Ottawa Senators forward Mike Fisher carried the flame to place de la Cité in Gatineau, Que. (CBC)

Ottawa Senators forward Mike Fisher carried the Olympic flame down Boulevard de Carrefour in Gatineau, Que., on Friday.

"It was pretty cool," Fisher said after completing his 300-metre jog along a street lined with dozens of spectators. "I was proud to be a Canadian."

At Place de la Cité, where hundreds of people were gathered, Fisher passed the flame to Jean Labonté, a Paralympic veteran medallist and captain of Canada's national sledge hockey team. Labonté lit the celebration cauldron as it will be lit for the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Fisher was only the second NHL player to carry the torch. Sidney Crosby carried it in Halifax.

Fisher said he hopes he will make the cut with Team Canada and be able to compete at the Vancouver Olympics in February.

"That would be a dream come true."

Labonté is already slated to head to Vancouver, which will mark the fourth time he has competed in the Paralympic Games. He was part of the Canadian team when it won gold in Torino in 2006 and silver in Nagano in 1998.

The flame travelled from Montreal to Hawkesbury, Ont., earlier in the day, then crossed the Ottawa River, making stops in several Quebec communities.

The flame will cross back over the river into Ottawa on Saturday at around noon. It will make its way around downtown, stopping at City Hall and Parliament Hill, where Canadian rocker Tom Cochrane will be among the musical entertainers.

Some roads will be closed for the celebrations, which is expected to cause traffic delays of 20 minutes on some downtown streets.

Police will implement "rolling road closures" along the torch relay route.

The Olympic torch event on Parliament Hill on Saturday will close Wellington Street between Elgin and O'Connor streets from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., and between Bank and Elgin streets from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Parking will also be restricted on some areas of Metcalfe and O'Connor streets.