Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
The first (1st) overall pick of the 2009 National Hockey League Entry Draft, John Tavares would spend the first nine (9) years of his NHL career with the New York Islanders on Long Island before coming home north of the border to join his hometown team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, for the 2018-19 season of play. Having worn the distinguished captain's "C" for Toronto from 2019 to 2024, serving as the 25th captain in franchise history, Tavares reached the 1000 point plateau for his career on December 11th, 2023 against his old team, the Islanders, becoming only the 98th player in NHL history to reach the mark. Offered here, we present this “Toronto St. Pats” alternate jersey worn by Tavares during the second (2nd) period of Toronto’s contest against the Carolina Hurricanes on March 17th, 2023. Made by Adidas, a band displaying both "Made in Canada" and size "56" designations is affixed to the inner collar above a screened on Prime Green designation which has been partially covered by a heat-pressed in Maple Leafs team inventory barcode. Featuring the logo crests of the NHL and Adidas over the front and reverse necklines respectively, the front of the jersey is decorated with “St. Pats” in green felt letters sewn atop of an oval white felt base that sits in the middle of the chest while the distinguished captain's "C" is sewn on over the left breast. Having had the Leafs "Milk" sponsorship logo heat-pressed on over the right breast, Tavares' number "91" is sewn on over the sleeves and verso in matching green felt material with the back numbers once again added on top of a white felt base and sewn down with a vintage-style sewing pattern. Having had "Tavares" spelt out in matching green felt letters across the affixed matching nameplate at the top of the reverse, the jersey retains its original fight strap on the interior, which has been marked with a "2" in green marker to distinguish it as being a second (2nd) period offering. Worn for just a single period of play and sporting just light wear, a faint stick mark is present over the left cuff. Also sporting some minor staining over the lower front and accompanied by a Leafs LOA matching the barcode seen heat-pressed over the inner collar, the jersey is photo-matched with Getty Image #1474409766 (March 17th, 2023 vs Carolina) to the previously mentioned light stick mark over the left cuff.
Also accompanied by a pair of St. Pats style game socks that were likely worn in multiple games over multiple seasons, the green and white coloured leg coverings both sport Adidas band labels affixed to the top of them which display size "XL" designations as well. Also having had Tavares number "91" identifiers added over the labels as well, the socks sport game-wear via numerous stick marks, board burns and coloured paint transfers while one (1) also includes a one (1) inch team repair. Regarding the photo-match for the socks, they are matched with Getty Image #1386912325 (March 17th, 2022 vs Carolina) to the team repair over the one sock on the right leg and assorted stick marks/coloured paint transfers seen over both.
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