Alex and his wife, Anastasia Shubskaya, pose at the 2018 NHL Awards
Credit: Washington Capitals Photography
House, some of the museums. The D.C. area is
very cool so you can go and do whatever you
want and are always going to have fun.”
The Ovechkins currently live in McLean, close
to the cool new developments and shopping
malls at Tysons Corner, but Alex had a few
different houses before settling down there.
“I lived on 16th St. my first seven years and
then I moved into McLean,” he said.
His new home is in a “great area with
unbelievable neighborhoods,” he said. “If you
want to go to shopping, it’s over there. If you
want to go to a restaurant, it’s over there. I
have a kid right now so there’s lots of stuff
going on around over there.”
Having played in the final game of the entire
2017 – 2018 NHL season, the Capitals had
a shorter offseason than teams that didn’t
make the playoffs — but that’s not a bad
problem to have.
“It was a short summer, obviously. I’d rather
have that summer all the time than four
months to do nothing and watch somebody
else celebrate with the Cup,” Ovechkin said.
Having won a Stanley Cup, the Conn Smythe
Trophy, the Prince of Wales Trophy, seven
Richard Trophies, several Hart Trophies,
eight Kharmalov Trophies, and played in the
Olympics, NHL All-Star games and World
Championships, Ovechkin said he still has one
major career goal to achieve.
“I still need the Olympic gold,” he said, as
the NHL chose not to participate in the 2018
Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South
Korea, where Olympic Athletes from Russia
ultimately won the gold medals. Ovechkin
instead has his sights set on Beijing, China, for
the 2022 Winter Olympics.
When he is not dominating on the ice,
spending time with his family or enjoying
the best that Washington, D.C. has to offer,
Ovechkin takes the opportunity to help those
less fortunate.
“I just like to help people out because I think
God gave me what I have, and I think you have
to share with the kids, with people who need
it,” he said. “And I love to do that. I think this
organization does a great job to support all the
people who needs help.”
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