"Taking full advantage of the NHL's newly relaxed dress code, every player arrived at Capital One Arena wearing outfits that matched what Ovechkin wore during his 2012 Russian rap video appearance. The outfit included a plain white T-shirt with a screenshot of Ovechkin from the video printed on it, a gold chain with a number 8 pendant, and a white baseball cap turned sideways. Clips from the video also played on the giant video board in the entrance hallway that was installed ahead of this season."
"Ovechkin's sick bars from over a decade ago came on a track titled "Champion," by Russian artist Sasha Belyi. The Great 8 raps a full verse in the song and also dances in other scenes, wearing just a black tank top. Around the 2:55 mark of the video, Belyi introduces Ovechkin's verse like an old-school boxing announcer. At the time of release, the video's filming drew significant attention in Ovechkin's home country, with MTV Russia even airing a full feature on the recording process."
Alex Ovechkin will play his 1,500th NHL game on Saturday night against the Ottawa Senators. Teammates arrived wearing outfits that replicated his 2012 Russian rap video look, including plain white T-shirts printed with a video screenshot, gold chains with an eight pendant, and sideways white baseball caps. Clips from the original video played on the new entrance video board, and many players mimicked Ovechkin's poses. The song "Champion" by Sasha Belyi features Ovechkin rapping a full verse and dancing; MTV Russia covered the video's filming, where Ovechkin recorded in a shirt reading "Sex and love are the future." He is one goal shy of 900 career goals.
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