A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
This wondrous souvenir represents John Ferguson's third of five Stanley Cup victories in only eight seasons with the Montreal Canadiens. After a discouraging 1967 final loss to Toronto in Canada's centennial year, the Habs rebounded the following season to recapture the Cup for the third time in four years. With the NHL doubling in size to 12 teams for the 1967-68 season, the Canadiens finished with 42 wins and 94 points to finish atop the new East Division. In the playoffs, Montreal swept past Boston, took care of Chicago in five games and then had no problem with St. Louis in the finals, registering another four-game sweep. J.C. Tremblay had the distinction of scoring the Cup-winning goal, midway through the third period of the Habs' 3-2 clinching victory. The names of the champions are engraved on the trophy's barrel. This was coach Toe Blake's final hurrah behind the Habs' bench as he went out on top with his eighth Cup in 13 seasons as a coach after winning three as a player. It was also the last final at the Montreal Forum prior to its extensive renovation over the course of the summer of 1968. The silver-plated trophy produced by renowned silversmith Carl Poul Petersen includes the names of Hall of Fame players Beliveau, Richard, Cournoyer, Duff, Laperriere, Worsley, Lemaire and Savard. Ferguson, Provost, Rousseau, the Tremblays, Harper, Harris and Vachon are also featured in the names engraved in two columns beneath those of owners Hartland and David Molson and GM Sam Pollock. This remarkable and historic 1967-68 Stanley Cup trophy exhibits cleanable tarnish with some silver loss in the bowl and a couple of horizontal scratches through the engraved names to note. The award's original green felt bottom remains intact beneath the wood base. This fantastic Stanley Cup trophy presented to the greatest policeman to ever patrol the ice on behalf of the Canadiens comes along with a letter of authenticity from the Ferguson family.
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