On a night that will feature Connor McDavid’s only visit to the Air Canada Centre, the focus will not be McDavid versus Auston Matthews. The Toronto Maple Leafs are using the spotlight of this game to bring awareness to the issues that Indigenous People face, whether it be losing their lives to residential school and suicide, and the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women.
From their press release, the organization stated:
To mark this occasion, a special video will be played at Air Canada Centre that evening featuring Gord Downie’s recent live performance of Secret Path and highlighting The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund that has been created to support reconciliation across Canada.