Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/25/2024
A veteran of 159 National Hockey League games with both the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers after being drafted 151st overall by Chicago at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Lasse Kukkonen has also played in 141 KHL games and 652 Liiga games during his professional career, winning Kanada-malja championships on four (4) occasions. Also having suited up for his native country, Finland, numerous times, including the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Olympic Games plus many editions of the IIHF World Championships, Kukkonen would win Olympic silver in 2006 and bronze in 2010 and 2014 plus World Championship gold in 2011, silver in 2007 and 2016 and finally bronze in 2006. Offered here, we present this Team Finland jersey worn by Kukkonen at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Made by Nike, a "swoosh" logo and a size "60" designation are screened to the inner collar along with a matching "Made in Canada" notation and an "IIHF Authentic Collection" label that has been sewn in. Sporting a 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics logo patch over the reverse hem and modelled after Finland's flag, with the blue cross gracing a white background over the front, a Finland coat of arms patch has been heat-pressed over the left breast while the ghostly outline of the country's lion is seen over the left shoulder. Displaying "Suomi" via heat-pressed letters inside the stripes of both sleeves, the aforementioned sleeves and verso and verso have had Kukkonen's number "5" sewn to them in either single layer or dual layer tackle twill numerals while "Kukkonen" is spelt out in single layer blue twill letters that have been heat-pressed across the affixed matching nameplate on the upper reverse. Featuring a Nike Team Sports barcode and fight strap on the interior, the jersey exhibits good game-wear in the form of stick marks over both sleeves and the reverse, light board burns over both sleeves, coloured board paint transfer marks over the front and an unrepaired hole near the right cuff. Regarding the photo-match, the jersey is matched with Getty Images #469391963 (February 14th, 2014 vs Norway) to the stick marks on the left sleeve and reverse.
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