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Sens* at Leafs* Pre-Season Game Thread - September 21, 2015

It'll be just like WrestleMania 2, only with less wrestling and more hockey.

Both the Toronto Maple Leafs* and the Ottawa Senators* open their 2015-16 NHL Pre-Season play with simultaneous split-squad games taking place in Toronto and Ottawa Kanata. The inspiration for this simulcast cross-province event was obviously the oft-forgotten WrestleMania 2. After the initial success of the 1985 Rock'n Wrestling Connection fueled WrestleMania, then WWF chairman Vince McMahon wanted to make WM2 an even bigger success. Rather than using a single venue for his 3 hour long spectacular, WM2 would be comprised of three separate 1-hour shows broadcase from three different arenas; Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New York, New York; the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, Illinois; and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.