Football picks William and Alexander Nylander are the first brother duo in 37 years to play in the same game for Toronto.
William and Alex Nylander are the first brother duo in 37 years to play for Toronto. Swedish forwards took part in the NHL regular season match with Utah (3:2).
28-year-old William scored 2 (1+1) points and was recognized as the second star of the meeting, 26-year-old Alex made his debut for the Leafs.
The previous time two siblings played for Toronto in the same match from
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Before them, in the history of the club there were 3 more brotherly duets who took to the ice together. These are Barry Cullen and Bryan Cullen (last season together on the team - 1958-59), Don Metz and Nick Metz (1947-48), and Art Jackson and Bushehr Jackson (1936-37).
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