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Youngsters Impressing Leafs Coach

from Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun,

After many rejected nicknames, the winner came to Christian Hanson in a flash after he and Ryan Bozak and Viktor Stalberg just completed another high-energy shift.

“The Frat Pack,” Hanson said proudly. “You know, like Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack.

“We hadn’t come up with a good one yet. That’s your job (the media). Maybe we should hold a contest.”

Call them what you will—a Sun reader suggested Highway 86 in honour of their shared birth year—the Maple Leafs trio of NCAA grads has been one of the delights of camp for coach Ron Wilson.

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