After the
disappearance of Barilko and his friend Hudson, the Toronto Maple Leafs were
stuck in a bad losing streak until 1962 when the Toronto Maple Leafs won the
Stanley Cup again, coincidentally the same year Barilko was found (“Storm
Halts”, 2001). Some say there was a curse on the team that had finally been
lifted. It was Tim Hortons from Cochrane, Ontario that took Barilko’s spot on
the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1952 after Barilko was reported missing (Pagan,
2011).
In October
of 2011, friends and family of Barilko and Hudson went on a mission to retrieve
the debris from the plane crash and return it to its home in Timmins, Ontario (2011).
The plane would be on display at Porcupine Lake (2011). There is still a small
yellow and black sign nailed onto a tree trunk at the site of the plane crash
in memory of Bill Barilko and Henry Hudson (O’Toole, 2011).