Love, Russian Style
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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