It’s a tale of two cities that’s going to be decided on the ice after the mayor of St. John’s issued a challenge to the mayor of Toledo, Ohio.
The Newfoundland Growlers are heading to Toledo with a 2-0 series lead after exciting back-to-back victories over the Walleye in the first two games of the Kelly Cup Finals.
Just before game one, Mayor Danny Breen tweeted a challenge to Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz that if the Growlers took the cup, he would have to sing O Canada, and vice versa.
It's go time for the @NLGrowlers in game one against the @ToledoWalleye in the ECHL finals! Mayor @DannyBreenNL will be @MileOne_Centre tonight to cheer on our team and he has issued a challenge to @wadekaps @city_of_toledo … pic.twitter.com/gXVFjEy9eW
— City of St. John's (@CityofStJohns) May 25, 2019
The Toledo mayor accepted the challenge confident that the Walleye would win, while warning Breen that the Star Spangled is a much more difficult anthem to sing.
#GoWalleye! #OurFishOurFight!
Mayor Kapszukiewicz accepts the challenge from @DannyBreenNL! The @ToledoWalleye will defeat the @NLGrowlers! https://t.co/2jKVTFYGvc pic.twitter.com/v7HyFmyYAG— City of Toledo (@city_of_toledo) May 25, 2019
Game three of the series happens on Wednesday night in Toledo.