Former NHL star Dominik Hasek took situation Saturday with the league permitting Washington Capitals heart Alex Ovechkin’s son to skate on the ice on the All-Star Game over the weekend.
Hasek tweeted an image of Ovechkin’s 4-year-old son, Sergei, skating on the ice on the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, and attempting to place a shot previous Roberto Luongo, who was within the purpose. The former Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings star wrote the NHL “sunk to all-time low.”
Red Wings hockey goalie Dominik Hasek pronounces his retirement throughout a information convention in Detroit, Michigan, June 9, 2008.
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“Letting Ovechkin’s son carry out on the ice on the NHL All-Star is spitting within the face of roughly 500 killed, hundreds injured and tens of hundreds of kidnapped Ukrainian youngsters,” he tweeted. “The NHL and Gary Bettman should pay for this heinous act!”
The NHL didn’t instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s request for remark.
Ovechkin, his son and Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby skated collectively on Friday night time throughout the expertise occasion.
“It was very cool. Everybody loved it. Obviously, Sergei was all the time smiling,” Ovechkin mentioned afterward, through ESPN. “That’s a particular second. It’s nice for the sport and nice for each of us. And for Sergei as nicely.”
Former Florida Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo makes an attempt to cease a shot on purpose by Sergei Ovechkin, 4, son of Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, throughout the NHL All Star Skills Showcase,Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Sunrise, Florida.
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Ovechkin is simply 82 targets away from breaking the mark set by Wayne Gretzky.
Hasek’s stance stemmed from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022. The Capitals star had been strolling a tightrope over making remarks in regards to the struggle. He mentioned final yr the state of affairs was exhausting” as a result of he had buddies in each Russia and Ukraine.
“Please, no extra struggle,” Ovechkin mentioned on Feb. 25, 2022. “It does not matter who’s within the struggle – Russia, Ukraine, completely different nations – I believe we stay in a world, like, we now have to stay in peace and an awesome world.”
Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin stands on the ice throughout the NHL All Star Skills Showcase, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Sunrise, Florida.
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Hasek referred to as on the NHL to droop Russian gamers final yr over the struggle.
The former NHL goaltender is from Czech Republic. He was a six-time NHL All-Star and Vezina Award winner. He gained two Stanley Cups throughout his profession.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.
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