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Alex Ovechkin picked quite the time to win the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals.
With the World Cup in Russia this summer, Ovechkin got his chance to take hockey’s holy grail to the pinnacle of soccer competition on Saturday at the World Cup’s Fan Fest venue.
Speaking to NHL.com’s Tom Gulitti, Ovechkin said he’s dreamed of being in the position he is now in.
“I’m going to share it with all the people who I know, people who I don’t know,” he said. “But I’m just going to share my moment with them because lots of fans haven’t seen it, never touched it.”
Ovi has made his way to the #WorldCup with the Stanley Cup! pic.twitter.com/ztQY5EnAmZ
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) July 7, 2018
There was another special moment on Saturday.
Ovechkin visited the Dynamo Hockey School in Novogorsk, his hometown rink, where he was met by his father, Mikhail.
Ovechkin handed the Cup to his father for the first time. According to a report, Mikhail had to be hospitalized before the playoffs began was deemed too ill to travel to watch his son hoist the cup.
Alex Ovechkin hands the Stanley Cup to his father, Mikhail, for the first time. pic.twitter.com/5exWMvAZyz
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) July 7, 2018
Washington Capitals equipment manager Craig “Woody” Leydig took his turn with the Stanley Cup on July 3 and he took it to the temporary offices of the Capital Gazette after a horrific shooting left five of the paper’s employees dead last week.
July Fourth was John Carlson’s day with the Stanley Cup. He started by sharing it with local firefighters, the Children’s National Medical Center and a fundraiser benefiting DIPG.
Scott Billeck is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @scottbilleck