Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction March 2011
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The heavily-favored Team Canada squad that showed up for the 1996 World Cup of Hockey was overflowing with National Hockey League talent. Gretzky, Messier, Coffey, Shanahan, Lindros, Brodeur, Graves, Fleury, Sakic… they were all there. Off to a great start with wins over Russia, Slovakia, and Germany, the boys seemed to only have difficulty when they took on those pesky Americans, losing to USA by a score of 5-3 on August 31st. A close game against Sweden in the semi-finals would see Canada move on to face Team USA once more. Canada took the first match in the best-of-three final, in Philadelphia, 4-3 in overtime. Then the USA recorded a memorable pair of 5-2 victories in Montreal to win the series. In the third and decisive game, the US received spectacular goaltending from tournament MVP Mike Richter and rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the third period by scoring four goals in the final 3:18 of the game.
Offered is the white set of uniforms worn by members of Team Canada for the games of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. This set was worn for a single game in the series, played on September 7th, 1996 against Sweden in a hard-fought 3-2 victory for Canada. The jerseys were also worn in one of the two pre-tournament exhibition match-ups against the Americans played on August 20th in Vancouver and August 21st in San Jose, California. According to those who attended the exhibition games, they were intense, on-ice battles that foreshadowed what would come in the Finals. Each white Bauer airknit is tagged by the maker in the collar with a size tag nearby and the company logo sewn up on the right breast. Best is the circular World Cup of Hockey crest on the chest. All crests, numbers and nameplate lettering are sewn-on and the Bauer inventory control tag is heat-pressed into the tail. Each jersey will come complete with a letter of authenticity from the NHLPA.
Blueliner Scott Niedermayer suited up in every game for Team Canada throughout the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. He put up great numbers for a defenseman with a goal and three assists while wearing the number "27". His white airknit is tagged by Bauer in the neck in size 56 and displays loads of game wear on the left arm where we spot about 25 stick marks and scuffs. A few more board burns turn up on the right sleeve with two large stick slashes near the crest and more off to the left side of the belly. Another solid stick mark on the back rounds out the game wear.
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