Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 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 Maple Leafs jersey worn by Tavares during game four (4) against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Made by Adidas, a band displaying both "Made in Canada" and size "56" designations is affixed to the inner collar above a heat-pressed on Leafs team inventory barcode. Decorated over the front and reverse necklines with the crests of the NHL and Adidas respectively, the front of the jersey is styled with a Maple Leafs team crest that has had "Toronto Maple Leafs" embroidered into it. Sporting the distinguished captain's "C" over the left breast and a heat-pressed on "Milk" sponsorship logo over the right breast, the sleeves and verso have been accented with Tavares' number "91" in single layer blue tackle twill numerals while "Tavares" is spelt out in matching style letters across the affixed matching nameplate. Retaining its fight strap on the interior which has been marked with "TBL GM 4" in blue marker ink, the jersey was worn for the entirety of a single game that saw Johnny "Toronto" register 17:30 of ice time and shows game-wear via stick marks over the front, reverse and left sleeve as well as board burns over both sleeves, coloured board paint transfers over the right sleeve and a small unrepaired hole in the right sleeve near the elbow. Accompanied by a Leafs COA, the jersey has been photo-matched with Getty Image #1252153129 (April 24th, 2023 vs Tampa Bay - Eastern Conference Quarter Finals Game 4) to the light stick mark just above the top blue stripe of the left sleeve.
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