The National Hockey League91裸聊视频檚 Instagram caught the moment a B.C. kid got the souvenir of a lifetime.

The NHL posted a short video of Carter Cavan receiving a stick from his hockey idol Alex Ovechkin in the tunnel after the game. The boy yells 91裸聊视频淵ah! Thank you, Ovie!91裸聊视频�

The Maple Ridge boy had just watched his hockey hero and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4-0 at Madison Square Gardens on Tuesday night.

But there is more to the story than just that 91裸聊视频� Carter got to meet Ovie afterward, and congratulate him on his recent assault on the NHL record books.

91裸聊视频淲hat an amazing experience for this little boy,91裸聊视频� said his mother Samantha Cavan, on the phone from New York.

Carter was happy just to get a puck. He was in the stands during warmups, holding up his sign that says, in part, 91裸聊视频淚 travelled from Vancouver Canada to see you play. Can I have a stick? It would make my day.91裸聊视频�

Ovechkin spotted the boy, and threw him a puck.

After the shutout win, Carter was at the tunnel where the Capitals players came off the ice, giving them all fist bumps as they walked by. He had put his sign down.

91裸聊视频淚 already got a puck from him, and I thought that was really cool,91裸聊视频� he said.

But then a camera man from TSN told him to come back into the tunnel, Ovechkin was waiting there with the ultimate souvenir, his game stick, and Carter91裸聊视频檚 late Christmas gift was caught on video.

91裸聊视频淚 was super in shock,91裸聊视频� said Carter.

The best was yet to come.

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Discussing his souvenir with another family they met, he found out they knew a member of the Capitals coaching staff. Carter learned they were waiting around for 91裸聊视频渁 family and friends thing,91裸聊视频� he said, and asked if he and his mom would like to join in.

Soon he was at a little social gathering with Caps players including Lars Eller, Conor Sheary, and of course, The Great Eight.

Ovechkin91裸聊视频檚 father was one of the family members there. He handed Carter a Sharpie, so he could get his stick signed, and the Capitals captain obliged.

91裸聊视频淚 said 91裸聊视频楥ongrats on 802,91裸聊视频� and he said 91裸聊视频楾hanks91裸聊视频�,91裸聊视频� recalled Carter.

Ovechkin scored his 802nd goal to pass Gordie Howe for second in all-time scoring, behind only Wayne Gretzky whose record is 894.

It was a big moment for a kid who falls asleep looking at a big eight on his wall.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 definitely a big fan of Ovie 91裸聊视频� my whole room is red, white and blue like the Capitals. I love how he plays 91裸聊视频� he91裸聊视频檚 a goal scorer, and he fights and is aggressive,91裸聊视频� the boy shared.

Carter91裸聊视频檚 New York vacation with his parents, Trevor and Samantha, plus his brother, Tyler, is coming to a close. But it will be a holiday he will never forget.

Carter is the team captain of the Ridge Meadows Rusters U-13 A2 team, and will be back in time for the Hometown Heroes tournament that starts on Thursday.

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