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Tanquam suus in- glacies factum erant’ satis, Alexander Ovechkin can servo ‘em in vieo quoque. Gennady Boguslavsky, Sovsport’s Montreal- substructio opinio, nuper asked Ovechkin pauci questions alius wouldn’t. Boguslavsky videlicet caught Ovechkin in a pulchellus mischievous mood. Gratias ago vos ut nostrum amicus quod nuper-minted paganusDmitry Chesnokov pro reddo.

Q. Si vos erant habeo vestri jersey mos tailored, quod intentio would vos pick efficio is?

Dolce & Loquax nimirum. Quod si EGO eram licitus ludo in is EGO wouldnt’ umquam take is off. Id’ somnus in is.

Q. Maybe vos mos fio a intentio ut vos receptum ex venatus?

Haud via! EGO sum non Caltha Sharapova quisnam adveho sursum per intentio of suus handbags. EGO dont’ have satis imagination illo.

Ovechkin Pie- in-- Visio

Maybe cras! guy est valde ingeniosus. Is could pick sursum a video venatus console, pick Pittsburgh ut suus team, quod ustulo 50 calx una gaming session.

Q. Est is possible ut ustulo a calx per a caput capitis in hockey?

Is est doable. Tamen vos shouldnt’ tendo – quoniam vos can vulnero vestri valde serio, ut vos won’t vel animadverto utrum is eram vos quisnam ustulo calx, maybe vos won’t vel memor vestri own nomen. Vos utor vestri caput capitis reor. Necnon, ut boxers narro, vos utor is essum.

Q. Quis nidor operor vos amo, quod quis nidor vos can’t sto?

EGO can’t sto nocens spiritus. Quod EGO diligo quam meus girlfriend nidor.

Q. Ut vos quod vestri alius guy amicitia peto a sauna, quis does vestri amicus Andrei Vestigium usitas sono?

Usitas is sono “Pour nonnullus, we’ll talk.” [Russian: “Nalivai, pogovorim”]

Q. Est is verus ut Vestigium est an prodigiosus chef?

Etiam, is can planto an prodigiosus exuro omelet in oriens.

Q. Quis mos venio si vestri lentus guy Datum Procax excito sursum in a nocens mood?

We’ll capto “ levo” is. mood, non Procax. Vos can’t levo Procax. Is trutino in procul a iugo of centum talentum.

Q. Est is possible ludo hockey in Palus?

Quidne? Illic es patefacio aer venatus in NHL iam. Tametsi nos vires have facio a fenestra in schedule aliquantulus diutius – is vires take a dum impetro ut Palus.

Q. Quis would vos narro ut Praesieo George W. Frutex si vos saw met him in lawn pro Niveus Domus?

“What’s sursum, dude? Hows’ vita?” Quod permissum him simulatio ut is doesnt’ teneo quisnam EGO sum.

Q. Have vos umquam jumped per a parachute?

Haud, suus’ valde periculum. Tamen EGO did operor tribuo [ altus suggestus]. EGO sum meditatio pro Beijing Olympics in ut castrensis. Maybe Vestigium quod EGO could operor a synchronized dive.

Q. Quisnam ero tunc erus of Lavatio Caput?

Romanorum Abramovich.

Q. Quisnam would imbibo magis beer, vos vel Kovalchuk?

Amo quispiam said una Russian movieBeer:” would exsisto valde! Haud, tantum vinum” Verumtamen, Kovy quod EGO dont’ imbibo beer.

Following yesterday’s interview with Viktor Kozlov, here is another with Alexander Ovechkin by Pavel Lynsenkov of Sovetsky Sport . Thanks again to OFB friend Dmitry Chesnokov for providing another translation.

Yesterday SovSport decided to call Alex Ovechkin and caught him in an unusual situation the Caps star was in a car driving to the wedding of his friend Ilya Nikulin.

Alexander Ovechkin photo by Pavel Lysenkov

MY WEDDING IS NOT FAR AWAY

I have come back to Moscow already, Alex says On Monday I skated with Dynamo reserves. I missed Tuesday’s skating session because I had to go to the Canadian Embassy. I was submitting all documents for a year-long Canadian visa. I can’t play in the NHL without it. People from the club called me to specifically remind me to obtain the visa. For example, on September 30th we will play Ottawa in a preseason game. Won’t it be a shame if I have to miss that game because of problems with my passport? But right now I am on my way to my friend’s wedding [Nikulin played with Ovechkin for Dynamo Moscow, but now is an AK Bars player].

What are you bringing as a wedding gift?

Actually he pretty much has everything… I had to think hard about the present. In the end I decided to get Ilya and his fiancee Katya a nice set of travel bags and suitcases for them to take them on their trips. I hope the newlyweds will like the present.

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St. Petersburg, Russia

These days Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar and other Russian NHL players are sweating at their training camp in St Petersburg. Sovetsky Sport decided to pay the guys a visit.

It is quite rare to see a dozen [Russian] NHL players live and train together. Such a training camp was conducted in Chicago last year by Vladislav Tretyak. He thought that an informal setting and “togetherness” would help the players better prepare for the World Championships in Moscow. But now there is no need to go so far to the Windy City. St. Petersburg is closer. And there is plenty of wind.

Nashville forward Alexander Radulov is the first to arrive… Alexei Semenov is next, followed by Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin (who stays with Gonchar even in St Petersburg).

Dmitry [the trainer], how many [Russian] NHL players are attending your training camp this year?

Let’s see. Ovechkin, Gonchar, Malkin, Semenov, Radulov… Viktor Kozlov is coming over tomorrow, and Sasha [Alexander] Semin is coming on Sunday. Andrei Taratukhin is also here. Andrei Nikolishin also came over but had to go back to Moscow.

What is so new about your training routine?

There was nothing new invented in the last 100 years. I used to work with figure skaters before — Olympic champions Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov. Then I switched to hockey players.

What kind of shape is Nikolishin in? Would he still be able to cut it in the NHL?

He is in the best physical shape [compared to others]. His major flaw is that he doesn’t know when to stop… [He follows] the Dynamo Moscow school. But one needs to rest as well to let the muscles repair.

Do you have Ovechkin do a lot of weight lifting?

No, he is working with a quarter of his [maximum] load. It is enough. This is because a hockey player doesn’t need to be beefed up like an elephant, but needs to be flexible and have great endurance.

Is he staying with you?

Yes, it is more convenient. And more useful. For example, I taught him how to wash dishes . . .

[At this, Ovechkin yells: “I knew how to wash the dishes!” Ovechkin is on the treadmill, then working with weights. In between he asks about the news.]

I read in Sovetsky Sport that Dynamo Moscow want to get Jeff O’Neal [to play in Russia]. Is it so?

Not exactly. Dynamo President said that they are talking with a Canadian player who was a first round pick. Eric Lindros and Jeff Friesen also fit that description.

No, those two won’t come. I heard that Lindros was going to retire. And I talked with Friesen when he played in Washington. I suggested he try to play in the Superleague. But he thinks that wild bears roam the streets in Russia. He said that he would find a team in the NHL.

How do you have fun here?

We go to the movies. Not long ago Malkin, Radulov and I went to see Transformers.

Alright, I have to go train some more.

You don’t spare yourself, Alex.

Enough rest! The new season is almost here!

Translation courtesy of Dmitry Chesnokov. Full article (untranslated) is available online at Sovietsky Sport. For the translated Ovechkin interview posted earlier, click here.