Yeah! My favourite Ottawa Senator is dating Carrie Underwood. I'm so happy for him - he's a sweet, kind, stand up guy and pretty darn dreamy!

Here's the article from today's Ottawa Citizen.

OTTAWA — Romance is in the air at Scotiabank Place.
Ottawa Senators centre Mike Fisher and former American Idol singer Carrie Underwood are dating and the love match has apparently been going strong for months.

Ms. Underwood, 25, was at the Sens-Toronto Maple Leafs game Saturday night where the Jumbotron “Hug Cam” at the Air Canada Centre spotted her in a private VIP box hugging two people sitting next to her. Mr. Fisher’s parents and his brother, Bud, also a hockey player, were in the box watching the team go down to the Leafs in a 3-1 battle.

The romance apparently began after Mr. Fisher, 28, went backstage following Ms. Underwood’s March 21 concert at Scotiabank Place where she performed before 7,700 country fans. The couple hit it off, say observers, and then began dating some time after their initial meeting.

The struggling Ottawa Senators are in Buffalo for a game Tuesday night against the Sabres. Reached Monday at practice, Mr. Fisher declined to talk to reporters about his romance with the country singer who is a multi-platinum recording artist and Grammy-award winner.

“I can’t comment on anything in my personal life, so that’s about all I can say. I don’t really want to say anything,” he said.

But indications are the romance continues to grow and that the country singer and vegetarian has already met most of Mr. Fisher’s family.

On New Year’s Eve, Ms. Underwood and Mr. Fisher’s sister dropped into Rinaldo’s swanky digs on George Street for some deluxe pampering and pedicures.

“She was here with Mike Fisher’s sister and the staff took good care of them,” said Pat Rinaldo.
“She was very quiet, very sweet and pleasant. She wasn’t demanding at all, everyone loved her and a lot of people recognized her.”

Ms. Underwood was being pampered prior to her going to a New Year’s Eve bash at Jason Spezza’s Westboro home where other players on the team were also guests.

Ms. Underwood is scheduled to perform at the People's Choice Awards Tuesday night where she is nominated for Favourite Female Artist, Favourite Star 35 and Under, and Favourite Country Song for the song Last Name.

Ottawa fitness trainer Tony Greco, a close friend of Mr. Fisher, says he thinks the couple are made for each other.
“I think it’s serious, I mean he’s really happy with her. They’re a perfect match,” said Mr. Greco.
Mr. Fisher is a big country music fan and is known to have strong Christian values. In the off-season, he devotes his time to hockey camps in his hometown of Peterborough and Kingston through Hockey Ministries International.

Ms. Underwood was raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma and began performing at the Free Will Baptist Church and area talent shows. She won season four of American Idol and parlayed that into great success in country recordings and concerts.

She dated Chace Crawford, an actor from the TV-series Gossip Girl, but that relationship ended some time ago, according to news reports.

With files from Ken Warren © Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen

Man, I am behind the times - I thought she was dating Travis, the doc from The Bachelor and now The Doctors!! Thanks for posting this.

He's a sweetheart, for sure. Here's a little video of Mike at his summer place in the Kawarthas.

http://allaboutbigbrother.forumotion.com/entertainment-news-and-gossip-f22/carrie-underwood-bachelor-

I know I posted about Travis and her LOL!!

I think the original was from People but not sure.... whichever it is she has good taste....

Country crooner Carrie Underwood and former Bachelor Travis Stork are still going strong!The couple cozied up at Parc restaurant in Philadelphia on Oct. 20. “They came in around 8 p.m.,” an insider tells Life & Style. Carrie, a vegetarian, began with the ravioli and the beet salad and then had an omelet for her entrée. “They ordered a bottle of Malbec and two bottles of Evian water,” says the insider. “There was definitely some hand-holding and petting. They even toasted with their wine.”Carrie, 25, and Travis, 36, broke away from each other to join in on a celebration at a nearby table, though. “There was another customer who was celebrating her birthday,” says the insider, “and Carrie joined in and sang ‘Happy Birthday!’”Earlier this month, Travis received an all-access pass and accompanied Carrie during her “Carnival Ride” tour
http://justjared.buzznet.com/tags/travis-stork/

OK ..... am I obsessed or what? Ha.
Here's a picture of Jason Spezza's house - where the New Year's Eve party was held. I walk Jake in that area quite often - it's a gorgeous home.

Now now Mappy, I do have some self control. (Well, in some areas anyway! Lol)
Jake, however, is 130 pounds of uncontrollable, wriggly friendliness - there's no predicting what he might do at any given time.

CJ - He is a cutie.....

Carrie does seem to get really good looking guys.

Ottawa played in Nashville last night. (Ottawa won 2 - 0)
Edited to add that the newspapers here in Ottawa call them "Fisherwood." Lol

"Carrie Underwood (L) watches the Nashville Predators play the Ottawa Senators in their NHL hockey game in Nashville, Tennessee, February 16, 2009. REUTERS/M"

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I saw Carrie Underwood at the Ottawa/Toronto game last night. (From a distance! Lol) She was in a private box and I wasn't. Ha.

Carrie is an absolute doll!
Too bad she wasn't close enough so you could say hello to her, Cousin!

I love Carrie Underwood! She does a beautiful rendition of "How Great Thou Art" that send shivers up my spine.

Just keeping you guys updated!
Mike does a lot of charity work here in Ottawa and apparently he and Carrie dropped in to the Children's Hospital, unannounced, to see a child last weekend.
A radio announcer here is a friend of the child's mother and she posted the pictures on the radio's web site.

wow, he is goooooooooood looking!

that was really nice of them.

I didn't want to start a new thread for this so I'm adding it here under the "hockey players and their celebrity girlfriends" subtitle.
Hilary Duff was at the Ottawa/Toronto game last night to watch Mike Comrie, (her boyfriend for the last year or so) play. Mike was recently traded back to Ottawa from the Islanders. (I wasn't at this game but her picture was in the paper this morning.)

Hilary Duff and Carrie Underwood were at the Ottawa/Tampa Bay game tonight and Mike Fisher scored the winning goal for Ottawa in overtime. Nice.

CJ,

Were you at the game? Did you see Hillary or Carrie?

Your Hockey players are good looking.... You lucky thing....

No, I haven't been at the last two games. I gave my seat to one of the boys. DH isn't home yet so I'm hoping he saw them. The family/girlfriends always sit in the same box so it's easy to check out who's in there on any given night.

Carrie celebrates Mike Fisher's overtime goal.
(Rumor has it that she's wearing the pendant necklace that he gave her for her 26th birthday the day before. He was seen earlier this week shopping at the Tiffany shop in Holt Renfrew and bought a diamond pendant necklace. ............ damn, I can't believe I know this stuff!)