Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2010
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/22/2010
Highly significant and museum-worthy is this CCM Custom Pro model stick, which helped Jean Béliveau make hockey history, the Canadiens leader becoming the NHL's highest scoring centre three days prior to Christmas, 1963. The inevitable happened against the Red Wings in Detroit, big Jean's 325th regular season goal moving him past Nels Stewart of Montreal Maroons' fame. The record-breaking goal came at 17:23 of the first period and opened the scoring, the Canadiens going on to beat Roger Crozier and the Wings 6-1. Bobby Rousseau had the distinction of helping Béliveau, drawing the lone assist on the goal. "Béliveau 4" is stamped on the front of the shaft and below the icon's standard knob tape job, done in black and finished off with white tape. Béliveau added "325 buts" in pencil to the side of the shaft, near the stamped "4". A couple of time cracks (tip of the blade) and multiple black puck/stick marks are visible on the blade and lower shaft, but the stick remains solid, with half of the black accent stripes still present. The stick is a tempting offering, used by a hockey giant. Jean Béliveau's signed letter of authenticity accompanies this stirring "tool of the trade."
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