Ron Ellis, winger on last Toronto Maple Leafs squad to win Stanley Cup, dead at 79

Ron Ellis, a right winger who played 16 seasons in the NHL with Toronto and was a member of the last Maple Leafs team to win a Stanley Cup, has died at the age of 79. “We mourn the loss of Ron Ellis, a lifetime Leaf whose legacy is woven into the fabric of the blue and white,” the Leafs said in a statement. Ellis played his entire NHL career in Toronto and had 640 points, scoring 332 goals and adding 308 assists in 1,034 games, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported.