North Carolina Hurricanes ice hockey player Jeff Skinner tweeted on Monday a photo of him standing beside Taylor Swift with a present he gave her, which put a smile on her face.

The 21-year-old Canadian athlete presented the 23-year-old country singer with a signed No. 53 Skinner jersey and captioned the shot, "Growing the game.... One person at a time." Based on the happy look on Swift's face, she liked the present. The photo was taken during one of Swift's concert stops in Raleigh, N.C., part of U.S. tour promoting her latest album, Red.

Skinner also signed the jersey for Swift.

Soccor player Dmitri Chesnokov commented on the photo by referencing Swift's tendency to write about heartbreak. He tweeted, "Should we expect a new (heartbreak) album?" Others joked about the same topic while hinting a romance between the athlete and singer. One user tweeted, "I can already hear the heartbreak song" while another wrote, " 'Ice Skate Heartbreak' due out, let's say, mid-December."

Swift has not been in a serious relationship since she broke up with One Direction's Harry Styles in early 2013. Before dating the U.K. native she was romantically linked to Conor Kennedy, a member of late president John F. Kennedy's family, singer John Mayer, and actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Joe Jonas. She is rumored to have dated so many A-listers that an online retailer produced a shirt in July with the last names of men romantically linked to her.

Swift continues her Red tour and performs Thursday in Nashville, Tenn.

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