Alex Ovechkin’s Custom Olympic Skates

Check out the custom skate chassis Ovechkin is wearing now for Team Russia – they’re pretty awesome.

To answer your question, yes, that’s a sheep. Fourth Place Medal tries to explain it.

“The No. 8 is obvious: It’s his NHL and Olympic uniform number. The Russian flag is even more obvious. The flames? He’s an offensive powerhouse known for his powerful skating and sizzling offense; and he’s already “lit” his stick on fire, so why not the skates?

Which brings us to the demon sheep, which brings us back to Dmitry: “The sheep is sort of a tribute to Ovechkin’s last name. ‘Ovechka’ is translated as a ‘sheep’ into English. So, Ovechkin’s last name (with the common Russian ending of ‘-in’) means ‘sheep.’”

Penguins fans will probably have a field day with this.

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