Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2024
Drafted 234th overall at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques, Claude Lapointe would play a total of fourteen (14) years in the National Hockey League with teams such as Quebec, Colorado, Calgary, NY Islanders and Philadelphia. A bulldog style player who played seven (7) years of his NHL tenure with the New York Islanders, offered here is this Islanders jersey worn by Lapointe during the 1996-97 season. Made by CCM with a single size “54” tag affixed inside the collar, the logos of CCM and the NHL shield have been embroidered into the rear hem. Decorated over the front with the infamous Islanders “Fisherman” crest that lasted only two seasons and matching light house alternate logo patches over both shoulders, the glue outline of a larger front logo that once graced the jersey is seen around the edge of the smaller one that the team put in its place. Adding to the appeal, the jersey hails from the Islanders 25th anniversary season with their anniversary patch commemorating the occasion seen over the right breast. Having had Lapointe's number "48" sewn over the sleeves and verso in stacked tri-layer tackle twill numerals with “Lapointe” spelt out across the affixed matching nameplate in single layer navy twill letters, a handwritten notation reading "96-97" is found on the inside of the jersey behind the front crest, having been penned by Islanders equipment manager, Joe McMahon, who has added his signature underneath. Exhibiting overall light game-wear, fabric snags are found over both sleeves and front while the front also shows a couple of small and light stick marks as well. Additionally, small board burns are seen over both sleeves and the right sleeve shows a small cut. Displaying some light thread and seam fraying seen on the interior and retaining its original fight strap, the jersey has been photo-matched to an image of Lapointe seen in the Islanders 1996-97 media guide which shows a match to the loose thread off the bottom of the "A" in "Islanders" in the front crest as well as to the pull in the jersey above the right sleeve number which is seen in the same image. A copy of the media guide will accompany the jersey along with a MeiGray LOA and COR.
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