Historical Hockey Memorabilia Winter 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/22/2012
Gamers used by HOFers Bob Gainey and Larry Robinson and playoff hero Claude Lemieux are featured in this lot of seven game-used sticks from members of the 1985-86 Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens. Mike McPhee, Ryan Walter, Mike Lalor and Alfie Turcotte are also included among these gamers, not necessarily from that season. Please see our website description for more information and photos. Canadiens captain Bob Gainey placed a dedicated blue ballpoint autograph below the “Gainey B. 23” stamp on the shaft of his Sher-Wood PMP 5025 game-used stick, a solid, crack-free beauty with light but obvious game use which retains the four-time Selke Trophy winner’s black tape jobs on the knob and shaft;
Legendary defenseman Larry Robinson placed a dedicated blue ink autograph on the back of the blade of his Koho game-used stick. “Robinson” is stamped on the shaft of this solid, crack-free gamer which retains Robinson’s white tape knob. Big Bird’s black tape job on the blade was removed on the half towards the heel, where the autograph was applied, leaving the rest of the tape intact towards the toe;
“Lemieux 32” is stamped on the shaft of Claude Lemieux’s late-1980s Sher-Wood PMP 9030 game-used stick with a “May 7” date stamp in French on the back of the shaft with the year obscured from smudging. Solid, crack-free beauty has red grip tape on the knob. Lemieux’s original white tape was removed from the blade, which was re-taped in black;
“McPhee 35” is stamped on the shaft of Mike McPhee’s Sher-Wood PMP 9030 gamer, which has his nicely-worn white tape knob. The now-bare blade had its original tape job removed and the rough bottom edge is cracked;
“Walter 11” is stamped on the shaft of Ryan Walter’s solid, crack-free Sher-Wood PMP 5030 game-used stick which retains his white tape knob and black tape job on the blade;
“Lalor 38” is stamped on the shaft of Mike Lalor’s blue Sher-Wood PMP 7000 gamer, a solid, crack-free stick with a gouge low on the back of the shaft and Lalor’s black tape jobs on the knob and blade;
“Turcotte 8” is stamped on the shaft of a Sher-Wood PMP 5030, with its original black tape jobs on the knob and blade, used by Alfie Turcotte, the Canadiens’ first pick in the 1983 draft who played two regular season games in 1985-86;
A 1980s “Bobby Smith” CCM Duralite wood stick with a right-handed curve is also included.
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