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This is the game when the Bruins' great defender Eddie Shore ended the career, and nearly the life, of Ace Bailey. In a wild fit of rage Shore attacks Bailey, mistaking him for King Clancy who initially irritated him. It was a basic slew-foot - as simple as it was unsportsmanlike. But as Bailey fell he hit his head on the ice and fractured his skull. He lay twisted and twitching in a seizure-like state. Bailey had two brain operations and hovered between life and death for 10 days.
Bailey eventually recovered to live a normal life but his hockey career was finished.
The lasting legacy of this incident was the birth of the All Star Game. An all-star benefit game was held at Maple Leaf Gardens on February 14, 1934. This was 13 years before the NHL would introduce an annual all-star game. Bailey and Shore shook hands and embraced at centre ice before the game began.
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