Friday afternoon after practice, each Washington Capitals player met with the Make A Wish cancer survivor they are playing for November 5 on Hockey Fights Cancer Night. Each Capital will wear a special lavender warmup jersey which bears the name of their tiny hero. The jerseys will be auctioned off during the game Saturday.
For Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, he will be playing for Connor, an adorable 7-year-old hockey player.
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“Connor is seven and currently in the remission,” Ovechkin says in the video. “Connor loves to play hockey and he even wear yellow laces just like me. He also enjoy playing legos and spending time with his friends.”
When Ovechkin met Connor after practice, he gave him his iconic yellow skate laces.
They're stars #CapsFightCancer pic.twitter.com/AKkRm30Vr2
— Jill Sorenson (@JillSorenson17) November 4, 2016
@ovi8 shares some yellow skate laces with his #MakeAWish kid pic.twitter.com/7rydQm5C5J
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) November 4, 2016
Ovechkin gives Connor some laces. pic.twitter.com/bpqYQavctq
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) November 4, 2016
Ovi gave Connor "his own yellow laces" #CapsFightCancer pic.twitter.com/TCGieRu5vL
— Jill Sorenson (@JillSorenson17) November 4, 2016
@ovi8 chatting with #MakeAWish kid Connor after signing jersey and puck pic.twitter.com/iPlBi2OVrZ
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) November 4, 2016
If that’s not heartwarming, I don’t know what is.
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