1 1951-52 PARKHURST #52 THE WINNING GOAL
Hockey cards do a great job of highlighting our heroes, but they rarely capture the game’s most memorable moments. This single is the ultimate exception and, as a result, a standout in hockey’s most important, and most coveted, vintage set. Bill Barilko – who didn’t earn his own card in the series – is shown beating Montreal’s Gerry McNeil with the Stanley Cup-clincher at 2:53 of overtime to give the Leafs a 3-2 win over the Canadiens in Game 5 of the 1951 Final at Maple Leaf Gardens. It was a thrilling, and fitting, end to the only Final in Stanley Cup history in which every game ended in overtime, and secured a then-record ninth title for Toronto.