"It was just kind of a whole event in guessing who it might be, seeing a real player, then having him pull off," Harris told NHL.com. "There we were, four of us on the side of the road having a five- or 10-minute chat. It was unscripted, unexpected and unforgettable."
Harris, a contractor from Renfrew, Ontario, was on his way to the store in Kanata when he and his sons saw a Mercedes pull out from the parking lot at Canadian Tire Centre. Harris remembered that the Ottawa Senators were cleaning out their lockers that day, and told his boys Brock, 10, and Dylan, 13, that it might be a member of the team. Harris rolled down the windows of his truck so he could give Brassard a thumbs up and the boys could cheer for him.
To Harris' surprise, Brassard pulled up beside him and gestured that he pull over. The Senators forward asked Harris if his boys played hockey, and when he answered 'Yes,' Brassard went into his car. He gave them each a game-used stick from the bunch he had stashed in the back.
"It was funny because in the back seat of this Mercedes, he's tugging on a wad of sticks because they're stuck between the seats," Harris said.
Brassard then posed for a picture with the boys and their new lumber.
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