Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/15/2016
We here at Classic Auctions are pleased to bring to the collecting community a sweater from the Howie Morenz memorial game, worn by prominent Chicago Black Hawks star Harold “Mush” March. Forever immortalized for scoring the first Stanley Cup winning overtime goal in NHL history in 1934, Mush would play his entire 17 season career with the Black Hawks. Mush was also responsible for scoring the first goal at Maple Leaf gardens, further cementing his legend and place in the rich narrative of Canada’s national sport.
The solid cream-coloured wool features both “Howie Morenz” and “Memorial Game” in black felt-on-felt plates across the chest, with the former arching over the latter. A thick felt “4” has been affixed to verso, with a single black star placed along the middle portion of the left sleeve. With just a few small holes on verso over the numbers, the sweater remains in absolutely gorgeous condition. The felt identifiers are all firmly affixed, with just a tiny bit of inconsequential staining to the interior that doesn’t permeate through the material. Please take note that this item may be subject to a silent reserve. Comes with an LOA from the family.
Stirring wool sweater brings forth the story of the benefit game played at the Montreal Forum on Wednesday, November 3, 1937, to aid the family of the late great Howie Morenz who had died in hospital the previous March. The idol of a generation and one of hockey’s immortals, Morenz was just 34 when an embolism took him to the red, white and blue heavens, leaving behind a saddened hockey world and a legacy recounted countless times. The game pitted an All-Star team of Montreal Canadiens and Maroons against a lineup of All-Stars from the NHL’s other teams.
Definitely one of the most important antique wools seen at auction in recent memory, this Mush March Howie Morenz memorial game sweater is the perfect companion piece to the matching example worn in the memorial by Babe Siebert, also offered in this auction. The sheer occurance of just one of these historic sweaters coming to auction is uncommon to say the least, while having a pair for both the Canadiens/Maroons and the NHL All-Stars is a hobby event unlikely to occur again. For those connoisseurs with the available means, this pair of paramount sweaters should definitely be reunited, and forever displayed together.
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