NHL star Evander Kane pulled off a shock proposal to fiancée Mara Teigen — and he’ll be the primary to let you know it was a very long time coming. 

The Edmonton Oilers ahead, 33, proposed to Teigen earlier this month, the newest chapter in a relationship that when noticed the couple break up earlier than ultimately getting again collectively in 2021. 

“We dated up to now, so it’s not prefer it’s solely been three years,” Kane completely instructed Us Weekly. “We all know one another fairly effectively and fortuitously sufficient we had been capable of have a second go at it and make it work. She’s been The One the entire time. It simply took a bit of little bit of time to determine.”

The proposal itself was a well-executed plan with a number of transferring components, which received underway as quickly because the couple awoke.

“I stated we had been invited out to breakfast by one other couple,” Kane defined. “They didn’t present up as a result of that they had a flat tire, which was clearly an enormous lie. So, me and her had breakfast as a result of I needed to get her out of the home. I needed to get the flower firm to return in and arrange, I needed to get the photographers and the videographer to get in.”

Nonetheless, Teigen’s suspicions had been instantly piqued primarily based on a seemingly innocuous element.

“She was a bit of shocked as a result of I don’t normally costume up except I’m going to a recreation or an occasion,” Kane joked. “Me placing on a pair of pants and an honest shirt is a rarity, particularly on a Wednesday morning.”

After arriving again dwelling, Kane rushed inside and instructed Teigen to attend within the automobile earlier than he took her to a scheduled hair appointment. 

“I had my nanny exit and I stated, ‘Simply go get her in right here nonetheless you’ll be able to,’” Kane recalled. “I believe she form of freaked Mara out a bit of bit. She was like, ‘Is one thing incorrect?’”

As soon as inside, in fact, Teigen noticed there was nothing incorrect — fairly the opposite. 

She was greeted by Kane and their three children — sons Iverson, 2, and Hendrix, 14 months, and daughter Kensington, 4, from Kane’s earlier marriage — decked out in shirts that spelled out “Will You Marry Me?”

“I’ve been fascinated with it for some time,” Kane stated of the proposal. “As a result of we have now three children, I believed it might be further particular to contain them and make them a part of it. We had simply constructed our home and moved in like per week earlier than I proposed, so I believed it might be a pleasant approach to additionally have fun the brand new home with our household.”

Kane stated he instructed daughter Kensington the day earlier than and tasked her with conserving the key. “She did a superb job of that,” Kane gushed.

As for the marriage, Kane stated endurance must be a advantage — which is nothing new for the couple.

“We’re not planning something anytime quickly,” Kane stated with fun. “If something, I believe the earliest can be subsequent summer season. Presumably the summer season after. A part of getting engaged, we’re just about a married couple anyway. Not an entire lot has modified from a day-to-day standpoint.”

Kane added, “I simply needed to acknowledge her for the mother and companion that she is, and reward her for the whole lot she’s put into me and our relationship.”