Frank Mahovlich takes a twirl on Maple Leaf Gardens ice with his wife, Marie, during Toronto’s Christmas party in Dec. 1962, not quite three months after he’d signed a four-year contract.

Stouffville, Ont. - Earlier this week I played the Granite Golf Club with Frank Mahovlich and a couple of his buddies. That was a treat. The Big M, now a Senator but always one of the hockey ...