Kovalchuk: Ovechkin Should Become Hockey Ambassador
Shanghai Dragons president Ilya Kovalchuk says Alexander Ovechkin, the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer, should serve as an ambassador for hockey after retiring.
Ilya Kovalchuk, president of Shanghai Dragons, has said Alexander Ovechkin should take on a role as an ambassador for the sport once he hangs up his skates.
Ovechkin, 40, is playing his 22nd NHL season with Washington. He holds the league's all-time record for regular-season goals, with 929.
Asked whether Ovechkin might follow his own path into a club presidency, Kovalchuk pointed instead to a broader role.
Kovalchuk himself made the same jump from player to executive at Shanghai Dragons. His comments leave open what form an ambassador's role for Ovechkin would take, and that, by his own account, is a decision he expects the Washington captain to make himself once his playing days are done.
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