Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Bereaved family of ice-hockey legend reunited with his prized shirt

Joe Guilcher (front, far right) with the Dundee Rockets in their heyday.
Joe Guilcher (front, far right) with the Dundee Rockets in their heyday.

A memorabilia top belonging to a Dundee ice hockey legend who recently died has been returned to his grieving family,  after being taken from a pub wall nearly ten years ago.

The Dundee Rockets number 11 shirt was handed anonymously to Dundee Ice Arena after an appeal by Joe Guilcher’s relatives.

It will be reunited with its rightful owner when he is laid to rest on Friday.

Joe's shirt has been returned after an appeal.
Joe’s shirt has been returned after an appeal.

Joe Guilcher, who played for the Dundee Rockets in the 1970s and 1980s and was a key part of the team that lifted the British Championship in their heyday, recently died aged 69 after a long battle with cancer.

In the early 00s, Joe had loaned one of his shirts to the All Stars pub on Commercial Street to display as memorabilia.

Joe Guilcher (centre) with his blue top, which was later modified to have Dundee Rockets printed over the New York slogan.
Joe Guilcher (centre) with his blue top, which was later modified to have Dundee Rockets printed over the New York slogan.

But when the pub closed down in 2006 and he went to collect the shirt, it had disappeared from the wall.

He had always planned to look for the top, but it was forgotten about when he was diagnosed with cancer.

Joe’s family said they were delighted to have got the shirt back in time for the funeral.