A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
This sensational Guy Lafleur autographed stick from the inaugural 1976 Canada Cup tournament is covered with signatures from his Team Canada teammates such as Bobby Orr, Bobby Hull and Darryl Sittler. Tournament hero Sittler scored the overtime winner to clinch the title for Canada and he has signed to the left of where "LAFLEUR" is stamped in bold letters on the bottom of the shaft. Lafleur's personalized autograph "To Jean-Yves and Lorenzo" in French is immediately to the right of his name followed by the signatures of Lapointe, Robinson, Bouchard, Lefty Wilson, Bobby Hull, Martin, Orr, Perreault, Robert, Leach, Savard, Barber, Eddy Palchak, Shutt, Dionne, Watson, Peter Mahovlich (the likely culprit behind the "Mickey Mantle" signature beside his name), McDonald, Potvin, Pronovost, Cheevers, Cherry, Kromm and Gainey. The Louisville Slugger printed on the back of the shaft remains intact while that on the front of the shaft was shaved off at the time to provide a blank surface for the autographs. Lafleur's #10 is handwritten in blue ink on this vintage stick that never saw any duty and has been transformed into an outstanding memento of a great Canadian international success.
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