NEW YORK—Rod Gilbert, the Hall of Fame right wing who starred for the New York Rangers and helped Canada win the 1972 Summit Series, had died. He was 80.
Gilbert’s family confirmed the death to Rangers on Sunday. The team didn’t provide details.
Former New York Rangers player Rod Gilbert, foreground, and team captain Mark Messier attend a hockey clinic at the skating rink at Rockefeller Center in New York, on Jan. 20, 1994. Mark Lennihan/File/AP Photo
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