Alexander Ovechkin celebrated his 40th birthday with his children

Russian hockey player, captain of the National Hockey League (NHL) club Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin celebrated his 40th birthday with his family. The hockey player's wife Anastasia Shubskaya posted a photo from the holiday on social media on September 17.

In the shot, the hockey player appeared with his sons Sergey and Ilya and festive golden balls stacked in the number "40".

"Birthday morning," Anastasia wrote on an Instagram photo (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist in Russia and banned).

"I'm proud of Ovechkin's record as a simple Russian peasant"

Eight—time champion of Russia Oleg Romantsev - about who doesn't like the strong, about Zenit and possible matches of the national team on neutral fields

The athlete has broken many records in the course of his career, the most important one was set this spring. On April 18, Ovechkin scored the 897th goal of his career. Thus, he updated the record for goals in regular NHL matches. On August 17, he entered the Russian Book of Records as the best sniper in the history of the regular league championships.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.