Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and Tyson Barrie had a few days off over Christmas, so they did what a lot of hockey-crazed Canadians do with some time on their hands: Play shinny with some buddies.

Only one of the buddies this time was Justin Bieber.

The Canadian singing superstar is also a Leafs superfan and apparently a fairly good hockey player.

“He’s actually better than I thought,” Marner said of Bieber. “He’s got really good hands and got a pretty good shot. I think he surprised me and Matts (Matthews) quite a bit, and Tyson.”

It was actually Bieber who did the organizing, inviting his Leafs friends to his hometown of Stratford on Boxing Day.

“He’s been kind of talking to me and Auston a little bit,” Marner said. “He said he was back in town and he had a little mini-game … it was cool meeting all his friends.”

Marner said there were about 15 players involved.

Matthews, Marner and Bieber were on one team in the four-on-four game. Barrie, however, “got traded,” said Marner, adding: “Me and Auston and Biebs and a couple of his buddies, we ended up winning the game.”

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