21 August, 2008

Russia Came, Russia Conquered, and Russia Was Very Well Covered

Congratulations not only to Team Russia for its performance at the Worlds but for the excellent coverage of the tournament by Sovetsky Sport, Russia’s largest newspaper.

The Russian Hockey Federation was thrilled with SovetskySport’s coverage of the team at Worlds, so much so that they were the only print media allowed in the dressing room after Sunday’s gold medal win. They were also the only print media invited to fly back with the team on their charter back to Moscow. According to our good friend Dmitry Chesnokov, a lot of stories from that champions’ flight will forever remain unpublished.

Incidentally, these Russian hockey players — they’re a rather photogenic bunch, aren’t they?

The Alexes Biting Gold - photo by Pavel Lysenkov
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18 Comments

  1. chanuck wrote:

    I have to say Semin is a bizzare dresser. DSCS can’t say nothing on how I dress.

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 10:22 am | Permalink
  2. JR wrote:

    Can we burn this photo?

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 10:51 am | Permalink
  3. Not only won’t we burn the pic, JR, but I think we’ll run it again, next spring, beside one of these two kissing Lord Stanley’s Cup.

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 11:06 am | Permalink
  4. JR wrote:

    I don’t know guys…to me this is like the Jagr in a dress pic. :-)

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 11:15 am | Permalink
  5. zelda wrote:

    JR, you’ve got to admit that the Killer Rabbit has a mighty fine set of teeth, though.

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 11:22 am | Permalink
  6. b.orr4 wrote:

    That’s an image that I’m sure will be plastered all over the Pens message boards. At least we have the photo of Malkin and Stall making out to counter.

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 11:23 am | Permalink
  7. steph wrote:

    Appears Chanuck has been staying up too late with the little one - I think he meant DCSC ;-)

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 1:33 pm | Permalink
  8. Zman wrote:

    I’m going to pretend I never say this photo. Eww….

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:46 pm | Permalink
  9. Why does Semin look like Katherine Hepburn on crack?

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:51 pm | Permalink
  10. JR wrote:

    It’s more like a Mick Jagger/David Bowie pic from the 80s and let’s not even go there, actually….

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 3:38 pm | Permalink
  11. Puddin_an_Semin wrote:

    how come no one mentioned the fact that they both have the exact same sunglasses! for some reason that bothers me more than anything! LOL

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 5:46 pm | Permalink
  12. i wrote:

    haha that’s a great picture
    semin and ovie have the same glasses, it’s not like semin chose them! although before games, he seems to wear the same black shirt/purple tie combo a LOT
    i’m not a stalker, he’s my neighbor! :]

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 6:22 pm | Permalink
  13. SovSport wrote:

    I think both of them will give any haters a head start when it comes to women. With or without this picture :)

    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 6:45 pm | Permalink
  14. hot4laich wrote:

    I love Ovie…but this is just wrong…At least they don’t have matching hearts on their necklaces…wait, what is that on Ovie’s??
    I will forever have this horrid image emblazened on my memory thank you very much!

    Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 9:29 am | Permalink
  15. Will we be getting any more Dmitry-translated news/interviews?

    Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 1:28 pm | Permalink
  16. Absolutely, Scott.

    Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 1:30 pm | Permalink
  17. an wrote:

    КРÐ?СÐ?ВЦЫ!

    Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 2:06 pm | Permalink
  18. OVECHKIN8 wrote:

    LOVEE THE PIC HAHAHAHA

    Monday, May 26, 2008 at 3:56 pm | Permalink

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