Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction - March 2007
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/27/2007
Fascinating reading here in three separate letters from June of 1948 and dealing with the NHL governors’ decision to officially end the Montreal Maroons franchise, one that hadn’t iced a team in the NHL for ten years. A certain Mr. Peto was hoping to move the Maroons to Philadelphia and had requested the establishment of a players’ Reserve List. Letters to and from Clarence Campbell and Ian Johnston of Johnston, Heighington and Johnston discuss the NHL’s decision, with one being nicely signed by the NHL president. A draft letter to Mr. Peto and the interesting minutes (12 pages!) of a June 3rd, 1947, NHL governors’ meeting are also included, the latter dealing with various league business, including the first official NHL All-Star Game. Dreamy items for hockey historians!
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