‘”It was cold. My dad gave me that jacket. But you know my favorite team was San Jose,” Ovechkin said when asked about the photo by The Buffalo News during his session at Stanley Cup Media Day. “Back then we can’t order, we can’t buy stuff with the logo. If we have something, you wear it because back then, for me and for kids, they don’t care if it’s like a Detroit or Vancouver hat or T-shirt or jersey on you. You’re so cold. You play hockey and you have a T-shirt or something with an NHL team logo.”‘
The story behind young Ovechkin's Sabres jacket
Source: Buffalo News