TORONTO — With the youth of Toronto cheering them on, the Toronto Maple Leafs took down the Flyers, 4-3, in their “Next Gen” game on Thursday afternoon.
The game, which started at 2 p.m., featured the next generation of hockey fans in every aspect of the game, from the jerseys to the DJ to the dance team. It also featured the next generation of NHL players. Between the two teams, there were 19 players 25 years old or younger. One of those, the Flyers’ Morgan Frost, was once one of the young kids in the crowd cheering on the Maple Leafs as his father announced the games.
However, until the final minutes, it was the vets who stepped up and showed the kids how it’s done.
