Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction April 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/30/2024
Enjoying a complete lifetime in hockey, Max McNab would do it all during his career, everything from winning a Stanley Cup as a player in the National Hockey League to serving as Vice President of Hockey Operations with the New Jersey Devils. Also having served as a long-time coach in the old Western Hockey League as well as General Manager of the NHL's Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils along with Team Canada at the 1982 IIHF World Championships, offered here is this collection of eleven (11) letters penned to McNab by various persons congratulating him on his honouring by the San Diego Minor/Amateur Hockey Association for his work in building the game at a grass roots level. All typed on letterhead pertaining to the organizations they came from, in the group of better example, included are pieces signed by Al Leader (President - Western Hockey League), Tommy Ivan (GM - Chicago Black Hawks), Keith Allen (Vice President and GM - Philadelphia Flyers) and Milt Schmidt (GM - Boston Bruins). Additionally, joining the top group is a letter that has been signed by Scotty Bowman, then the coach and GM of the St. Louis Blues. For the rest of the letters, all secretarial signed, included are pieces from Jim Gregory (GM - Toronto Maple Leafs), Walter Bush (President - Minnesota North Stars), Fred Creighton (Manager/Coach - Charlotte Checkers), Ken Ullyot (GM - Fort Wayne Komets) and Jim Kearney (Sports Columnist - The Vancouver Sun) as well as one other. With most having been typed out on standard sized pieces of paper with a couple a bit smaller, all remain in excellent condition with just the expected fold lines and in some cases light toning/creasing exhibited while it is also worth noting that the letters were all seemingly stored in a photo album at one time and show horizontal lines over their reverses. A McNab Family LOA will accompany the piece.
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