Despite encouragement from Senators fans, Leafs fans kept their shirts on at the Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday night.

"Toss your jerseys" chants from the Sens faithful echoed loudly throughout the CTC on several occasions in the most recent edition of the Battle of Ontario.

Carissa Barren, a 10-year-old who made the trip from Sudbury with her dad Chris, said she thought about throwing her jersey but in the end held onto the sweater.

But if she had, her father wouldn't have grounded her.

"I personally think it's great," said Chris Barren. "How else can you show how you feel? We've spent thousands of dollars on playoff tickets, we drove to the Winter Classic as a family. It's just frustrating."

Barren said he and every other Leafs fan has the right to voice their opinion by tossing the Blue and White sweater.

"We're the ones making minimum wage and paying big bucks for Leafs tickets," he said.

Carissa had a front row seat with her dad and made a sign that said "Leafs please show more heart".

"I felt like making a sign to show them how I feel and that they can do better," she said, adding that Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf noticed it during pre-game and gave her a puck.

But other Maple Leafs fans don't think tossing your sweater is too funny at all.

"I don't like it at all. I would never do it," said Ryan Casson, a Leafs fan from Ottawa. "Whether or not I paid for the jersey. I'm about loyalty."

Ray Turmaine, another Leafs fan from Ottawa, couldn't justify the expense.

"Why would you spend $100 on ticket and come in and throw your jersey which costs another $100?" he asked.

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