Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2015
The absurd banana curve on Hall of Fame center Stan Mikita’s 1960s Northland game-issued stick clearly demonstrates why the NHL devised a rule to limit the curvature of the blade of hockey sticks in 1970. As the story goes, Stan invented the curved stick during a practice in Chicago when his stick became wedged between a door and the boards and the blade bent at an angle. Stan fired off a few shots with the warped blade and the rest is history. This mid-Sixties Northland Custom Pro features Mikita’s wicked banana curve. Stamping along the shaft includes “Mikita” and “Gunzo’s Sports Centre, Berwyn ILL.” Wonderfully preserved, this remarkable Stan Mikita Black Hawks game-issued stick is an outstanding display piece that depicts the wild development of curved sticks in the 1960s, and the obvious need for limits on them.
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