Flyers' Shayne Gostisbehere will meet with Stoneman Douglas hockey team

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Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, will meet with members of the school’s state championship hockey team following the Flyers’ road game against the Florida Panthers on Sunday.

This will be Gostisbehere’s first game at BB&T Center, the Sunrise, Fla., arena, since 17 students were killed in a shooting by a fellow student at the school on Feb. 14.

The Flyers confirmed Gostisbehere, who attended Stoneman Douglas for two years, will meet with the players, who will be the guests of the Panthers.

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Because Gostisbehere was an elite player, he never played hockey on the school team while he attended Stoneman Douglas.

The Stoneman Douglas team won the state title 11 days after the mass shooting and laid their medals on the crosses at the memorial site for the students who were killed.

"I’m not the biggest political guy there is," Gostisbehere told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “But it is my old school. My hometown. And it’s cool to watch these guys stand up for what they truly believe. Obviously, they want some change. It’s cool to see how some of the kids who survived are coming through it and ... handling themselves as young adults."

Gostisbehere told The Inquirer it will be “cool” to meet the players: “To get their minds off everything they’re going through and hopefully have some fun for a few hours.”