TORONTO – John Tavares lived in New York and his wife has worked in a hospital. As the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic started to settle in the last few weeks — desperate calls for medical supplies, heart-wrenching personal stories, social distancing, self-isolation — the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs wanted to help.
Along with the city’s other sports franchises, Leafs players had already made sure arena/stadium staff were taken care of through the Team Toronto fund as leagues across North America suspended their seasons amid the crippling novel coronavirus outbreak.
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