Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
Earning his fourth and final William M. Jennings Trophy during his time with Dallas in 1999 - a season that also witnessed the Stars and HOFer capture a Stanley Cup championship, Ed Belfour would spend five seasons in Texas which included a trio of appearances at the NHL All-Star Game. Earning 160 of his 484 wins in the National Hockey League during his time in "The Lone Star State" and inducted into the hallowed halls of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011, offered here, and hailing directly from his personal collection, is this mask worn by Belfour as a member of the Stars circa 2001. A Warwick made offering that feature’s Ed’s beautiful trademark eagles over each side of the protective head piece, his customary “Make-a-Wish Foundation” design resides over the chin section. Sporting a white cats eye cage over the front of the mask and retaining all the padding on the interior as well as the dual coloured black and white strapping harness to coincide with the placement of the custom graphics, the sweatband and chin cup are also present on the inside of the mask. Displaying additional imagery over the backplate that includes a 1941 Willys Coupe advertising Ed’s racing company, named after his Carman, Manitoba hometown and "B1" along the bottom, a memorial ribbon decal is also seen over the backplate, placed there following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States of America. With the interior of the mask sporting a pair of Warwick stickers, one behind each ear, partially covering up handwritten particulars penned by Gary Warwick in gold ink in the same areas, the notations indicate that the mask was perhaps made in time for the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs and was also in service during the 2001-02 regular season, as evident by the memorial ribbon on the backplate. Displaying "2001-2002" handwritten in blue marker by Belfour on the inside of the mask at the left side of the chin, and then signed by him overtop of that while also adding a "Game Used" notation in thin gold ink that displays well, the mask shows game-use via a couple of scattered marks/abrasions throughout the piece, a few scratches throughout, a couple of shallow spider cracks above the right eyebrow, fraying to the black strap over the left side of the jaw and chips to the edge of the shell at the left corner underneath the ear and bottom of the chin. Hailing from Belfour's personal collection, his signed LOA will accompany the piece and the mask will come housed in a simple black goalie mask bag.
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