Maple Leafs players react to the San Jose earthquake that shook the team hotel the night before the game
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Members of the Toronto Maple Leafs reacted to an earthquake near their hotel in San Jose prior to Thursday's game.
The Toronto Maple Leafs were in the middle of sleep before being caught in an active earthquake in the San Jose area, with their hotel having been in close proximity of the impact.
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake hit just outside San Jose in the early hours of Thursday, the earthquake felt inside the city, as well as northwards to San Francisco, according to the United States Geological Study (USGS).
There were no reports of injuries or serious damage, according to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.
Steven Lorentz admits he thought the whole building was coming down in San Jose
Some members of the Toronto Maple Leafs felt the earthquake, with forward Steven Lorentz telling reporters that he thought the building was coming down.
Lorentz was among the Leafs that had been aware of the earthquake as it happened, having happened in the middle of the night, either awakening the Leafs or keeping them up.
Easton Cowan was another player who noticed the shaking, calling the moment "pretty shocking". Earthquakes would be rare for the Ontario rookie, with earthquakes rare in Southern Ontario.
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake shook Toronto and other parts of the GTA in January of this year, causing light shaking.
Craig Berube didn't feel a thing and slept right through the California earthquake
While many on the players side had been caught off guard by the earthquake in California, Leafs head coach Craig Berube was unfazed by it.
Berube told reporters that he slept through the earthquake, not feeling any of the shaking, the bench coach managing to sleep through.
The Toronto Maple Leafs struggles has seemingly not kept Craig Berube up too much, even with the recent dismissal of GM Brad Treliving on Monday.
Berube's own future remains uncertain, although with two years remaining on his contract as head coach. Berube is expected to finish out the season.
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