Actress Kozhevnikova called Ovechkin the greatest hockey player of our time

Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin is the greatest hockey player of our time, and the world is watching him break Canadian Wayne Gretzky's record for goals in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season. This was announced to Izvestia on April 3 by Russian actress, public and political figure Maria Kozhevnikova.

"It seems to me that this has already been proven, it is a fact that Sasha is the greatest hockey player of our time, and will go down in history. Especially me, as the daughter of a hockey player, and a lot of people in our country and probably all over the world are watching when he will break this record," she shared.

Kozhevnikova also called Ovechkin's game phenomenal, pointing to the power in his every move and the ability to sweep away everything in his path.

"We are very divided now, there is a lot of misunderstanding between the countries, so sports, and especially Ovechkin, it seems to me, are on the contrary some points of contact where we can find common ground, which is why there may be some political conversations. Probably, everyone knows that [US President Donald] Trump admires Ovechkin, just like our president, and Sasha is very friendly with our president and led his team," the actress noted.

She added that it is impossible not to be happy for your countryman, who exalts himself and the country to the whole world.

"It's all the more valuable that he can speak freely in America now, that he's Russian, that he broke the record for everything possible in the NHL," she concluded.

Ovechkin is chasing Gretzky's great record. What you need to know

The day before, Ovechkin admitted that he feels support from four-time Stanley Cup winner Wayne Gretzky in pursuit of his goalscoring record. On the night of April 3, the Russian scored his 892nd goal in the regular NHL championships, it happened in a match against the Carolina Hurricanes. Ovechkin's team lost with a score of 5:1. The Russian has two goals left to repeat Gretzky's record and three to surpass it.