Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/15/2016
The last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup, the Victoria Cougars led by Frank Fredrickson would defeat the Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1 and be heralded as world champions in 1925. It would be the last Stanley Cup matches played on the west coast until 1982. This extremely rare 7” x 10 ½” program was issued for the series, and it’s only the second example we’ve handled. The thin-stock fold-over cover features four inserted pages, with line-ups, standings and scoring summaries listed, along with portrait images of many of the participants including Vezina, Morenz, Fredrickson and Cougars manager Lester Patrick. Space has also been provided on the inside back cover for the scorers to be listed for each game.
In very pleasing condition, the program does exhibit an off-center vertical fold line with a few other minor creases to the covers, along with a tiny edge tear near the middle on the right hand side. The interior pages remain tightly affixed and show just a little spotting in a few small areas, with the staples exhibiting some rust. A crossword puzzle on the first page has also been completed in pencil.
The series opened at the 4,200 seat Patrick Arena in Victoria on March 21, 1925, with the Cougars claiming a 5-2 victory. The Final then shifted to the larger Denman Arena in Vancouver for Game 2, which the Cougars also won by a 3-1 score before moving back to Victoria for Games 3 and 4. The Canadiens took the first of those by a 4-2 margin, before Victoria clinched the series with a 6-1 win in Game 4 on March 30th. The clincher would also prove to be the final game in the great career of Montreal's legendary goalie George Vezina, who would pass away from tuberculosis the following spring at the age of 38.
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