TSN Toronto Reporter Mark Masters reports on the Maple Leafs, who practised on Tuesday in Edmonton ahead of Wednesday’s final game of their three-game series against the Oilers.
Before the Leafs opened training camp a few guys – Joe Thornton, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Rasmus Sandin and Mac Hollowell – returned to Canada and quarantined together in the same house. And it was there that the 'Willy Styles' nickname was born.
"It comes from Jumbo when we were in a quarantine house together," Nylander revealed. "He started calling me that so I put that on my sticks now."
William Nylander has two sticks on the bench for warmup. One says ‘Nylander’. the other says ‘Willy Styles’. pic.twitter.com/LowI8AkUZo