NHL player Brett Connolly wasn’t about to give up. He wanted to give a souvenir puck to an adorable little girl and it took him a few tries.
Keelan Moxley, a 6-year-old fan of Connolly’s Washington Capitals, was at an April 15 playoff game where the team played the Columbus Blue Jackets. Connolly noticed her during warmups an gave it everything he had to send her home with a gift.
He started by tossing a puck over the glass above Keelan, but a man behind the little girl caught it and passed the puck to a little boy standing to her right. So, Connolly tried again … but the same thing happened, with the man handing the puck to a boy standing to her left. Before his third attempt, he pounded the glass in front of Keelan. And finally — the man who caught the puck handed it to her.
The moment was caught on video, and it’s clear by Keelan’s smile at the end that Connolly’s persistence meant a lot to her:
Keelan Moxley, a 6-year-old fan of Connolly’s Washington Capitals, was at an April 15 playoff game where the team played the Columbus Blue Jackets. Connolly noticed her during warmups an gave it everything he had to send her home with a gift.
He started by tossing a puck over the glass above Keelan, but a man behind the little girl caught it and passed the puck to a little boy standing to her right. So, Connolly tried again … but the same thing happened, with the man handing the puck to a boy standing to her left. Before his third attempt, he pounded the glass in front of Keelan. And finally — the man who caught the puck handed it to her.
The moment was caught on video, and it’s clear by Keelan’s smile at the end that Connolly’s persistence meant a lot to her:
