The news that Alex Ovechkin’s wife, Nastya Shubskaya Ovechkina, was pregnant with the couple’s first child was only officially revealed after the Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup. On Aug. 18, their first child was born.
The Ovechkins named their first-born son Sergei, after Alex Ovechkin’s late brother.
Sergei’s first baby photo received more than 120,000 likes on Ovechkina’s Instagram in the first 24 hours.
Ovechkina reportedly delivered Sergei in Florida, making him an American citizen.
Ovechkin, 32, said in June that being an expectant father for the first time was “the best feeling ever.