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To celebrate one of the NHL's longest-standing rivalries, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings unveiled the rosters for the 2017 Rogers NHL Centennial Classic Alumni Game today. The showdown will be played outdoors on December 31, 2016 at Exhibition Stadium as part of the Toronto Maple Leafs Centennial Celebration.

With the help of Maple Leafs alumnus Darcy Tucker and Red Wings alumnus Kris Draper, the rosters were announced on Sportsnet's Hockey Central @ Noon, and include inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame, 50-goal scorers and many fan favourites. The rosters are:
Toronto Maple Leafs Alumni
FORWARDSDEFENSEGOALIES
Darryl Sittler Tomas Kaberle Curtis Joseph
Doug Gilmour Dave Ellett Felix Potvin
Rick Vaive Bryan McCabe Mike Palmateer
Darcy Tucker Borje Salming
Wendel Clark Dmitri Yushkevich
Lanny McDonald Al Iafrate
Gary Roberts Bob McGill
Dave Andreychuk
Tiger Williams
Tie Domi
Steve Thomas
Gary Leeman
Detroit Red Wings
FORWARDSDEFENSEGOALIES
Kris Draper Nicklas Lidstrom Manny Legace
Dino Ciccarelli Larry Murphy Kevin Hodson
Martin Lapointe Chris Chelios
Doug Brown Jiri Fischer
Paul Coffey
Slava Kozlov Mathieu Dandenault
Brendan Shanahan
Tomas Holmstrom
Mickey Redmond
Darren McCarty
Igor Larionov
Kirk Maltby
Joe Kocur
Alumni from these storied hockey clubs last met during a doubleheader on December 31, 2013 as part of the Hockeytown Winter Festival in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit Red Wings Alumni swept the Toronto Maple Leafs Alumni, winning the first matchup 5-4 and the second, 6-5.
As a special Centennial Season celebration and to mark its 50th anniversary, fans in attendance will also witness the Toronto Maple Leafs honour the 1967 Stanley Cup winning team during the game, in a must-see moment.
Tickets to the matchup between some of the greatest Maple Leafs and Red Wings of all-time start at $26.25 CAD and are available now on NHL.com/CentennialAlumniTickets
For more information on the Toronto Maple Leafs Centennial Celebration, visit mapleleafs.com/centennial.