Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/24/2025
If you love incredible goals and pure goal scoring, chances are you’ve spent time watching Ilya Kovalchuk highlights on a screen near you, premium entertainment at its finest. The first overall pick in the 2001 NHL Draft and one of the greatest Russian-born talents the game has ever seen, Kovalchuk took the league by storm. He won the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy in just his third season, cementing his place in early-2000s hockey lore that made him a fan favorite for hockey fans around the world.
This stick offers a direct connection to that legacy. The innovative shaft shows significant game wear, with Kovalchuk’s original tape job still intact on both the knob and blade. His number 17 is written in silver marker over the black tape on the knob, and “KOVALCHUK” is boldly stamped on the shaft’s name bar. A visible crack running through the blade’s tape and the actual blade hints at the physical toll of game action.
The stick is signed in silver marker on the heel of the blade, a bold and well-preserved signature from one of hockey’s most dynamic scorers. For any collector chasing iconic memorabilia, this is the kind of battle-worn relic that tells its own story.
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