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Documentary Revisits Leafs Legend Barilko’s Goal and Disappearance 75 Years Later
The film will include interviews with hockey figures and archival material, including a licensed Tragically Hip song, as it revisits Barilko’s disappearance.
- On Tuesday, Melbar Entertainment Group announced the production of 'Frozen in Time: The Bill Barilko Story,' a documentary examining the life and mysterious disappearance of the Toronto Maple Leafs legend.
- Tuesday's announcement marked the 75th anniversary of Bill Barilko's 1951 Stanley Cup-winning goal; four months later, he disappeared on a fishing trip with pilot Henry Hudson.
- TVOntario journalist Steve Paikin and author Ronnie Shuker conceived the project following a December 2024 interview; the film features Frank Mahovlich and Hockey Hall of Fame curator Phil Pritchard.
- The Leafs did not win another Stanley Cup until Barilko's remains were located in 1962, a 10-year drought that defines the franchise's lore.
- Paikin said the documentary aims to preserve the 'astonishingly dramatic' story for hockey fans, noting it does not hold the place in national mythology he wishes it did.
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Documentary revisits Leafs legend Barilko’s goal and disappearance 75 years later
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“Frozen in Time: The Bill Barilko Story,” to tell story of Maple Leafs – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — The idea started with a live television interview. Steve Paikin, a longtime TVOntario journalist and former host of current affairs show “The Agenda,” was interviewing author Ronnie Shuker about his hockey book “The Country and the Game,” back in December 2024. One of the chapters in the book was about Toronto Maple Leafs legend Bill Barilko. As Paikin says, the concept formed in real time. “As I’m doing the interview, I said to Ronnie…
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