Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/5/2019
The Los Angeles Sharks were one of the 12 original World Hockey Association teams when the rebel league took to the ice to rival the NHL in 1972-73. This Sharks No. 17 game-worn jersey with a garter-style fight strap from the franchise’s inaugural season was worn first by Bill Young, then Mike Hyndman, whose name is spelled out in black twill surname letters on the back. There are team repairs where there is evidence of a former removed name; Young was traded to Minnesota before Hyndman was acquired from New England. There are reddish-brown spot stains on the upper right front and three long vertical team repairs on the lower right front and another long sewing fix on the left front.
More game wear includes a team repair on the right sleeve, reddish-brown spot stains on the front tail and a board burn with blue paint transfer on the left sleeve. The cool Sharks team crest on the front is a triple-twill black-white-and-red affair with white thread embroidering for each eye and the entire jagged-toothed mouth. There appears to have been glue applied to the far right edge of the crest. The outline and some thread remnants bear evidence of the tagging removed from the left rear hem. The jersey measures out to roughly a size 46. The Sharks’ red and black color scheme was retained from what was to be the original team name, the Los Angeles Aces, to represent the suit colors of a deck of playing cards, with red for Hearts and Diamonds, and black for Aces and Spades. Many Sharks jerseys were recycled so there is a possibility that this one was also worn by Hyndman in 1973-74, when he played eight games with L.A.
The Sharks went 37-35-6 for 80 points and a third place finish in the West Division in 1972-73. Young played 50 games with the Sharks before he was traded to Minnesota. Mike Hyndman, who was acquired from New England, wore it next. He played 19 games for the Sharks in 1972-73, and likely wore this jersey again when he played eight games in 1973-74. The Sharks relocated in 1974-75 and became the ill-fated Michigan Stags, who folded and were moved in January and run by the WHA as the Baltimore Blades before the franchise folded at the end of the season.
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