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John Tessier was getting ready to close up shop at a Westmount homeless shelter Monday when he spotted him: a “tall, handsome guy” carrying platters of food.

Tessier, who admits he knows next to nothing about hockey, had no idea the shelter’s latest donor was none other than the captain of the Montreal Canadiens, Max Pacioretty.

“One of our clients, Josh, got up and said ‘That’s Max Pacioretty,'” said Tessier, who works at the Open Door shelter. “That’s when it clicked. So I said, ‘Oh, THAT’S Max Pacioretty. Right!'”

The Habs forward and his wife, Katia, donated sandwiches and hors d’oeuvres before posing for photos with men and women who need the Open Door to get by. The shelter is one of the few places in Montreal that serves homeless people when they’re intoxicated.

Some of the clients are survivors of Canada’s residential school system, Canadian Armed Forces veterans or people with deep psychological scars. Tessier said that, while Pacioretty’s visit may have only lasted a few minutes, it brightened everyone’s day at the shelter.