Bill Barilko

A post over at Jeff Barak's fine Third String Goalie blog, which showcases a different hockey jersey every day, alerted me to the fact that Bill Barilko's famous, and ultimately kinda tragic, OT goal happened on this day in 1951. The first I ever heard of Barilko was in 1992, in a song by The Tragically Hip...and while today I'd simply Google "Bill Barilko" on my phone, in those days I had to just sit and wonder what they were talking about until years later when I finally learned the whole story in a hockey book while on break at Borders. It was compelling enough that I did a comic about it, a short one-pager which eventually led off the first issue of Old-Timey Hockey Tales. Here it is for your enjoyment!