'We had nothing else going on and that’s something you don’t want to miss,' said the MapleLeafs' Mitch Marner. 'Obviously, we jumped at the excitement of that and we had all three of us go down.' (Via reporterchris)
Toronto Maple LeafsThat’s how Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and Tyson Barrie found themselves taking part in a Boxing Day skate at 95-year-old William Allman Memorial Arena in Stratford, Ont., on Thursday afternoon. Bieber was back in his hometown for the holidays and invited the Leafs to join his childhood buddies for a shinny game at the home of the Jr. B Stratford Warriors.
"We had nothing else going on and that’s something you don’t want to miss," Marner said Friday. "Obviously, we jumped at the excitement of that and we had all three of us go down.Naturally, their presence created a small stir in the community of 30,000 people about two hours west of Toronto. The Leafs obliged requests for selfies before and after taking the ice with the pop star and his buddies.
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