Tessa Virtue, Morgan Rielly expecting first child

Olympic figure skater Tessa Virtue arrives on the red carpet ahead of the JUNO awards at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario on Sunday, March 17, 2019. (Lars Hagberg/CP)

A new Toronto Maple Leafs fan will be arriving soon.

Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly and Olympic champion figure skater Tesse Virtue have announced that they are expecting their first child.

The announcement was made in a post on Virtue’s Instagram account.

Rielly and Virtue married earlier this year. No other details, including a due date for the child, were shared.

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