MONTREAL -- When he left his house in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Quebec with his family Saturday morning, young Max Bergman thought he was simply going to attend a practice session for his favorite team, the Washington Capitals, at the Bell Centre.
That's basically how his day started, but there was more on the docket. Far more.
Just minutes after he stepped foot inside the Montreal Canadiens’ arena, the 14-year-old boy met his idol, Capitals captain
Alex Ovechkin, as well as the rest of the team.
"It was really cool, I was so excited," Bergman said during an interview with LNH.com during the second intermission of the Washington’s game against Montreal Saturday night. "The Capitals surprised us. We saw them warming up in the hallway, then
Tom Wilson came over to me to take me on a tour of the locker room and introduce me to all the guys.
"I gave Ovi a hug! He asked me if I wanted one of his sticks. He came back with a signed stick and the other guys signed the back of my jersey."