Hockey players, especially superstars like Alexander Ovechkin, typically don’t have a problem meeting women. But who would’ve thought that Ovechkin would find his latest girlfriend online? Courtesy of the Washington Post’s Reliable Source:
According to her interview with SovSport, the two met online last fall after she clicked on his profile on Odnoklassniki, a Russian equivalent of Classmates.com or Facebook, on which they were linked by a mutual friend. Ovechkin saw that she had visited his profile and wrote to her — but she refused to believe it was the real Ovechkin until he gave an interview to SovSport in which he said “hello to SPY,” her online name.
“I still was cautious,” she told the paper. “[He] used such beautiful words and spoke about such serious things! But he only saw my photos!” He won her over with phone calls, teddy bears, roses. “He’d send me a [text message] 10 minutes before the start of the game, and even in between during the breaks, [saying] ‘Thinking of you’ or ‘Honey, I scored this goal in your honor.’ ”
The girly girl in me thinks that’s incredibly sweet. It’s also a cute way to sweep someone off her feet; who wouldn’t be thrilled to have a goal scored in her honor? I just hope he’s not too distracted, what with the pre-game and intermission texting.
Apparently it’s not just those mega-contracts that motivate Ovie. Here’s hoping he stays happy for a long time! (God forbid we have to see another breakup similar to the Jagr/Miss Slovakia episode.)
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“he saw only my photos!” — this is the marksmanship of shallowness, I say! The fully-formed, honorable courting male seeks an appreciation of a woman’s inner beauty, first.
This is what I have been told.
A little concerned that she is blabbing to the press so early in their relationship, may mean that she is more of a gold digger than anything else, but whatever make his happy and keeps him scoring those goals is alright with me.
(but what do I know, I might just be jealous)
Texting during intermission….thats awesome! As long as he keeps scoring, he can text from the bench for all I care. Hell, put a cell in the penalty box, so he can write her from there! Whatever keeps him happy!
As long as he doesn’t grow a mullet it and perm it like Jagr – Ovie can do no wrong!
*sigh* what girl doesn’t want to be swept off her feet!?!
But seriously they really haven’t been together all that long so I’d be a little leary of her talking to the press as well. But hey what do I know about their relationship!? Not a darn thing!
How dare you mention Ovie and Jagr in the same paragraph. Utterly disgusting. Go to your room and come back when you have learned some manners.
If Jagr (aka Puffnuts) lack of performance while with the Caps is explained by his break up, what is his excuse now?
dang I have trouble with the whole meet them unless I’m singing “You’ve lost that loving feelin” on a karaoke night
LOL Klay! You’re right, I should know better
Here’s a pic of the couple:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/elicea_009/ovie-girlfriend-022007.jpg
Here is a clip to them at the Wiz game last night.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/02/love_in_the_verizon_center_sta.html
Well, as long as we get a win tonight against the Islanders I don’t care how head-over-heels for love he is. But really, only after seeing pictures? Personality comes before skinny and blond, k?
Anywone think this may be one of the reasons he watches the scoreboard in warmups…seeing if she is texting him on the jumbotron?
@Tyler:
And what’s wrong with a mullet…it’s a hockey haircut!
She’s so cute…I hope it works out for them…but that’s the sappy girl in me coming out. I’m with you DCSC!
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