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In honor of Alexander Ovechkin’s historic achievement of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal scoring record, we’re launching a special event for all hockey fans!

Get unique decals, the “Callsign “Hockey Player”” profile icon and celebrate this incredible moment with us!

“Hockey puck” decal

“Hockey stamp” decal

“Callsign “Hockey Player”” profile icon

Until April 11th (07:00 GMT), look out for the “The Great Eight” tab in your achievements, where you’ll find rewards and tasks:

  • Play 8 battles while using USSR or USA vehicles that are rank II or higher to receive the “Hockey puck” decal.
  • Win 8 battles while using USSR or USA vehicles that are rank II or higher to receive the “Callsign “Hockey Player”” player icon.
  • Activate the “OVI” code on the activation page here to receive the “Hockey stamp” decal the next time you log into the game until April 11th (07:00 GMT).

The achievement for obtaining the “Callsign "Hockey Player” profile icon will be available for completion on consoles from April 9th (13:00 GMT) until April 14th (13:00 GMT).

Don’t miss your chance to become part of hockey history in War Thunder. Let’s celebrate this sporting triumph together!

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dont know who this is but cool anyways

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The pilot is missing a tooth. Hockey injury?

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“Hockey Player”

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the pilot looks to be inspired by Alexander Ovechkin himself. looks like hes stood infront of a MiG-29

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Like why though? What does hockey have to do with War Thunder? This is such a random thing to add.

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why not.

Like literally free stuff.

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Great addition for @StormRyder13 and other Canadians

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Is it? This is a Russian hockey player on an American team.

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The decal is celebrating a Russian player who plays for a US NHL team who broke a Canadian player’s record

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It’s a russian game and a russian hockey player.

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One of the devs enjoys watching hockey I guess

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Well to bad for you I don’t like hockey so this adds nothing for me.

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This is a big moment in Russia, it is talked about in many news reports.

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How is this related to War Thunder

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Its not but its good propaganda.

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Like half the special icons are not War Thunder related… and that’s okay, I really like this icon, grinding this with USSR rank 2 is hella fun.

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I hope we have more events featuring men and women greatest achievements.

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I think this is a great event! I’m a massive fan of the sport (a diehard Red Wings fan, which has been a a struggle for years to put it lightly) and a fan of War Thunder. Ovi is a great player (happy to say I saw him play in person in several games during the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championships) and his 895th goal was an incredible and historic moment to watch on TV. He’ll net many more, too, before he hangs up his skates for good.

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But shouldn’t those achievements not still fit the theme of the game? There have been plenty of men and women who have achieved fame during wartime for their heroic acts, and I’d honestly rather see them featured in these mini events than peacetime athletes and such.

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