Bill Barilko hockey stick on auction 74 years after Maple Leaf legend’s Stanley Cup-winning OT goal

A hockey stick said to have been owned and signed by Bill Barilko, the Toronto Maple Leaf who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in overtime in 1951 and died at age 24 in a plane crash that summer, is on the auction block. Miller and Miller Auctions, based out of New Hamburg, Ont., is selling the “game-issued” wooden stick from the 1950-51 season. The…

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JJ Peterka, Bowen Byram, and the 2C Puzzle: Inside the Vancouver Canucks’ Offseason Plans – The Hockey Writers – Vancouver Canucks

As the NHL’s off-season gains momentum, the Vancouver Canucks find themselves at another familiar crossroads — ambitious, tight on cap space, and facing a few key roster holes that need plugging. This week, Halford and Brough welcomed NHL insider Frank Seravalli to the show to talk about where the Canucks stand in the early days…

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