The Elmer Lach Auction - October 2006
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2006
Exceptional piece from the pre-NHL era was mailed June 5, 1907 and pictures members of the “Thistle Hockey Club, Champions of Manitoba League, Kenora, Ont.” Earlier that year, in January, Kenora, with its population of 4000 people, became the smallest town to ever win a Stanley Cup championship with a two-games-total-goals triumph over the Montreal Wanderers, winning 4-2 and 8-6. The Thistles however had to relinquish the Cup in March after losing a similar two-game challenge to the same Wanderers. Pictured in the first row here are Hall-of-Famers Si Griffis and team captain Tommy Phillips (he scored all four goals in that 4-2 win), while Tom Hooper (middle) and Billy McGimsie (back right) are also HOFers. Stirring postcard is in crease-free, difficult-to-hope-for-nicer condition and a true 100- year old hockey treasure.
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