Jim Pappin's Stanley Cup Ring Found

This is a truly amazing story from today's Toronto Star.

Whatever became of his original 1967 Stanley Cup ring?

Bitter that the Leafs traded him after he led all scorers with seven goals and 15 points during the 12-game playoff run that culminated in Toronto’s last Stanley Cup, Pappin wasn’t too sentimental about the golden bauble.

So after spending the 1967-68 season with the Leafs, Pappin gave the ring as a gift to his first wife’s father, Peter Kyrzakos, when he was dealt to the Chicago Black Hawks.

“I was traded to Chicago in ‘68. I hated (Toronto general manager and coach Punch) Imlach, I hated everything to do with the Leafs so I gave the ring to my father-in-law,” the 67-year-old Pappin told the Star last night.

But Kyrzakos, who had a home in Vero Beach, Fla., lost the ring at a beach sometime during the 1970s.



Three weeks ago in Clearwater Pass, Fla., (Mark) DesErmia – who carries Reno (a cockatiel) on his shoulder when searching – found himself neck-deep in the Gulf of Mexico. The underwater metal detector told him he had scored.

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