TORONTO — Ron Filion was trying to run a hockey practice, but the Toronto Maple Leafs game kept getting in the way. “Coach Ron! Coach Ron!” the kids shouted when they skated onto the ice Wednesday night. “Papi just scored a goal!” Papi is the childhood nickname of Auston Matthews. And in what turned out to be a historic night for the 19-year-old centre, you couldn’t go more than a few minutes without hearing Papi’s name. Parents watching the Leafs game on a TV in the arena restaurant banged on the glass and held up two fingers to signal to Filion that Matthews had scored a second goal. When he completed the hat trick in the second period, the entire...
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