Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2021
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Celebrating the legacy of iconic superstar and tragic figure Howie Morenz, we here at Classic Auctions are pleased to bring to the collecting community a sweater worn in the historic Morenz memorial game, donned by prominent Chicago Black Hawks star Harold “Mush” March. Forever immortalized for scoring the first Stanley Cup winning overtime goal in NHL history in 1934, Mush would play his entire 17-season career with the Black Hawks, and would hoist Lord Stanley’s hardware twice in the Windy City. Mush was also responsible for scoring the first goal at Maple Leaf gardens, further cementing his legend and place in the rich narrative of Canada’s national sport.
Stirring wool sweater brings forth the story of the benefit game played at the Montreal Forum on Wednesday, November 3, 1937, to aid the family of the late great Howie Morenz who had died in hospital the previous March. The idol of a generation and one of hockey’s immortals, Morenz was just 34 when an embolism took him to the red, white and blue heavens, leaving behind a saddened hockey world and a legacy recounted countless times. The game pitted an All-Star team of Montreal Canadiens and Maroons against a lineup of All-Stars from the NHL’s other teams.
The solid cream-coloured wool features both “Howie Morenz” and “Memorial Game” in black felt-on-felt plates across the chest, with the former arching over the latter. A thick felt “4” has been affixed to verso, with a single black star placed along the middle portion of the left sleeve. With just a few small holes on verso over the numbers, the sweater remains in absolutely gorgeous condition. The felt identifiers are all firmly affixed, with just a tiny bit of inconsequential staining to the interior that doesn’t permeate through the material. An LOA from the family will accompany, and please take note that this item may be subject to a silent reserve.
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