Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/21/2011
Markus Naslund had just been traded to the Vancouver Canucks by Pittsburgh late in the 1995-96 season when he played for Sweden in the inaugural World Cup of Hockey. Markus wore this Tre Kronor gamer when he appeared in his only game during the tournament, a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic in Prague on August 29th. Blue #25 game-worn jersey has size 56 flag tag in the neck and displays wear in the form of two marks above the upper yellow stripe on the left sleeve, a light burn mark and three more marks below the stripes. The right sleeve displays a pair of marks above the stripes to the left of the “2” in the #25, and a light board burn and black mark to the right of the “5”, with black marks in the yellow stripes on the front tail. Comes with an NHLPA letter of authenticity. Always among the hockey world’s international elite, Team Sweden came oh-so-close to making it to the final of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. With Nicklas Lidstrom and veteran captain Calle Johansson manning the blue line and Peter Forsberg and Mats Sundin leading the way on offense, Sweden dominated the European pool. Traveling to Prague for a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on August 29th between victories over Germany and Finland in Stockholm, the Swedes outscored their opponents by a combined score of 14-3 during the round-robin phase. Facing Canada in the September 7th semi-final in Philadelphia, Sweden trailed 2-0 going into the third period. Tommy Albelin and Michael Nylander scored to send to overtime what would become the longest game in international hockey history. Johan Garpenlov nearly won it for the Swedes with a drive off the post before Theoren Fleury beat Tommy Salo with 12.5 seconds remaining in the second overtime, bringing about a sudden end to Sweden’s run as Canada moved on to the final. Offered here are both blue and yellow Sweden jerseys by Bauer from the inaugural edition of the World Cup of Hockey. Each of these classic international hockey jerseys has Bauer ProWear and size flag tags in the neck and a Nike inventory bar code heat-screened into the inner rear tail. The Bauer logo is embroidered on the left breast and all have the Swedish Ice Hockey Association patch sewn on the right breast and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey patch on the left shoulder. The Tre Kronor crests on the front, numbers on the sleeves and back, and surname letters on a nameplate stitched on the back are all sewn on in tackle twill. Sweden wore its blue uniforms for each of its four games during the tournament so all of the yellow jerseys are game-issued examples. Each jersey will come complete with a letter of authenticity from the NHLPA.
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