Elisha Cuthbert engaged to Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf

Calgary-born actress Elisha Cuthbert and Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf plan to tie the knot.

People reports the Edmonton native popped the question over the weekend to his longtime girlfriend. They reportedly shared the news with family and friends at the New Glasgow Lobster restaurant in PEI on Sunday night.

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The 29-year-old actress currently stars as Alex Kerkovich on ABC’s Happy Endings and is also known for having played Kim Bauer on 24.

Phaneuf, 27, and a defenceman who played for the Calgary Flames for four and a half seasons before joining the Maple Leafs in early 2010.

Cuthbert and Phaneuf began dating in 2008. When she is not taping her TV series in Los Angeles, the couple divides their time between a condo on Toronto’s Bay Street and a summer home in New London, PEI.

-with files by John R. Kennedy/Global News