NHL superstar Claude Giroux spent Canada Day night in jail after being arrested for allegedly grabbing a male Ottawa police officer’s buttocks.

The Philadelphia Flyers captain, 26, was put in a cruiser outside of The Great Canadian Cabin in the Byward Market around 9 p.m. Tuesday, where he was escorted out of by police.

As he was taken outside, at least one person recognized him, even if officers initially didn’t.

“We were in line and then I saw him get escorted out by police,” said one young man, who was waiting outside. “I was like ‘No way. Oh my God.’ I was surprised to see that happening.’”

Giroux was spotted with a friend, who witnesses say was angry with police and was claiming he was his agent.

A few people recognized him at the bar, say witnesses, where the hockey player posed with at least one fan before his arrest. Bar staffers said they know Giroux, a regular, was in the Cabin that night.

Officers were inside the bar as part of routine walk-throughs, when one officer had his butt grabbed by a patron as he walked by.

The officer turned around and told the patron not to behave like that, but he was grabbed again. At that point, the patron was taken outside of the bar to be spoken to, and was arrested soon after.

The officers involved did not initially recognize Giroux.

Ottawa Police declined to comment unless charges are laid, but several sources confirmed to the Sun Giroux spent the night in jail.

The police also later released their media call report which confirmed Giroux has been arrested and that the cops called the Flyers.

He was released Wednesday morning without any charges being laid.

The officers involved are surprised no charges were laid, sources said.

It was later learned Giroux is expected to make a $20,000 donation to an Ottawa charity.

The superstar was spotted across the street from the Elgin St. headquarters on Wednesday after he was released.

Flyers GM Ron Hextall told Philadelphia media, and also posted to Twitter, “we are aware of reports surrounding Claude Giroux. Until we have more information, we will withhold making any further comment.”​

Ottawa police fielded more than 150 calls on Giroux, including from numerous U.S. sport agencies and Flyers representatives.

Tuesday was not Giroux’s first time at the Cabin. The bar tweeted out an image of him tending bar in 2012.

Giroux is a native of Hearst in Northern Ontario, but has lived in the Ottawa area for the past several years.

Claude giroux in the back of a cop car downtown ottawa 😂😂 — Shaheed Ratanshi (@Shaheed09) July 2, 2014

