Richard Peddie and Brian Burke.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO -- Team owners say the only members of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA's Toronto Raptors to get the swine flu shots were in the priority groups.

However, in a letter to the Ontario government, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment did not say which professional athletes got the H1N1 vaccine or what priority groups they were part of.

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews says she'll take the teams at their word for now.

Matthews says everyone has heard stories about people jumping the queue and getting a vaccine before people in the priority groups.

She plans to look at the entire issue of how the vaccine program was rolled out, but not until after the pandemic is over.

However, Matthews says she doesn't plan any further investigations into how the professional sports teams managed to get the vaccine or who they gave it to.