'The Last of Us' Star Keivonn Woodard, Who Hopes To Be The First Black Deaf Player In NHL, Spends The Day With Washington Capitals

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Keivonn Woodard (A deaf hockey player) meets his idol Alexander Ovechkin. @7NewsDC pic.twitter.com/OnFEXEJUDb

— Olivia Garvey (@Olivia7News) February 24, 2023

This kid is…

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TEN YEARS OLD pic.twitter.com/hn7z2IB0fl

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 24, 2023

“Oh, this is so cool,” Woodard said via an American Sign Language interpreter, USA Today reports. “I can’t believe it. This is a dream of mine.”

The actor also taught Ovechkin to sign his nickname “Ovi” in ASL. Ovechkin presented an autographed hockey stick to Woodard, who was also introduced to retired Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly, one of 11 Black players in the organization’s history.

 

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Keivonn Woodard, a young actor on HBO’s “The Last of Us”, had a dream day with the @Capitals 🤩 #BlackHistoryAlways

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The two also attended the “Celebrating Black History” pregame festivities on February 25. The actor even dropped the puck before the Capitals hit the ice against the Rangers.

At 10 years old, Woodard already knows what he wants to do when he grows up: to be the first deaf Black player in the NHL.