Alex Ovechkin wanted to keep the hockey stick used when he scored his record-breaking goal. No, not that stick. Not the one ...

So, when Ovi did the previously unthinkable, breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record with his 895th career tally, Ovechkin asked for Sorokin's stick, per the Monumental Sports Network ...

shared Washington Capitals ice hockey ... YO goalie Ilya Sorokin gifted 39 YO Alex Ovechkin his Wayne-Gretzky-record-breaking stick and, in return, asked for nothing else but respect! True ...