Even professional hockey players can’t escape ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½’s traffic.
The Carolina Hurricanes posted a showing their players walking to for their Saturday night game against the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Maple Leafs. Players typically take a team bus directly to the arena.Â
“When a ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ traffic jam means a pregame walk to the rink,” the team said in the post.
When a ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ traffic jam means a pregame walk to the rink 😅
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes)
The unexpected warm-up wasn’t a blessing for the Canes, who 6-3.
In November, Utah Hockey Club players were also forced to walk to a Sunday night game against the Leafs, drawing criticism from the premier.Â
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Doug Ford at the time  to say the NHL team’s stroll was indicative of a more “serious problem,†promoting his government’s controversial bike lane legislation in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½.
“That’s why it’s so important that we deliver on our plan to fight gridlock by bringing sanity back to bike lane decisions, building highways and public transit, and speeding up construction on the Gardiner,†Ford said in his post.
The Carolina Hurricanes are the latest high-profile victims of ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ gridlock.
Steve Russell/ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Star
Ford’s new proposed bill would see bike lanes ripped out from Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue, prevent the construction of new bike lanes that take lanes away from traffic and shield the government from injury lawsuits from cyclists.
The two visiting NHL teams are not the only high-profile victims of ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ gridlock. In July, traffic forced former One Direction singer Niall Horan to leave his tour bus and walk to Scotiabank Arena to get to his concert on time.
With files from Kristjan Lautens and Andy Takagi
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Elissa Mendes is a breaking news reporter, working out of
the Star’s radio room in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½. Reach her via email: emendes@thestar.ca
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