Historical Hockey Memorabilia Winter 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/22/2012
It's difficult to imagine another NHL team being assembled that will rival the Montreal Canadiens dynasty that captured four straight Stanley Cups in the late 1970s. This silver-plated memento was presented to Hall of Fame centre Jacques Lemaire after the powerful Habs made it three straight Cups in 1977-78. After taking care of the Bruins in the finals, Larry Robinson was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. That capped a memorable season that saw Guy Lafleur take the Art Ross, Hart and Pearson trophies, Ken Dryden and Michel Larocque share the Vezina, Serge Savard win the Masterton and Bob Gainey awarded the first Selke Trophy as the NHL's best defensive forward. Their names, along with those of team captain Yvan Cournoyer, Steve Shutt, Guy Lapointe and the wonderful supporting cast are engraved in three columns on the barrel of this personal trophy, which stands 13" tall. Jean Beliveau is listed among the executives and coaches above, including Sam Pollock and Scotty Bowman. There is substantial silver plating loss on the trophy - which could be re-silvered - including virtually the entire barrel where the names are engraved. The green felt bottom of the detached black wood base is signed by Jacques Lemaire, whose signed LOA will be included with this formidable keepsake.
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