Before he was his teammate, Jim Rutherford was a fan of Eddie Shack. As a teenager in Ontario during the 1960s, Rutherford watched his favorite team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, win four Stanley Cup ...

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 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.

Eddie Shack, Feisty Wing for Powerful Maple Leafs, Dies at 83 He helped Toronto win four Stanley Cups in the ’60s, his pugnacity earning love in Toronto (and, no surprise, hatred in rival Montreal).

Eddie Shack, one of the NHL’s most colorful players on and off the ice, has died. He was 83. The Toronto Maple Leafs announced the news in a tweet Sunday morning.

In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo from Toronto, Eddie Shack holds a personalized miniature Stanley Cup from the Maple Leafs' 1962 championship.

Eddie Shack, a former Bruins forward and one of the NHL’s most colorful players on and off the ice, has died. He was 83. The Toronto Maple Leafs announced the news in a tweet Sunday morning.