Mark Borowiecki has amassed 620 penalty minutes over parts of nine seasons. Photo: NHL.com
Ottawa Senators defenceman Mark Borowiecki is used to breaking things up.
Perhaps it鈥檚 a two on one, a cross-ice pass or the odd, on-ice disagreement.
Borowiecki put his on-ice skills to work off the ice Sunday afternoon, breaking from his role as hockey enforcer to public defender by taking down a would-be robbery suspect in Gastown.
Mark Borowiecki broke up a robbery attempt in Gastown yesterday. Was able to get someone鈥檚 backpack returned by knocking down a person on a bicycle who had taken a bag.
鈥� Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch)
Ottawa Sun聽reporter Bruce Garrioch tweeted Monday afternoon that Borowiecki intervened in a robbery attempt, taking down the alleged suspect as the person attempted to flee on a bike with bags and other personal belongings.
Canucks beat reporter Dan Murphy offered further details, suggesting the Ottawa defender clotheslined the alleged suspect and recovered the bags, which according to Murphy, contained passports.
Also Mark Borowiecki witnessed a car break in yesterday in Gastown. Clotheslined the guy off his bike when dude tried to flee. About to meet cops to give back the bag which had passports in it.
鈥� Dan Murphy (@sportsnetmurph)
麻豆传媒映画Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Aaron Roed confirmed Borowiecki鈥檚 involvement in the incident, but didn鈥檛 go into the same detail as the hockey scribes.
鈥溌槎勾接郴璓olice are investigating a report of a Theft from Auto in which the witness, Mark Borowiecki, did assist in retrieving the stolen property and notifying the VPD,鈥� Roed told the Courier. 鈥淲e are grateful for [Mark鈥檚] assistance and do recommend that if anybody does witness a crime to immediately notify the 麻豆传媒映画Police and to stay safe.鈥�
Mark Borowiecki is returning calls from 麻豆传媒映画police who require his statement after he foiled a robbery yesterday by clothes lining a guy on a bike who had stolen a bag. He then wrestled him down and retrieved the bag.
鈥� TSN 1200 (@TSN1200)
Standing at 6鈥�2 and weighing just north of 200 pounds, Borowiecki is not afraid of extracurriculars on the ice. He鈥檚 notched 620 penalty minutes in 349 games spread over nine NHL seasons.
The Canucks host the Senators on Tuesday night.
