Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2015
Photo-matched 1985-86 Bruins gamer was worn by center Dave Pasin, who had 18 goals and 19 assists in 71 games in his only season in Boston. This game-worn jersey is matched to photos of Pasin wearing No. 37 that show the team repair and red mark to the right of the numbers on the right sleeve, and to the black mark through the middle of the left side of the team crest and the black mark to the right of the team crest. Now crested with a “Bourque” nameplate and No. 77, this gamer with an “85 07” (July 1985) born-on date tag has evidence of a former nameplate and that all of the previous sewn-on numbers “3” were replaced by “7” on the sleeves and the back.
This game-worn Bruins jersey was originally obtained from someone who worked at Boston Garden. It is covered with black marks. More game wear shows in red paint transfer on the upper right sleeve, through the numbers and on the shoulder, and more red paint on the left sleeve. There are four team repairs on the lower left sleeve and team repairs around the left “7” on both sleeves. We count eight more team repairs on the right sleeve, four on the front, two on the back, and one high on the back of the left sleeve. HOF defenseman Ray Bourque switched to #77 in December of 1987 and although there is the possibility that the jersey was an emergency replacement one recycled for Bourque's use in the 1987-88 season, we could not photo-match it to Bourque wearing it and so we are selling it as a Dave Pasin game-worn jersey.
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