The father of Russian hockey player “Washington” Ovechkin died at the age of 72

prt scr youtube.com | Lyssenkov TelevisionRussian Washington Capitals striker Alexander Ovechkin has died aged 71.

Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, who left the Washington location for family reasons, announced his father’s death on social media. A relative of the 2018 Stanley Cup winner has died in the Moscow region. Ovechkin asked fans to “understand” the situation and not to disturb his family.

prt scr instagram*.com (activity on social networks banned in Russia because extremist) | @aleksandrovechkinofficial

The father of the Russian hockey player was hospitalized in January. In the last days of his life, Ovechkin Sr. struggled with an exacerbation of a chronic disease – a dissecting aneurysm.

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