u2019s wife, Nastya Ovechkina, posted a video to her Instagram Story showing aat least 13 of the animals walking by their pool area.<\/p>\n

Ovechkin has also previously gone viral for playing shirtless beach volleyball at the resort.<\/p>\n

In the past, Ovechkin\u2019s vacation in Turkey usually lasted a full month, which aligns with his recent statement that he\u2019ll make a decision about his future in July<\/a>. Ovechkin will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, reportedly choosing between one more, one-year contract with the Capitals or retirement from the NHL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By the time Ovechkin returns home to Russia in July, he\u2019ll have approximately two months before 2026 Capitals Training Camp begins ahead of what could be his age-41 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin is headed on vacation. The news came as Ovechkin attended a LEGO-themed party for his youngest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-674089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674089","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=674089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}