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WINNIPEG — Mark Borowiecki has a new role at home: Being a father.

The Ottawa Senators’ defenceman announced on Instagram that he and his wife Tara welcomed their new son Miles Marek Borowiecki Sunday.

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“My whole word: The two other people in this picture,” Borowiecki posted on his account late Sunday afternoon. “Miles Marek Borowiecki was born at 11:32 a.m. Tara was so amazing and such a rockstar.

“I couldn’t be more proud of her. I am so thankful she is my wife and the mother of my son. What a day.”

The 30-year-old Borowiecki didn’t make the trip to Winnipeg and sat out Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the Jets to stay home to be with Tara because doctors had the couple that Mile’s birth was imminent.

GM Pierre Dorion told Borowiecki not to make the trip and it’s not known if he’ll join the team in Denver for Tuesday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche.

“It’s good for him to be around his wife,” coach D.J. Smith told reporters in Ottawa Friday. “It’s a great time for him and his family. He would love to keep playing, but his family needs him.”

Smith added Friday he didn’t expect Borowiecki to make the trip to Denver in time to suit up.

“That would be on him and he’s a first time father. We’ll see how is, but it’s an emotional time. We’re going to let him enjoy his time with his family,” Smith added.

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