Canadian hockey star Mike Fisher and country songbird Carrie Underwood are engaged to be married, a source close to the couple told The Ottawa Sun on Monday.

The blogosphere has been atwitter with rumors of a Christmas engagement for celebrity couple have after a friend of Underwood’s family congratulated the Nashville native on her upcoming marriage on his Twitter page Sunday.

This morning, a source close to the couple confirmed to the Canadian press that the athlete popped the question during a family gathering over the weekend and Carrie has accepted the proposal.

The couple has been dating quietly for a year. Last month, Carrie penned a dedication to Fisher in the linear notes of her latest album, Play On.