“A real sport” – Alex Ovechkin will be participating in NHL 22 eSports tournament for $1 million ruble prize pool

“A real sport” – Alex Ovechkin will be participating in NHL 22 eSports tournament for $1 million ruble prize pool

Alex Ovechkin

Forward and captain of the Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin will be having his gamer skills tested, today, as he takes part in a Russian eSports Tournament. He will be concentrating on his control of the joysticks during his NHL 22 play on PlayStation 5. 

The tournament is going to be held in Moscow at the Festival Square of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, hosted by the department of Sports in Moscow, the International Hockey Academy, and the Moscow Computer Sports Federation.

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Alex Ovechkin is ready to showoff his gaming skills after NHL 20 loss

Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin

They further announced that there will be a $1 million ruble prize pool money. The participants will get divided into 3 slots – pro, semi-pro, and amateur. Till now, Ovechkin’s slot has not been revealed. Though he takes his gaming seriously, he lost to Wayne Gretzky during the pandemic in NHL 20.

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As per toi.news, President of the Moscow Computer Sports Federation, Maxim Fler said in a statement via Google translate, “It is important for us to emphasize both the fact that eSports is a real sport and the direct connection between the eSports skills of a person with good physical shape and training”. “Athlete’s Day is an excellent occasion to tell and show it to a wide audience. I invite everyone on August 13 to our tent at Luzhniki!”

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