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Hockey Hall of Famer Dick Gamble gets ring back

Hockey Hall of Famer Dick Gamble gets ring back | iNFOnews.ca
In this Jan. 29, 2007, photo provided by the American Hockey League, Dick Gamble speaks during AHL Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Toronto. A scuba-diving treasure hunter who found an American Hockey League Hall of Fame ring in one of New York's Finger Lakes is returning it to its owner. Gary Gavurnik, of Auburn, New York, plans to return the prized ring to former AHL star Dick Gamble on Monday, July 24, 2017. Gavurnik found it with a metal detector in Canandaigua Lake over the Fourth of July weekend. (Graig Abel/AHL via AP)

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – A scuba-diving treasure hunter who found an American Hockey League Hall of Fame ring in one of New York’s Finger Lakes has returned it to its owner.

Auburn, New York, resident Gary Gavurnik returned the prized ring to former hockey star Dick Gamble on Monday. Gavurnik found it with a metal detector in Canandaigua (kan-un-DAY’-gwuh) Lake during the Fourth of July weekend.

The 88-year-old Canadian-born Gamble starred for the Rochester Americans and retired in the 1969-70 season. He was inducted into the AHL Hall of Fame in 2007.

He gave the ring to his son, Craig, who wore it every day for seven years before losing it in the lake. He never told his dad and ordered a replacement.

Craig said the return was “fantastic.”

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