If you've attended but a single Capitals' training camp session the past four years, there's a decent chance you've seen the unmistakable shock of silver hair that belongs to Alexander Ovechkin's father, Mikhail. He is a near constant presence in the Kettler stands during his visits to the U.S., one of which always coincides with Capitals' training camp.I was curious about this father's devotion to his son, and this morning after Ovi finished his 10:00 session I found myself in the unusual position of being alone at his locker and able to ask him about it."He loves hockey and he loves watching me," the Gr8 told me. "When I was 14 he started watching me all the time at practice, all my games." Even when Ovechkin was skating very near his family's Moscow home with Dynamo in the Russian Super League his father was there, constantly, in the stands. "Of course it's special for me, he support me, all my family supports me, and i...
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