Connor McDavid's wife, Lauren, gifts Leon Draisaitl's wife Celeste a special friendship ring to celebrate their friendship since high school

Earlier this weekend, Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid’s wife, Lauren Kyle, gifted a special piece of jewelry to her longtime friend, Celeste Desjardins, the wife of Leon Draisaitl.

Lauren posted a short on her Instagram on Sunday showing the two friends exchanging matching rings. They slipped the rings onto their pinky fingers before twining those fingers together in a sweet gesture. A note in the clip read “Friendship rings” followed by a white-heart emoji.

In the caption, Lauren wrote:

“Friends don’t copy, they match ✨.”

Celeste took to the comments of the post to share her excitement. She wrote:

“The most special gift.”

Lauren Kyle and Celeste Desjardins had been close friends since their high school days in Sudbury, Ontario. Earlier this year in an interview with Forbes, Lauren shared that she was the one who had introduced Celeste to her husband’s teammate Leon Draisaitl.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl took a trip to St. Tropez with their partners

Earlier this month, Leon Draisaitl and actress Celeste Desjardins tied the knot in a picturesque destination wedding in Les Baux-de-Provence. Following the ceremony, the newlyweds joined Connor McDavid and Lauren Kyle for a celebratory getaway to Saint-Tropez.

Last weekend, Celeste gave fans a look into their French vacation by posting a carousel of photos and clips on Instagram. The first click showed Celeste in a chic dark brown dress with sunglasses and a clutch, while another slide captured her dancing at an outdoor party.

“Return ticket, please!” Celeste joked in the caption.

Another slide featured a still of a toast alongside Lauren and a friend, each raising a glass of pink cocktails.

The pair also posed together at a seaside restaurant with Lauren wearing a striking red and pink striped dress and Celeste in her brown look. One close-up of their table displayed wine glasses, plates and a woven straw bag.

Celeste also shared a candid clip of herself dancing with Leon during a beach celebration on her stories, adding the caption:

“Dancing with my hubby in the South of France.”

The carousel continued with shots from a boat ride across the Mediterranean before closing on a sweet moment of Leon leaning into Celeste at a lunch table as they smiled together.

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Anjum is an NHL reporter at Sportskeeda with over five years of professional experience in the spectator sports industry. Raised in Bahrain, Anjum grew up close to the Formula 1 and GP2 scene, but it was ice-sports that she truly had a chance to play at school.

Anjum prioritizes thorough research, fact-checking and verification of sources when reporting, and has worked for Oil on Whyte, Leafs Herald, the Nation of Blaugrana, Barca International Cules, FromTheBend, Last Word On Sports and NASA.

She got interested in ice hockey after watching the “MVP” trilogy as a second grader and has not gotten over the sport yet. Her favorite player is Alex Ovechkin, whose legendary one-timers live rent free in her heart. The iconic moment when Ovechkin reached 800 career goals with a hat trick in Chicago as the away crowd chanted “Ovi, Ovi” is probably her happiest memory from an ice-rink.

When not enjoying the game, Anjum can be found sailing, star-mapping or collaborating with fellow citizen scientists at NASA.

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