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The disgruntled Leafs fans who tossed jerseys on the Air Canada Centre ice Monday night won’t have to suffer through the team’s performances for a year.

Toronto Police confirmed on Tuesday morning that three men were charged with the provincial offence of engage in prohibited activity and issued tickets.

Police said all three trespassed at the ACC and are banned for a year from all Maple Leafs MLSE properties. Names of the jersey tossers will not be released.

The action is a follow-up from a warning MLSE management issued after similar incidents earlier in the season. Things got ornery at the ACC on Monday when the Leafs lost 4-1 - their fifth consecutive defeat and 10th in the past 13 games.

Fans booed the team off the ice after the first and third periods and others were spotted wearing bags on their heads. The first of three jersey tosses came late in the second period with two more coming during play in the third. At the conclusion of the latest Leafs loss, -- a waffle was reportedly thrown as well.

As you might imagine, Leafs players were not amused.

“We don’t appreciate that, obviously,” Leafs leading scorer Phil Kessel said. “We’re trying. I don’t know if people see that, but we are trying. We can’t find it right now.” Added captain Dion Phaneuf: “We don’t come here to lose hockey games. “I think we’ve under performed, but that doesn’t change my stance on me believing in our group.” Leafs forward Nazem Kadri, who scored the Leafs lone goal of the game, had an even harsher view - and wondered what ACC ushers were doing.

“I don’t know how that happens or what security or the ushers are doing,” Kadri said. “It seems like we’re giving the guy an extra couple minutes to flip everybody off and to mock our real fans.

“I don’t know how that guy’s not taken by his shirt and dragged out of there, but what do I know?”

The Leafs were back on the ice Tuesday morning at their Etobicoke practice facility in advance of Wednesday’s game in Ottawa against the Senators.

Three jersey tossers were removed from ACC. Two charged by police with "public mischief." #Leafs — Rob Longley (@longleysunsport) January 20, 2015

Another Leafs game, another jersey tossed on the ice. Leafs have 1 goal in their last 14 periods. pic.twitter.com/81sSt78Rx7 — Hockey Lifestyle (@HKYLifestyle) January 20, 2015