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From chirping ‘Batya’ to blowing kisses, Alex Ovechkin’s first day of Training Camp featured a lot of personality

By Ian Oland

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September 13, 2019 6:12 pm

After another hard summer training, Alex Ovechkin arrived at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Friday for the team’s first day of on-ice drills. It looks like he had a ball.

Ovechkin blew kisses, made a few jokes, and even came over to greet his loving fans. He also appears to have brought some gifts to his Capitals teammates.

First thing in the morning, Tom Wilson showed off a box of Ovi O’s he got. “What a treat @ovi8,” he wrote on Twitter.

A few hours later, Ovechkin’s group, Team Blue, jumped on the ice. Blue includes Ovi’s likely first-line line-mates, Nicklas Backstrom and Wilson. Ovechkin blew a kiss.

At first, on our Instagram Story, we reported that it was for Nicklas Backstrom. But Nastya Ovechkina corrected us.

We are sorry for this egregious error and promise to do better in the future. (Those two are so cute, right?)

Later, Ovi took his skate test, which featured three full-length-of-the-ice laps. Ovechkin, it appears, finished second after Tom Wilson.

When he got back to the bench, he made a joke to Brooks Orpik – the newest member of the Capitals Development Department.

After practice ended, Ovechkin made his way over to fans for a photo.

When he left, he gave Vince Backstrom, Nicklas Backstrom’s son, a surprise.

Later, he promoted the release of NHL 20 and chirped Don Cherry.

So yeah, tell me if I’m wrong, but I think Ovi is really glad hockey is back. I think his age 34 season will be his best one yet.