TORONTO — Mats Zuccarello didn’t have a second thought when he was asked to become the Rangers’ ambassador for the You Can Play Project, an initiative through which the NHL partners to promote inclusion and diversity specifically relating to the LGBTQ community.
“I think it’s important to promote the awareness that everyone should be accepted for who they are, no matter what their sexuality is,” Zuccarello told The Post before the Rangers’ 2-1 shootout win over the Maple Leafs on Thursday night. “People should be able to do what they love, they shouldn’t be looked at as different.