Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2014
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2014
The Stanley Cup was back in Montreal in 1935, though hockey's holy grail was claimed by the Maroons, not the Canadiens. Amazing souvenir of English Montreal's ill-fated team is HOFer Hooley Smith's game-used stick autographed by members of the 1934-35 Stanley Cup champion Maroons! There are a total of 24 autographs on this vintage and historic team-signed gamer, which retains Smith's tape job on the knob. It is slightly loose as is the broken band of tape on the heel of the blade, which displays the outline of tape removed from the toe which is consistent with period photos that show Hooley taped his stick in this manner. Coach and GM Tommy Gorman and fellow deceased HOFers Smith, Alex Connell, Toe Blake and Lionel Conacher have all signed along with the likes of Wentworth, Gainor, Ward, Trottier, Robinson and Blinco, to name a few. "7" is written in pencil below the knob on all four sides of the shaft, which has a varnish coating applied over the pencil autographs. "Stanley Cup Winners (3 straight games) 1934-35" is written below the band of black tape low on the shaft along with the scores of the three finals games between the Maroons and Maple Leafs. Great memento from this defunct team! Maroons radio commentator Elmer Ferguson has signed low on the shaft and Ward has signed on both sides of the shaft. There are two small nail holes on the bottom side of the shaft, one just below the tape knob and one below the tape wrap low on the shaft. Also included is an 8x10 photo of the Maroons’ starting six and matted colorized pictures of Smith, Ward and Blinco.
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