11/19/2023 0 Comments Maple leaf in![]() In 2017, TSN aired the short documentary film The Mission, profiling a project to recover the remaining wreckage of Barilko's plane the film took its title from "Fifty Mission Cap", and it thematically touched on the song's role in Barilko's story. īarilko's story was published in the 1988 book Overtime, Overdue: The Bill Barilko Story, by John Melady, and the 2004 book Barilko - Without A Trace, by Kevin Shea. Until October 15, 2016, Barilko's #5 was one of only two numbers retired by the Maple Leafs ( Ace Bailey's #6 was the other). Honours īarilko played in the 1947, 19 NHL All-Star Game, scoring a goal in the 1949 game.īarilko won four Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs in 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1951. Whenever the band played the Air Canada Centre, Barilko's retired-number banner was always left in place during the concert, and when Downie died on October 17, 2017, the team incorporated Barilko's banner into its Downie tribute. The song has been credited as singlehandedly reviving Barilko's fame after he had lapsed into semi-obscurity the song remains a staple part of the Leafs' warm-up playlist at every home game, and the Leafs have a framed, handwritten copy of Gord Downie's lyrics to the song in their private players' lounge. The 1993 song " Fifty Mission Cap" by The Tragically Hip is about Barilko's death and the Leafs' subsequent Stanley Cup drought. īarilko is buried in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, at the Timmins Memorial Cemetery. The cause of the crash was deemed to have been a combination of pilot inexperience, poor weather and overloaded cargo. Eleven years later, on June 6, 1962, helicopter pilot Gary Fields discovered the wreckage of the plane about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Cochrane, Ontario, about 56 kilometres (35 miles) off course. On the return trip to Porcupine Lake, the single-engine plane disappeared and its passengers remained missing. On August 26, 1951, Barilko joined his dentist, Henry Hudson, on a flight aboard Hudson's Fairchild 24 floatplane to Rupert House in northern Quebec for a weekend fishing trip. The goal was the overtime game-winning goal in Game 5 of the 1951 Stanley Cup Final (April 21, 1951). The last goal ever scored by Barilko was in overtime against the Montreal Canadiens' netminder Gerry McNeil. During that span of five seasons, Barilko and the Toronto Maple Leafs were Stanley Cup champions on four occasions: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951. The #5 (which was retired by the Leafs) was worn by Barilko for only one season, 1950–51. He changed to #19 for the 1948––50 seasons. He was assigned sweater #21 when he debuted for the Leafs. ![]() In February 1947, Bill Barilko was called up to the Toronto Maple Leafs from the PCHL's Hollywood Wolves and played for Toronto until his death. He was the subject of the 1993 single " Fifty Mission Cap" by The Tragically Hip.īarilko was of Ukrainian descent and had a brother, Alex, and sister, Anne. Barilko died in August 1951 in a floatplane crash during a fishing trip to Quebec. Over five seasons, Barilko won the Stanley Cup four times in 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1951. August 26, 1951) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League career for the Toronto Maple Leafs. ![]()
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