Viral fan who dressed up as Auston Matthews for Halloween meets Leafs star

According to Grayson Miller, the young Toronto Maple Leafs instrumentality says Auston Matthews looks similar him – not the different mode around.

After going viral for dressing up arsenic the Leafs captain’s hockey paper for Halloween, the nine shared connected societal media Thursday Matthews and Miller gathering for the archetypal time.

“You look similar me,” Miller, dressed successful his Halloween costume, tells the superstar successful a video posted by the Leafs.

“Yeah, I bash look similar you. Your mustache is better, though,” Matthews replies.

Earlier this week, Miller’s father, Grant, posted a video of his lad successful his costume, which has since gone viral.

“I emotion it, I anticipation I tin amusement Auston Matthews,” Grayson said successful the video.

“Oh, I’m definite he’ll spot it, it’s going to beryllium connected the Internet now,” his begetter replied.

“But I privation to amusement him successful person,” Grayson said.

Since the video was posted, Grayson has made the rounds successful the news, and his begetter has documented the travel connected his societal media.

On Thursday, Grant posted a video showing the household astatine the Weston Harbour Castle successful downtown Toronto. He teased that “a batch has happened” successful the past 24 hours, promising viewers they’re “not going to privation to miss this.”

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In the video posted by the Leafs, Grayson is shown watching the squad skate connected the crystal astatine Scotiabank Arena. He past gets to conscionable Leafs pugnacious feline Ryan Reaves, who helium jokingly challenges to a fight.

“Let’s driblet the gloves,” helium said.

“You got to driblet them first. I don’t driblet first,” Reaves replied.

Later that night, the Leafs faced the Seattle Kraken astatine Scotiabank Arena. With conscionable implicit 3 minutes near successful the 2nd period, and with the Leafs up 3-0, Grayson was shown successful his costume connected the jumbotron.

“What an ovation helium received by the arena!” Grant wrote successful an Instagram post.

“So overmuch contented to stock with everyone erstwhile we person a accidental to get done it!”

The Leafs ended up defeating the Kraken 4-1, with Matthews scoring a bank-shot bare netter to spell on with an assist.