Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/20/2024
Having already been dubbed "The Next One" by the time he was selected 1st overall by the Rimouski Oceanic of the QMJHL, Sidney Crosby would play a pair of seasons with the club, recording 303 points in only 121 regular season games played. Capturing the Jean Béliveau Trophy as the league's leading point-scorer in 2003-04. He was further recognized with the RDS/JVC Trophy (overall rookie of the year) and Michel Brière Memorial Trophy (most valuable player), becoming the first QMJHL player to win all three major awards at once. Leading the Oceanic to a Memorial Cup Finals appearance during the 2004-05 season, offered here is this pair of gloves worn by Crosby. Reebok 8K model gauntlets in Rimouski's navy and white colours, "Crosby" is found screened over both wrists alongside sewn on NHL shield emblems. Sporting embroidered Reebok logos over the cuffs and thumbs with model information embroidered into the underside wrist guard as well, the gloves, showing light but obvious signs of wear, are being offered as player worn examples meaning they were not necessarily worn in games. With rubbing and marks from Crosby's sticks found on each palm and some of the fingers, the outside of the gloves also show a small number of light marks as well while the mitts overall remain in excellent condition.
Originating from Crosby's father, Troy Crosby, who gave them to Sid's agent, Pat Brisson, who in turn gave them to our consignor, some things worth noting are that Crosby signed his endorsement deal with Reebok on March 9th, 2005 but kept wearing gloves of this model that displayed "Rimouski" identifiers on the wrist throughout the remainder of the QMJHL season and Memorial Cup tournament. Additionally, with the National Hockey League's new CBA ratified on July 22nd, 2005, ending the lockout, Crosby is seen in images on Getty at the pre-draft "Reebok Hockey Top Prospects Clinic", held in Ottawa on July 29th, 2005, wearing a Rimouski jersey and gloves of this model that had "Crosby" on the wrists before being selected 1st overall by Pittsburgh the following evening.
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