A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Eddie the Entertainer and Killer – here’s a pair of game-used sticks from two of the most popular Toronto Maple Leafs of the last 50 years. The one and only Eddie Shack has signed the blade of his Sher-Wood stick from the 1973-74 season when he returned to Toronto for his second stint with the Maple Leafs. Also known as “The Nose”, Shack began has career with the New York Rangers before he was traded to Toronto during the 1959-60 season. He won four Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs before he was dealt to Boston in the wake of the Leafs’ 1967 Cup celebration. Shack also played for Los Angeles, Buffalo and Pittsburgh before returning to the Leafs, where he used this wood beauty with a Nov. 28, 1973 factory stamp at the back of the heel of the shaft, below his distinctive band of black tape towards the bottom of the shaft. A few strands of white tape remain on the signed blade and “23 E SHACK” is stamped on the front of the shaft below the black taped butt end. Gilmour debuted with St. Louis and won a Stanley Cup with Calgary in 1989 before landing in Toronto as part of a league record 10-player trade that saw him go on to become one of the NHL’s top playmaking centers and an MLG fan favorite. Gilmour’s surname remains faintly visible, stamped on the front of this white Hespeler 5500 accented with the Flames’ red and yellow colors. Really nice game use evident here, blade tape has been removed though Gilmour’s distinctive butt end tape job remains intact.
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