Alex Ovechkin in New York

Ovie with Carrie Milbank.

So I'm currently at an Upper West Side hotel, with Caps PR guru Nate Ewell and a couple NHL staffers, waiting for Alex Ovechkin. He'll do some interviews here, then head down 6th Avenue in a zamboni. I'll take pictures, I guess. This here will be a Twitter feed of my observations and his answers. With any luck.

And it turns out his zamboni ride is all of one block. I can't wait to turn in my expense receipts for a one-block zamboni ride.

- NHL players are? "Heroes," Ovie said. And Alex Ovechkin is? "One of the heroes."

- Milbank asks Ovie blond, brunette or redhead. "Um, all of them," he said.

- Ovie on playing in DC: "It's a great place right now to play hockey. Everybody loves us."

- Ovie on 09 goals: "I just want to play the same way and be the best, try to help the team win games...and win the Stanley Cup"

- Mad Dog Radio asked Ovie about Eastern Motors ads. "I do what I want to do, I don't care," he said. Also asked him about @thecooleyzone

- Ovie on media buzz: "I do what I love to do, I play hockey. I don't like to hear some bad words or good words...I do my job. I play hockey"

- Ovie: "I'm in good shape and I'll be better this year too."

(All updates are here.)