Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction March 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/29/2011
The heavily-favored Team Canada squad that showed up for the 1996 World Cup of Hockey was overflowing with National Hockey League talent. Gretzky, Messier, Coffey, Shanahan, Lindros, Brodeur, Graves, Fleury, Sakic… they were all there. Off to a great start with wins over Russia, Slovakia, and Germany, the boys seemed to only have difficulty when they took on those pesky Americans, losing to USA by a score of 5-3 on August 31st. A close game against Sweden in the semi-finals would see Canada move on to face Team USA once more. Canada took the first match in the best-of-three final, in Philadelphia, 4-3 in overtime. Then the USA recorded a memorable pair of 5-2 victories in Montreal to win the series. In the third and decisive game, the US received spectacular goaltending from tournament MVP Mike Richter and rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the third period by scoring four goals in the final 3:18 of the game.
Offered is the white set of uniforms worn by members of Team Canada for the games of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. This set was worn for a single game in the series, played on September 7th, 1996 against Sweden in a hard-fought 3-2 victory for Canada. The jerseys were also worn in one of the two pre-tournament exhibition match-ups against the Americans played on August 20th in Vancouver and August 21st in San Jose, California. According to those who attended the exhibition games, they were intense, on-ice battles that foreshadowed what would come in the Finals. Each white Bauer airknit is tagged by the maker in the collar with a size tag nearby and the company logo sewn up on the right breast. Best is the circular World Cup of Hockey crest on the chest. All crests, numbers and nameplate lettering are sewn-on and the Bauer inventory control tag is heat-pressed into the tail. Each jersey will come complete with a letter of authenticity from the NHLPA.
Big Eric Lindros wore this white airknit Team Canada jersey in matches against Team USA before the start of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. The jersey has glue residue where an "A" was removed from the chest and the original letter will also be included with the lot. The pre-tournament uniform is tagged in the neck in size 58 and displays great wear with about 50 stick marks, board burns, unrepaired holes and a few spots of board paint transfer. Lindros played in all eight of Team Canada's matches, scoring three goals and adding another three assists.
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