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NHL investigating use of homophobic slur in Lightning-Maple Leafs game

Mar 11, 2019 | 10:24 PM

TORONTO — The NHL has launched an investigation into the possible use of a homophobic slur in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.

Television cameras picked up what sounded like a slur with 1:51 left to play in the second period as Tampa Bay’s Yanni Gourde and Toronto’s Morgan Rielly skated into the Maple Leafs’ defensive zone on a dump in.

“The NHL is aware of reports that a homophobic slur was used during the Maple Leafs-Lightning game,” a spokesperson for the league told The Canadian Press. “The League is investigating the incident and will have no further comment until this investigation is completed.”