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Edward Steven Phillip Shack (February 11, 1937 – July 25, 2020), also known by his nicknames "the Entertainer" and "the Nose", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player of Ukrainian descent who played for six National Hockey League (NHL) teams from 1959 to 1975. He spent eight and a half seasons of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1967. Early life Edward Steven Phillip Shack was born in Sudbury, Ontario, on February 11, 1937, the son of Ukrainian immigrants Lena and Bill Shack. He had an elder sister named Mary As a child, he struggled in school due to illnesses between first and third grade that hampered his attendance. Consequently, he stayed illiterate and eventually dropped out altogether. He began working as a salesman for a butcher shop, but left this job to try out with the Guelph Biltmores hockey club; during his time with them, he supported himself with jobs at a meat market and on a coal truck. Shack met his wife, Norma Givens, when she worked at the Eaton’s across from the Empress Hotel in Peterborough, Ont., where the team held its training camps. The couple married in 1962 and had two children. Shack played junior hockey for the Guelph Biltmores of the OHA for five seasons starting at the age of 15. He had his best season in 1956–57, when he led the league in assists and starred in the Memorial Cup playoffs. The New York Rangers signed Shack and assigned him to their AHL Providence Reds farm team for half a season. He made the NHL in the 1958–59 season and played two years for the Blueshirts. In 1960, he was to be traded with Bill Gadsby to the Detroit Red Wings for Red Kelly and Billy McNeill, but the transaction was cancelled when Kelly decided to retire rather than accept the trade. In November of the 1960–61 season, Shack was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he played seven seasons on the left wing as a colourful, third-line agitator who was popular with the fans despite a lack of scoring prowess. Canadian sports writer Stephen Cole likened Shack's playing to that of "a big puppy let loose in a wide field". During the 1965–66 season Shack broke out, scoring 26 goals on a line with Ron Ellis and Bob Pulford. His popularity was such that a novelty song called "Clear the Track, Here Comes Shack", written in his honour and performed by Douglas Rankine with The Secrets, reached No. 1 on the Canadian pop charts and charted for 9 weeks. Shack was a member of the Maple Leafs' last Stanley Cup-winning team in 1967, although his production fell significantly and he was traded in May 1967 to the Boston Bruins for Murray Oliver and cash. Playing on the right wing on a line with Derek Sanderson and Ed Westfall, Shack's performance rebounded and he scored 23 goals. n. Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1952–53 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 21 2 6 8 43 — — — — — 1953–54 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 54 13 9 22 46 1 1 0 1 4 1954–55 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 19 6 7 13 35 2 0 0 0 4 1955–56 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 48 23 49 72 93 3 1 0 1 10 1956–57 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 52 47 57 104 129 10 4 10 14 53 1956–57 Guelph Biltmores M-Cup — — — — — 6 2 2 4 26 1957–58 Providence Reds AHL 35 16 18 34 98 — — — — — 1958–59 New York Rangers NHL 67 7 14 21 109 — — — — — 1959–60 New York Rangers NHL 62 8 10 18 110 — — — — — 1959–60 Springfield Indians AHL 9 3 4 7 10 — — — — — 1960–61 New York Rangers NHL 12 1 2 3 17 — — — — — 1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 55 14 14 28 90 4 0 0 0 2 1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 44 7 14 21 62 9 0 0 0 18 1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 16 9 25 97 10 2 1 3 11 1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 11 10 21 128 13 0 1 1 25 1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 5 9 14 68 5 1 0 1 8 1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 26 17 43 88 4 2 1 3 33 1965–66 Rochester Americans AHL 8 3 4 7 12 — — — — — 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 11 14 25 58 8 0 0 0 8 1967–68 Boston Bruins NHL 70 23 19 42 107 4 0 1 1 6 1968–69 Boston Bruins NHL 50 11 11 22 74 9 0 2 2 23 1969–70 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 22 12 34 113 — — — — — 1970–71 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 2 2 4 8 — — — — — 1970–71 Buffalo Sabres NHL 56 25 17 42 93 — — — — — 1971–72 Buffalo Sabres NHL 50 11 14 25 34 — — — — — 1971–72 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18 5 9 14 12 4 0 1 1 15 1972–73 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 74 25 20 45 84 — — — — — 1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 7 8 15 74 4 1 0 1 2 1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 26 2 1 3 11 — — — — — 1974–75 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 8 3 4 7 10 — — — — — 1976–77 Whitby Warriors OHA-Sr. 9 5 4 9 8 — — — — — NHL totals 1,047 239 226 465 1,437 74 6 7 13 151
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Rangers vs. Panthers Game 4 POSTGAME! | NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs | Rangers Lose Game 4 In Overtime
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The King reacts to the NY Rangers advancing to ECF with Chris Kreider Hat Trick! #nyr #noquitinny
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Rangers vs. Hurricanes Game 6 POSTGAME! | NHL Playoffs | New York Rangers | Blueshirts Banter
The Carolina Hurricanes are coming off of back-to-back victories over the New York Rangers as the series heads back to Raleigh, ...
Rangers vs. Hurricanes Game 4 POSTGAME! | NHL Playoffs | New York Rangers | Blueshirts Banter
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Rangers vs. Hurricanes Game 3 POSTGAME! | NHL Playoffs | New York Rangers WIN!! | Blueshirts Banter
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