Courtesy of www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1972 Opeechee hockey card of former NHL defenseman Barry Ashbee. Ashbee played 5 seasons in the league with the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers, winning the Stanley Cup with the Flyers in 1973-74. Unfortunately, his playing career ended that year when he suffered a severe eye injury after being hit with a puck. Ashbee served as an assistant coach the following year, when the Flyers won another Cup. His life took another tragic turn in April of 1977 when he found out he had leukemia, then died a month later.
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