Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/18/2025
One of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s original 9 inductees, Howie Morenz was the Montreal Canadiens first major superstar, with a dozen years spent representing the sacred CH which included 3 Stanley Cup championships. Morenz passed away at the age of 34 on March 8, 1937, from complications resulting from an on-ice incident. We have a memorial program from the benefit game staged that fall to benefit the fallen star’s family, when a team of NHL All-Stars and a combination of Canadiens and Maroons faced off at the Montreal Forum on November 2. Found within the program, is a rare program insert for the Nov 27, 1937 match between the Canadiens and Rangers (the Habs were triumphant winning 2-1, with goals scored by Johnny Gagnon and Rod Lorrain). On the first page of the fold-over insert, it mentions in French that this Howie Morenz memorial program was leftover from the memorial game, with management issuing these programs again for the Nov 27th match, with the proceeds going to the Morenz Memorial Fund. The 56-page Morenz program features an intact but detached center line-up which boasts legends such as Shore, Horner, Conacher, Jackson, Day and Shriner pitted against the likes of Joliat, Lepine, Blake, Beveridge, Ward, Gagnon and Siebert, among others. The insert program is now split in two with a few edge tears, with the second page listing the rosters. The Morenz program show handling, with a small circular water stain on the back cover that can be found on a few pages.
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