Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction March 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/29/2011
Magnificent gold and diamond championship ring commemorates the Colorado Avalanche's 1996 Stanley Cup win. Avalanche captain Joe Sakic won the Conn Smythe Trophy as he led a powerful Colorado lineup boasting the talents of Patrick Roy and Peter Forsberg to the franchise's first of two Cup wins to date. Sakic and Forsberg were among the former Quebec Nordiques who moved with the team to Denver for the 1995-96 season along with Adam Foote, Chris Simon, Valeri Kamensky, Mike Ricci and Uwe Krupp, who scored the Cup winner in the third overtime of Game 4 in Miami. Roy, Claude Lemieux and Sandis Ozolinsh were key additions with Mike Keane, Warren Rychel, Dave Hannan and Troy Murray as the Avalanche wrapped up their inaugural season with a four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup final following successive playoff series wins over Calgary, Chicago and Detroit, touching off an enthusiastic celebration of Colorado's first major professional sports championship. This superb ring was presented by the Avalanche to an executive with Ogden Entertainment, the company that operated the team's concessions at McNichols Sports Arena. "Stanley Cup Champions 1996" in raised letters surrounds the Avalanche team logo on the face of the ring, all in raised gold. "Colorado Avalanche Inaugural Season" appears in raised letters at the top of the right shank, with a raised image of the Stanley Cup beneath it, with the results of each of the Avs' four playoff series wins on either side, and an NHL shield at the bottom. The left shank has the surname "LaMalfa" in raised letters along the top and "Ogden" along the bottom. Between the names a solitary diamond is set in the middle of a box with "1st" in raised letters, with "It's All About Commitment" spelled out in tiny letters on a banner above it. "10K" is stamped inside the band of this size 9 1/2 championship creation, an alternate team-issued Avalanche 1996 Stanley Cup ring to the one presented to Avalanche players.
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