Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2019
Exciting design portrays the caricature of Stefan Liv as he flies his bi-plane over the New York skyline in an attempt to save King Kong from impending doom. Offered is Stefan Liv’s game-worn mask by Warwick with full custom paint, worn during the 2006 World Hockey Championships in Riga, Latvia. The mask sports the Tre Kronor design at chin, a Svenska Spel sponsor decal at the forehead and handwritten notes inside by the maker and the painter. Signed by Liv towards the back near his image. This mask was worn by Stefan Liv during practices and in his shutout start on May 8th, 2006 and is photo-matched to action images from the tournament. Team Sweden went on to win Gold at the IIHF Championships.
Stefan Liv was a Polish-born Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. Liv played nine seasons for HV71 in the top-tier league in Sweden, one season of minor league hockey in North America and then returned to Europe. Upon his return, he played three seasons in Sweden, then moved to Russia in 2009. On 7 September 2011, Liv was killed when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The mask comes complete with a Vaughn helmet bag.
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