Maple Leafs announce major donation in wake of Borje Salming's passing

The extended Toronto Maple Leafs family as well as the entire hockey community lost a legendary player and one of the game's pioneers last week with the passing of legendary Swedish defenseman Börje Salming due to complications from ALS. Salming, who played 16 of his 21 National Hockey League seasons with the Leafs, had his number retired by the club in 2016. 

And doing their part to help fight the dreaded illness, the Leafs will be auctioning off their Reverse Retro sweaters that they'll be wearing during tonight's game against the San Jose Sharks, with all proceeds going to ALS Action Canada.

“On behalf of ALS Action Canada, the first and only ALS patient-led advocacy organization in this country, we thank the Toronto Maple Leafs for its generosity in supporting our work to help ALS families urgently access new drug therapies, get better access to clinical trials, and push for increased research funding for cure,” said Toronto Maple Leaf alumnus, ALS advocate and ALS Action Canada Board Member Mark Kirton, in a statement. “Borje Salming’s death reminds us all that it is time to raise our voices and come together as a country to end this horrific and torturous disease now.”