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6-year-old Capitals' fan and internet sensation gets royal treatment at Game 5

"Yea, I was like what the heck," she said with a laugh. "What happened to ladies first?"
Credit: Williamson, Christopher

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — A week ago, barely anybody knew Keelan Moxley besides family and friends. But now everybody recognizes her, she's getting front row seats to Caps games and was able to meet both Capitals owner Ted Leonsis and the player that sent her to internet fame.

Leonsis helped Keelan Moxley enjoy the experience of a lifetime this weekend.

The 6-year-old from Chesapeake, Md. went viral last week when it took Caps player Brett Connolly three times to get her a puck. Many fans criticized the man (not her father) who gave the puck to two other boys before Moxley. She even wondered about the lack of chivalry.

"Yea, I was like what the heck," she said with a laugh. "What happened to ladies first?"

Well, her family and her got first row seats to Game 5 on Saturday thanks to Leonsis. She also received a signed stick by Connolly. It said, "Enjoy the game. Follow your dreams."

"It was really cool," Keelan commented.

Keelan, a hockey player herself, also got to lead the 'Let's Go Caps' chant before the game. She was nervous but still handled business.

"I thought I did good," she said as people walked by our interview, realizing she was the viral sensation.

She was the happiest girl on the planet Saturday. Her smile and energy spread across the arena. Seeing the game right up against the glass was amazing for her, but perhaps it was a bit too close.

"The second guy that came(near the glass) really scared me," Keelam said with a big-eyed look on her face. "I jumped back and then went to hold my Mom."

Since the viral video, the adorable 6-year-old receives rock star treatment. At the game, people shouted her name when she walked by the concessions stands. At her school, she is the BGOC: Big girl on campus.

"There's this teacher at my school and she wants my autograph."

How crazy is that? A week ago, only a select few people knew Keelan and now teachers want her autograph.

"I almost feel like I'm walking with a celebrity," Keelan's mother Lauren remarked.

And it's not as if Keelan is oblivious to all the attention according to her dad.

"At school, she takes the puck and said she's going to show them the World Cup on the back of it," Andrew Moxley, Keelan's dad said. "We had to tell her that it was the Stanley Cup. She said, 'No, I'm famous so I get to call it whatever I want.''

To wrap it all up, she got to finally meet the man who helped make her famous: Brett Connolly. They met after the game. Man, what a time to be alive.

"He's a really great guy," she said with a big smile. "If there were a word other than amazing to describe this, I would say it."

So what's next for the internet sensation?

She wants to play for team USA one day in the Olympics for hockey. She's got a lot of time to accomplish that. And maybe one day, she'll be the one making a kid's day by giving them a puck.

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