Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2013
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/5/2013
Awesome piece of Calgary Flames history is Lanny McDonald's 1986-87 game-worn captain's jersey. The Calgary 1988 Olympic patch is sewn on the left shoulder of this gamer which displays Lanny's retired #9 on the back and both sleeves and the captain's C on the left breast, all in red and gold double twill, as well as the lightly faded triple twill flaming C crest on the front. The captain's C is stitched on by hand and the outline of a previously removed C is clear to see as Lanny shared the captaincy with Doug Risebrough and Jim Peplinski during that era and the letter was frequently on and off McDonald's jersey, which has CCM and born-on date "85 10" flag tags in the neck and the all-red CCM patch sewn on the right rear tail. There is a red thread team repair on the left side of the vented front collar seam, a yellow thread sewing fix on the left front tail, and a 3 1/2-inch-long team repair to the right of the number on the back. More great game wear includes black marks, paint transfer and board burns on the sleeves, marks on the upper left back and front and back tails, and lots of internal pilling in the sleeves and from the fight strap on and inside the rear tail. Comes with Lanny McDonald's signed LOA.
The Lanny McDonald Collection
Were the moustache the measure of the man, Lanny McDonald would rule the world. The Hall of Fame right winger’s bushy red trademark aside, Lanny is beloved in Toronto, fondly remembered in Colorado, and an absolute icon in Calgary and his home province of Alberta.
Lanny and center Darryl Sittler teamed up to give the 1970s Maple Leafs a Hall of Fame tandem up front. McDonald’s overtime goal against the New York Islanders in Game 7 of the 1978 quarter-final replays constantly in the minds of long-suffering Leafs fans. Shockingly traded by Punch Imlach to the Colorado Rockies in late December 1979, Lanny was traded again just under two years later, this time back home to his native Alberta. Ontario’s loss was the Calgary Flames’ gain and McDonald scored an astounding 66 goals in 1982-83.
Lanny played in four NHL All-Star Games and represented his country at the 1976 Canada Cup, setting up Sittler’s historic overtime goal. And boy, did he ever cap his legendary career in style. Lanny’s last NHL regular season goal was the 500th of his career, and the last goal he ever scored came in Game 6 of the 1989 Stanley Cup final. He beat fellow Hall-of-Famer Patrick Roy to put Calgary ahead for good, sending the Flames on to a Cup-clinching 4-2 win as Lanny and his teammates became the only visiting team to defeat the Canadiens and have Lord Stanley’s prized chalice presented to them on Montreal Forum ice.
Classic Auctions is honored to offer these amazing items from Lanny McDonald’s personal collection. Featured are a number of Lanny’s Flames game-worn jerseys, including his captain’s gamer from his final season. Lanny’s 1979 NHL Challenge Cup game-worn jersey is here as well along with a big assortment of the team-signed sticks he collected from various NHL All-Star Games and more items from both his playing days and his off-ice hockey career with the Flames and Hockey Canada, where he notably served as the general manager of Team Canada’s 2001 world championships squad.
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