Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/19/2018
A NCAA legend behind the bench of the University of Michigan for over 30 years, Red Berenson led the Wolverines to 11 CCHA Regular Season Championships as well as 2 NCAA National Championships. Hailing from his personal collection, we have a great group of items celebrating his time with the Big Ten school. Included, we have a “5 Years” award from the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States, 1992 NCAA Men's Division I tournament commemorative bronze puck, 700th Win NCAA Trophy, 2 Michigan “Berenson” football jerseys, Red’s monogrammed Michigan coaches track suit top, 3 watches including a CCHA commemorative “1971-2013” example, a Gruen watch face with Montreal Canadiens CH logo and a few miscellaneous pins. A signed LOA from Red Berenson will accompany.
The 700 Wins award is pyramid-shaped crystal at 9”, with a Wolverines logo along with “700” reverse-etched and frosted, with “October 8, 2010” and “Michigan 4 – BGSU 1” visible along the bottom of the base. Currently not able to sit perfectly flat, the award is also damaged considerably along the top section. The “5 Years” award is roughly 9” x 2” x 7” with a wood base with burned in USA Hockey logo, with a plastic top section that contains the text. The heavy bronze puck has “U.M. Red Berenson Wolverines Hockey” engraved on one side, and “Soo Blueliners” on the other. The puck commemorates the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I ice hockey tournament where Michigan lost in the Frozen Four 4-2 to Lake Superior State (Soo Blueliners). Next, the Michigan coaches track top is in solid royal blue with gold accents including embroidered “M” and “Red Berenson”, with Cliff Keen size “L” labeling. The football jerseys – most likely souvenirs given to Red – both have “Berenson” over the reverse, with one example appearing to be of pro-quality made by Russell with size “48” labeling, while the other is a souvenir jersey made by Adidas. The watches include the aforementioned CCHA example made by Fossil with its original case, while one other was made by Baylor, with just a CCHA logo over the face of the third watch. The pins are both small full-colour Michigan examples, with a final lapel pin with Swedish text, with “1922-1972”.
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