Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2015
This is the St. Louis Blues 1968-69 West Division championship ring that was presented to Andre Boudrias. The tableau of this wonderful keepsake features a golden Bluenote logo against a blue enamel background, encircled by “West Division Champions” on the bezel. Crossed hockey sticks and “1969” are on one side and the NHL logo on the other. Stamped “18K” on the interior of the band, where a scripted “Andre Boudrias” also appears, the size 12 ring weighs a substantial 46 grams or so. This early NHL expansion era treasure is very nicely preserved with some proud wear in the form of light scratches on the back of the band and on the tableau. From an exciting and proud time in Blues’ history, the treasure will be accompanied by Andre Boudrias’ signed LOA.
With their cast of wily veterans and castoffs, the Blues were the class of the NHL’s West Division in 1968-69 and team management did things up with class at season’s end, presenting members of the team with magnificent gold rings for their championship season. With a goaltending tandem that featured two of the all-time greatest in Jacques Plante and Glenn Hall (they combined to win the Vezina Trophy), the Blues soared to an 88-point season, outdistancing second place Oakland by a whopping 19 points. St. Louis came out on top of the division come playoff time, sweeping the Flyers and Kings before succumbing to a superior Montreal team in the Stanley Cup finals.
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