HOCKEY/OBITS: RIP Eddie Shack

[dewline]

So this was announced today:

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/eddie-shack-dies-fomer-toronto-maple-leafs-1.5663614

Another bit of childhood history, gone to the ghost rinks. I have to admit to not paying much attention to him. I was a Philadelphia fan as a kid out in the prairies, and once the Sens were relaunched as a team, that was when I switched loyalties. But I remember the Entertainer, as he was sometimes called.

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[cmcmck]

Olivia de Havilland has also travelled on at the grand age of 104.

[dewline]

Yes. Death keeps walking from one to the next...

[lyrical_heart]

Eddie Shack? Never heard of him.

[dewline]

Now here's where a generation gap comes into play. I was still in diapers and taking naps in the crib - which was probably painted with lead-based paint - back when he was part of the last Maple Leafs team so far to win the Stanley Cup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Shack

[lyrical_heart]

You can still like him though. I like Bill Barilko. :D