Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction February 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2018
A vintage 1960-61 Olds Elks hockey club team jacket is featured in this trio of items from reincarnated hockey teams that includes Sean O’Connor’s 2007-08 Phoenix Roadrunners game-worn jersey and an early-2010s Lloydminster Border Kings game-worn jersey.
The spectacular Olds Elks Hockey Club jacket displays a gorgeous gold felt team crest split across both sides of the button front with the team name spelled out in black thread cable stitching. Marv Holland size “LR” tagging sits in the lining in the back of the collar. No. “7” patch is sewn on the left sleeve and a “60-61” crossed-hockey sticks patch is sewn on the right sleeve. This incarnation of the Olds Elks played in the Central Alberta Hockey League and finished in second place in 1960-61 with a 17-12-1 record for 35 points, three behind the league-leading Lacombe Rockets. The Olds Elks swept their four-game semi-final against Red Deer, but lost the final in five games to Lacombe. The original Olds Elks played in the Southern Alberta Hockey Leageue and the Alberta Senior Hockey League from 1934-35 to 1939-40.
The 2007-08 ECHL Phoenix Roadrunners gamer was worn by right wing Sean O’Connor, who was a third-round pick by the Florida Panthers in the 2000 NHL Draft. O’Connor had 27 goals and 17 assists for 44 points, all pro career highs, in his only season with Phoenix in 2007-08. Reebok ECHL tagging sits in the back of the neck along with a size 56 flag tag. The ECHL XX 1988-2008 patch is sewn on the left shoulder and the ECHL logo is embroidered on the right rear tail. A MeiGray Group patch is sewn on the left rear tail. Comes with a MeiGray LOA that states that O’Connor wore this Roadrunners jersey during the first half of the 2007-08 ECHL season. Game wear includes marks on the front and sleeves, which have a few board burns and unrepaired burn holes. The Roadrunners played in the ECHL from 2005-09. The original Roadrunners represented Phoenix in the Western Hockey League from 1967-74, and were followed up with incarnations that played in the World Hockey Association, the Central Hockey League, the Pacific Hockey League and the International Hockey League.
The circa-2012 Lloydminster Border Kings "Dubyk" game-worn jersey which displays wear in the form of marks and board burns and has evidence of a former nameplate. Athletic Knit and size L flag tags sit in the back of the neck and an AK patch is sewn on the right rear hem. “Holiday Inn” is spelled out in heat-pressed white vinyl letters on a red sponsor’s patch sewn on the rear tail. The Border Kings were formed in 1965 and played in a variety of Alberta/Saskatchewan leagues.
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