
Another NHL team says Toronto gridlock forced them to walk to rink
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Toronto's traffic gridlock appears to have once again forced another National Hockey League team to walk to the rink.
Toronto’s traffic gridlock appears to have once again forced another National Hockey League team to walk to the rink.
The Carolina Hurricanes, who were in the city to play the Maple Leafs on Saturday, posted a video to social media that shows a row of people from behind walking along a snow-lined path in downtown Toronto.
The caption states, “When a Toronto traffic jam means a pre-game walk to the rink.”
The Canadian Press has emailed media representatives with the Hurricanes asking for further details.
It’s happened before — Utah’s NHL team was forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic on a Sunday night in late November, which at the time Mayor Olivia Chow blamed on the Santa Claus Parade.
And in June, former One Direction band member Niall Horan had to walk through bumper-to-bumper traffic to get to his concert at Scotiabank Arena.
A spokesman for Chow has not yet responded to a request for comment.
The Leafs beat the Hurricanes 6-3 in Saturday’s contest.