Hours before scoring his 699th career goal, Alex Ovechkin posed for a photo with local firefighters from the Wolf Trap Fire Station.
A grey-haired Ovechkin, wearing a khaki-colored Nike hoodie, smiled with four local heroes after they responded to a neighbor’s false alarm.
“This really GR8 neighbor checked in with E442, Wolftrap, to make sure all was well,” wrote the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Twitter account.
Yesterday after a false alarm next door, this really GR8 neighbor checked in with E442, Wolftrap, to make sure all was well. @ovi8 #ALLCAPS #Capitals @Capitals pic.twitter.com/rDdE5BKrkc
— Fairfax Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) February 21, 2020
The chance meetup makes sense as Ovechkin’s interest and experience with fire is well documented.
Ovi casually throwin' flames on the pine pic.twitter.com/LSlfk5e42d
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) December 5, 2019
Headline photo courtesy of @ffxfirerescue