Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction April 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/30/2024
Developing and playing with both HIFK and Jokerit in his homeland of Finland, Tuomo Ruutu would be drafted 9th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and go on to play a total of 735 National Hockey League games over the course of his career, donning the colours of Chicago as well as Carolina and New Jersey during that time. Also representing his home country multiple times at both the junior and senior levels of play, helping Finland to medals at every major tournament, including gold at the 2011 IIHF World Championships and bronze at both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games, offered here is this Team Finland jersey worn by Ruutu at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Made by Nike, a "swoosh" logo and a size "60" designation are screened to the inner collar along with a matching "Made in Canada" notation and an "IIHF Authentic Collection" label that has been sewn in. Sporting a 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics logo patch over the reverse hem and modelled after the jerseys worn by Finland in international competition up until 1976, a Finland coat of arms patch has been heat-pressed over the front with "Suomi" spelt out above in heat pressed dual layer red-over-silver letters that have been applied in a gentle arch. Sporting the ghostly outline of the country's lion over both shoulders and the Finnish flag in both sleeves, a Nike swoosh logo appears heat pressed over the right breast while the sleeves and verso have been accented with Ruutu's number "15" in single and dual layer tackle twill numerals with "Ruutu" spelt out in single layer white twill letters that have been heat pressed across the affixed matching nameplate. Displaying good game-wear throughout, board burns are present over the reverse, both sleeves and both shoulders, the right sleeve also shows a small unrepaired hole and a stick mark. Featuring a Nike Team Sports barcode and fight strap on the interior, the jersey has been photo-matched with Getty Image #470915203 (February 21st, 2014 vs Sweden) to the board burns on the right shoulder and sleeve plus the small unrepaired hole near the elbows.
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