All-time leading NHL scorer Alexander Ovetjkin, 39, hopes that Russian athletes will be allowed to return to the international competition scene. This he said in connection with him meeting fans at home in Moscow on Saturday.
I hope that we will be allowed to participate in the near future and that the guys will be able to represent their country in Olympic Games and World Championship.
Washington forward broke Wayne Gretzky's previous record when he made his 895th goal in the spring.