Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction December 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/13/2022
Glorious Montreal Canadiens gamer was worn by Hall of Fame defenceman Serge Savard during the 1974-75 NHL season. Savard had a sensational year for the Habs with 20 goals and 40 assists for 60 points, all career highs. Incredibly, that ranked him ninth in team scoring and third among the team's defencemen! Guy Lafleur's 53 goals and 119 points led the powerhouse Canadiens, followed closely by Peter Mahovlich's 117 points, which included a team-record 82 assists. Guy Lapointe had 75 points and set a team record for defencemen with 28 goals and fellow Big Three member Larry Robinson contributed 61 points.
This breathtaking stretchy knit red jersey features Savard's retired #18 in white and blue tackle twill sewn onto the back and both sleeves. The tie-down style jersey's original Wilson tag remains sewn into the neck and the blue-striped garter-type fight strap is intact. This remarkable Savard gamer exhibits nice wear with a pair of team repairs on the bottom front of the jersey, two more vertical fixes on the rear hem, another one the right shoulder area, one on the left shoulder, three on the lower right sleeve and an unrepaired hole on the left sleeve. The interior of the jersey exhibits good fraying/wear to the material on the inner sleeves and elbows. Nameplate removal is evident as it was customary for that era, when they were stitched onto the jersey for certain televised games.
The jersey has been positively photo-matched to an included numeric image to the particular details of the team's crest, the photo does not show Savard yet sporting the alternate captain's "A" sewn onto the left breast but an additional included numeric image from March 1975 shows the proper placement of the #18 on the left sleeve and Savard wearing the alternate captain's "A". An incredible game-worn Canadiens jersey from the midpoint of Serge Savard's legendary career, when he had four Stanley Cups already to his credit and another four Cups in a row in his immediate future!
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