The Elmer Lach Auction - October 2006
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2006
Extremely stirring opportunity to acquire a piece of monumental hockey history here with this Montreal Forum program from April 7, 1928, and game two of the best-of-five Stanley Cup finals between the New York Rangers and Montreal Maroons. It was a legendary night as 45-year old Ranger coach and manager Lester Patrick donned the goalie equipment after his goalie Lorne Chabot was sent to hospital courtesy of a Nels Stewart blast to the eye, in the second period. Patrick stopped all but Stewart’s tying goal in the third period and Frank Boucher’s overtime marker gave the Rangers a 2-1 win and tied the series 1-1 as Patrick was mobbed by his players. One Joe Miller was signed for the rest of the finals, won 3-2 by New York, with all games being played at the Forum because of a circus at Madison Square Garden. It was the Rangers first Cup win in just their second season and another chapter of hockey history written by Patrick. Measuring approximately 6” by 9”, the G-VG program had tears to both covers professionally repaired and features 48 pages of fascinating reading, including results of earlier 1928 playoff series. No writing inside this extremely rare treasure (not even the Hall of Fame has a copy), which will be the cornerstone of a New York Rangers or Stanley Cup finals program collection.
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