Historical Hockey Memorabilia Winter 2012
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Always among the hockey world’s international elite, Team Sweden came oh-so-close to making it to the final of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. With Nicklas Lidstrom and veteran captain Calle Johansson manning the blue line and Peter Forsberg and Mats Sundin leading the way on offense, Sweden dominated the European pool. Traveling to Prague for a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on August 29th between victories over Germany and Finland in Stockholm, the Swedes outscored their opponents by a combined score of 14-3 during the round-robin phase. Facing Canada in the September 7th semi-final in Philadelphia, Sweden trailed 2-0 going into the third period. Tommy Albelin and Michael Nylander scored to send to overtime what would become the longest game in international hockey history. Johan Garpenlov nearly won it for the Swedes with a drive off the post before Theoren Fleury beat Tommy Salo with 12.5 seconds remaining in the second overtime, bringing about a sudden end to Sweden’s run as Canada moved on to the final.
Offered here are both blue and yellow Sweden jerseys by Bauer from the inaugural edition of the World Cup of Hockey. Each of these classic international hockey jerseys has Bauer ProWear and size flag tags in the neck and a Nike inventory barcode heat-screened into the inner rear tail. The Bauer logo is embroidered on the left breast and all have the Swedish Ice Hockey Association patch sewn on the right breast and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey patch on the left shoulder. The Tre Kronor crests on the front, numbers on the sleeves and back, and surname letters on a nameplate stitched on the back are all sewn on in tackle twill. Sweden wore its blue uniforms for each of its four games during the tournament so all of the yellow jerseys are game-issued examples.
Defenseman Leif Rohlin represented Sweden at the inaugural World Cup of Hockey in the midst of his only two NHL seasons with the Vancouver Canucks in the mid-1990s. Rohlin wore this Tre Kronor #27 gamer when he made his only appearance of the tournament in the semi-final, a 3-2 loss to Canada in double overtime on September 7th. This size 58 blue game-worn jersey displays no apparent game wear which likely means that Rohlin saw limited action in the single-game playoff. Comes with an NHLPA letter of authenticity.
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