{"id":817133,"date":"2026-08-18T01:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/817133\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T01:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:18:08","slug":"tatyana-ovechkina-shares-how-shed-like-alex-ovechkin-to-end-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/817133\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatyana Ovechkina shares how she\u2019d like Alex Ovechkin to end his career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Ovechkin\u2019s<\/a> mother envisions the same ending to her son\u2019s career as he does.<\/p>\n

Speaking to RIA Novosti<\/a>, Ovechkina stated she hopes Ovechkin ends his career where it started and also where she currently serves as president of the women\u2019s basketball team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s up to him,\u201d Ovechkina said<\/a>, per a translation by Google Translate. \u201cI\u2019d like to see him in a Dynamo jersey, but that\u2019s a matter of time. He\u2019ll make his own decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ovechkin is a product of Dynamo Moscow\u2019s youth hockey system, joining the club\u2019s school at age 10<\/a>, around the year 1995. He made his senior debut on November 14, 2001, at the age of 16, helping Dynamo to a 2\u20131 road win over Krylya Sovetov in the Russian Superleague. At the time, Ovechkin had the youngest senior-team debut in history. <\/p>\n

During his four seasons as a young star with the club, Ovechkin recorded 69 points (36g, 33a) in 152 games, leading his hometown team to the Russian Superleague championship in 2005 before leaving for the Washington Capitals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ovechkin later returned to the Blue & White for another season during the NHL lockout in 2012-13, skating on a line with Nicklas Backstrom and Leo Komarov and posting 40 points (19g, 21a) in 31 games. Midseason, when the lockout ended, Ovechkin rejoined the Capitals but technically became a KHL champion in the spring, when Dynamo went on to capture the Gagarin Cup.<\/p>\n

As Ovechkin has entered the twilight of his career, he\u2019s told reporters consistently<\/a> that he\u2019d like to wrap things up playing for his original team \u2014 something his longtime centerman, Nicklas Backstrom, is currently doing in Sweden with Bryn\u00e4s IF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy last game in hockey will be for Dynamo Moscow,\u201d Ovechkin recently said on FONBET\u2019s FONtour 2026 World Cup video in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While it remains unclear if the Russian sniper will play a final game<\/a> or a final full season with his KHL club (whom he currently serves as an advisor for<\/a>), Ovechkin still has unfinished business in North America. <\/p>\n

Over the summer, he signed a one-year extension with the Capitals<\/a>, putting him in line to play a 22nd season in the NHL \u2014 with hopes that he could hit 1,000 career goals<\/a> if he has the health and desire to do so.<\/p>\n

Ovechkina, the reason why Ovechkin wears number 8 in the NHL<\/a>, was supportive of her son\u2019s decision to return to the Caps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, I\u2019m glad that Sasha signed a new contract with Washington,\u201d she said<\/a>. \u201cHe will play another season at the highest level. I\u2019m glad he made this decision together with his family. This is life, and the family should be united; the whole family should think about what will happen and how this or that decision will work out.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did the right thing by consulting with his family. Sasha has a wonderful wife and wonderful children. They all supported Sasha, and he decided to spend another season in the NHL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin\u2019s mother envisions the same ending to her son\u2019s career as he does. Speaking to RIA Novosti,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-817133","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\/817133","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=817133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}