Jean Beliveau Foundation Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/11/2008
Some of the biggest names in hockey skated in a farewell game to celebrate Igor Larionov's retirement from professional hockey after an astounding career that spanned 27 pro seasons. The game was played December 13th, 2004 at the Luzhniki Arena in Moscow and featured many of Larionov's former Detroit Red Wing teammates playing for 'Team World', against a team of well-known Russian NHLers. The entertaining game ended 6-5 in favor of 'Team Russia'. Three sets of jerseys were produced, with the players wearing a different set for each period. The money raised by the sale of these jerseys originally went to The Larionov Youth Hockey Charitable Foundation which Igor established to raise and disburse funds to support and develop amateur hockey players, both in North America and Russia. Many of the young athletes who benefited from the foundation would not otherwise have had the financial resources to participate in and play hockey. This Henrik Zetterberg white knit jersey has a Russian manufacturer's tag in the inner hem that indicates size 52. 'WORLD' in individual letters is sewn on diagonally on the front along with a nice embroidered farewell game patch. Henrik's number '40', the '4' of which he autographed in blue marker, is also a tackle twill-like material and sewn-on. Everything else, except for the 'EFSI' patch on the back above 'Zetterberg', is sublimated. A label sewn in the inner front hem includes the Larionov farewell game logo and reveals 'Set 2'. Jersey shows light but obvious game use with a small burn on the left sleeve. Jersey was worn by one of hockey's brightest young stars and will come with a letter of authenticity signed by the legendary Igor Larionov.
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