A ticket from Ovechkin's first match was sold at auction for $ 10,5 thousand.

A ticket from the debut match of Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin in the National Hockey League (NHL) was sold at auction for $10,5 thousand. This was announced on February 26 by journalist Darren Rovell on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

The ticket was sold with the autograph of the acting captain, the website notes href="https://aif.ru/sport/bilet-s-pervogo-matcha-ovechkina-s-avtografom-prodali-za-10-5-tys-dollarov">aif.ru. At the same time, the PSA card sports memorabilia company identified three tickets with the forward's autograph and nine without it.

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Ovechkin entered the NHL for the first time on October 5, 2005, reminds RT. Then, on the home arena, the Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets with a score of 3:2. Ovechkin scored two goals in that match. In total, the 39-year-old athlete scored 883 goals during his career in the NHL, the website writes href="https://www.kp.ru/sports/hokkej/bilet-s-debyutnogo-matcha-aleksandra-ovechkina-v-nhl-prodali-na-aukczione-za-nego-zaplatili-bolshe-10-tysyach-dollarov/">kp.ru.

On February 26, it was reported that the Russian forward scored a goal in the NHL regular season match against the Calgary Flames, thereby reducing lagging behind the Canadian up to 11 heads. At the same time, Ovechkin's goal in the 45th minute did not help Washington to win.

On February 26, ABC announced that Ovechkin would break Gretzky's record for the number of goals scored in National Hockey League matches on April 13. The forecast was made by calculating the average number of Ovechkin's goals per match, adjusted for the fact that the coefficient this season is above average (0.71 versus 0.6). href="https://360.ru/news/sport/amerikantsy-vyschitali-kogda-ovechkin-pobet-rekord-grettski/">360.ru.