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

Eddie Shack is the most popular player in Buffalo Sabres history who never played a full season for them. He died Saturday night, at age 83, in a Toronto hospital after a bout with throat cancer ...

Eddie Shack was everything Leafs fans wanted in a hockey player. The fans at Maple Leaf Gardens loved him and he loved them back. John Mahler / Toronto Star file photo ...

Equal parts player and pitchman, Eddie Shack defied easy categorizationOff the ice, Shack was decades ahead of his time. No one did more to monetize his celebrity. While many players of that era ...

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.

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 tweetSunday morning. ”Eddie entertained Leaf… ...

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo from Toronto , former Toronto Maple Leafs player Johnny Bower, right, looks at Eddie Shack's personalized miniature Stanley Cup from the 1962 championship.

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. Get the full experience.

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

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo from Toronto , former Toronto Maple Leafs player Johnny Bower, right, looks at Eddie Shack’s personalized miniature Stanley Cup from the 1962 championship.

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo from Toronto , former Toronto Maple Leafs player Johnny Bower, right, looks at Eddie Shack's personalized miniature Stanley Cup from the 1962 championship.