THE BARILKO GOAL - APRIL 21, 1951

I can only imagine what it was like to be a young hockey fan back on that Saturday night in 1951, when Bill Barilko finished off the Montreal Canadiens with his overtime winner in game five of the Stanley Cup final.

A couple of things I do know; I would've listened to Foster Hewitt's call on the radio, and waited for the Monday newspaper so I could cut out clippings for my scrapbook.

Since the above wasn't possible, I decided to go digital and crop items I thought would make my scrapbook.

Here is a sampling from the goal to the post-game celebrations...

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