Now 82, he has been promoting his book, “Eddie Shack: Hockey’s Most Entertaining Stories,” which he wrote with Sportsnet personality Ken Reid. “My wife plays bridge, and she’s selling a ...

Shack scored 465 points (239 goals, 226 assists) between 1958-59 and 1974-75 for six teams, including 20-goal seasons for five of them, and scored the Cup-winning goal for Toronto in 1963.

Shack made his N.H.L. debut in the 1958-59 season with the Rangers, who traded him to the Maple Leafs in November 1960. He played for their Stanley Cup championship teams in 1962, ’63, ’64 and ...

Shack made his NHL debut in 1958 and was traded to Toronto in 1960 after refusing to go to Detroit. He won the Cup with the Leafs in 1962, ‘63, ’64 and ’67.

Shack won four Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967. Although much of his tenure was spent as a third- or fourth-line forward, Shack’s most famous goal was historic.

Toronto Maple Leafs' forward Eddie Shack, decked out in a cowboy hat, heads up ice with the puck during the Heroes of Hockey old-timers' game at the NHL All-Star weekend in Toronto on Feb. 5, 2000.

One imagines Eddie Shack crashing into the Pearly Gates with an angelic choir belting out: “Clear the Track, Here Comes Shack,” the novelty song that topped the charts in Toronto ...

Shack defied easy categorization. He wasn’t an enforcer per se, although he could and would frequently drop the gloves. (Per Hockey Fights, there were 37 bouts in his 17-year career, although it ...