TORONTO

Can the Great One score votes, too?

Wayne Gretzky is joining Conservative leader Stephen Harper on the federal election campaign trail.

The Tory campaign announced late Thursday that Harper will be participating in an event with Gretzky at the Carlu in Toronto Friday at 6 p.m.

It isn’t the first time this year that the hockey legend has helped a right-wing Canadian politician with an assist.

Earlier this year, Gretzky skated into the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership campaign with an endorsement of Patrick Brown.

“I have known Patrick Brown for a number of years now,” Gretzky said in a statement roughly three months before Brown won the leadership in May. “Hard working and dedicated, Patrick is a strong Conservative. He has the passion and vision to lead Ontario.”

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