Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki stopped an attempted robbery Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Borowiecki, whose team was in town to play the Vancouver Canucks, described the incident Tuesday to the media:
Ottawa Senators“I was thankful I was there.” “Boro Cop” describes his run-in with a thief in Vancouver. https://t.co/m4jQ06QbUK
The 30-year-old blueliner said he confronted a person who had broken into a parked car. Borowiecki took the object the person was allegedly attempting to steal, and the person ran off.
Borowiecki was modest in explaining why he decided to step in: "I'm a mediocre fighter on the ice, but I'm very confident handling myself off the ice.