Congratulations are in order for Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Simon Benoit and longtime girlfriend Alice Desaulniers. On Thursday, the Maple Leafs media relations account on X (formerly Twitter) announced that the Laval, Que. native would be absent from practice following the birth of his first child. No further details were given.

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Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Simon Benoit is missing from the first day of training camp. But it's for a very good reason. The Leafs' PR team

Oh baby” as Bob Cole would have said, what a day for Simon Benoit. The bleary-eyed new father reported for his first day of on-ice practice with the Maple Leafs on Friday, about 36 hours after helping partner Alice with the birth of their first child.