NEW YORK -- Can you imagine the shock at seeing Alex "Ovi" Ovechkin tooling around midtown Manhattan on a Zamboni! The Washington Capitals superstar was in the Big Apple on Wednesday -- enjoying the Zamboni ride that was to promote the new video game, NHL 2K10, for which Ovechkin is the cover athlete. He drove a block up Sixth Avenue to the NHL Store Powered by Reebok.
When Ovi pulled up, there to meet him were cheering fans -- and Ovi waved to them all before entering the store.
"It's nice when people want to see you," Ovechkin told NHL writer Dan Rosen.
Ovechkin was at the store to promote the video game and play the Wii version against a series of competitors.
"To have one of the great hockey players of all time come out to play your video game and play the fans it's just a special time and a special day," Chris Snyder, the Director of Marketing for 2K Sports, told NHL.com. "It's great for the fans, great for Ovi and it's also great for 2K Sports."
Ovi said that he really enjoyed his Zamboni trek, but that he might have preferred that it went a little faster. "It's an unbelievable feeling," Ovechkin said, according to NHL. "It's something new for me and something new for the fans. Lots of guys don't know hockey, they just see me around on a Zamboni and the police stopping the cars. It was pretty cool."
"At 2K Sports we make some noise and there's only one NHL guy that can do it," Snyder told NHL, "and that's Alexander Ovechkin."
Ovechkin autographed copies of the games which was being sold for the very first time here. Ovi, so awesome on the ice, needs to get used to the game because a local kid beat him 2-0.
When the day was drawing to a close, he repeated a line that fans have often heard. "It's another good day to be Alex Ovechkin," he told NHL! Sphere: Related Content
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