Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction February 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2018
Held from December 27th until January 3rd in both Karlstad and Karlskoga Sweden, the 1979 World Junior Championship was just the third official Juniors tournament, with the Soviet Union taking home it’s third title. We have a Team Canada jersey from the event. Hailing from the collection of longtime CHL and WHL president Ed Chynoweth and consigned by his direct family, an Athletic Knit “XL” label sits affixed to the collar, with the vintage garment measuring-out to roughly a size 48. Styled with a heat-pressed team crest along with individual “Canada” letters, “23” appears on the sleeves and verso in matching material, with red vinyl leaf crests over each upper sleeve. An LOA from the Chynoweth family will accompany.
A scarce style that seldomly appears on the market, the jersey was never worn, and remains in gorgeous condition, with just some loose threading around the left armpit.
First cutting his managerial teeth as an assistant general manager with the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League in 1971-72, Ed Chynoweth then began a quarter-century love affair with the WHL, serving as its first full-time president through 1996 (with the exception of a single year). During his tenure as WHL president, Ed was responsible for the forming of the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League (CHL) in 1973-74, with the WHL, QMJHL and OHL brought into the fold, with a position as the first president of the CMJHL literally invented for the Dodsland native. Chynoweth was also awarded a WHL expansion franchise, the Edmonton Ice, while being regularly sourced for committees that oversaw a number of important hockey facets including Canada’s World Junior Team Program. Other positions would follow for Chynoweth, as he was appointed to the Federal Government Commission of Fair Play in 1986, as well as the International Centre of Excellence and Hockey Development Committee in 1987. Other awards and accolades would also follow, with the CMJHL Distinguished Service award garnered twice, along with the WHL championship trophy renamed in Ed’s honour in 2007.
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