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Alex Ovechkin Gives Miles Wood Signed Photo After Reading Childhood Letter

Thomas DuffyDec 30, 2016

New Jersey Devils winger Miles Wood, even as an 11-year-old, meant business.

Before Thursday's game against the Washington Capitals, reporter Julie Robenhymer passed along a challenge Wood made to Alex Ovechkin 10 years earlier:

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Word must have passed along to Ovi, who made good on the request with a signed photo that said, "Take it easy tonight."

The two met after the Devils won 2-1. Ovechkin wore a red robe while apologizing for leaving Wood hanging, per NHL.com's Tom Gulitti:

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