Thursday, March 20, 2025

2013-14 Paul Stastny Set 1 Road (MeiGray)

This is Paul Stastny's Set 1 road gamer from the 2013-14 Season.  Stastny wore this sweater for 18 road games to begin the year scoring 5 goals and 4 assists!  The jersey exhibits fantastic use and wear with heaving pilling, multiple team repairs on both sleeves and a huge black stick mark on the crest which has been photomatched to multiple road games.  I used to own a Stastny 3rd alternate in my collection that I sold to fellow Avs' collector and friend Jacob Dubin and have always regretted it..  I really liked Stastny and am very happy to have added another oner of his sweaters to my collection.  Paul Stastny scored 293 goals in his career and had 822 points.


Team Repairs

MeiGray Set Tag from 2013-14 season..

A photo of Stastny wearing this sweater in a game at Staple Center vs Kings in Los Angeles.



Tuesday, March 18, 2025

2020-21 Logan O'Connor Set 2 Home (KSC/Avalanche)

This is Logan O'Connor's Set 2 home sweater from the 2020-21 COVID shortened season.  It was very hard to determine how many games this sweater was actually worn by LOC but I was able to match the jersey to a game on 3/29/21 vs Anaheim Ducks at Ball Arena.  The jersey is fairly pristine overall but displays inner pilling on the lower hem and in the sleeves..  It seems as though it was only worn in maybe three games towards the end of the season but I am not sure. LOC registered 1 assist in the game vs the Ducks on 3/29/21.  I am very happy to have added an earlier gamer of O'Connor, a SC Champion with Colorado to my collection. 

 

25th Anniversary Season Patch adorns the right chest of the sweater
2020-21 Season Set Tag, Set 2 Home

Photomatched thread on the 2 to the game vs Ducks



Friday, November 22, 2024

1996-97 Sylvain Lefebvre Set 1 Road Jersey (Avalanche LOA)

This is Sylvain Lefebvre's Set 1 game worn road sweater from the 1996-97 season. Very happy to have added this beauty from an Avalanche Stanley Cup champion in Lefebvre.  The sweater exhibits very nice wear with team repairs, stick and puck marks and pilling in the rear hem. The fight strap exhibits some salting as well. The Lefebvre sweater is also customized with very short sleeves.  Like most Starter Avs' sweaters from this era, the jersey has been signed on the back on the number 2 in blue sharpie by Lefebvre.  Many thanks to fellow game worn jersey collector and friend Chuck Van Devander for giving me the opportunity to have this jersey added to my collection..

The Alternate Captain's A adorns the left chest of this Lefebvre Avalanche Sweater
Set 1 written on Center Ice collar tag. Very typical of Avs' sweater from this era
Lefebvre's jersey size with custom shortened sleeves
Team repairs throughout the sweater


This is a photo of Lefebvre wearing the jersey vs the Calgary Flames at the Saddle Dome in Calgary Alberta on October 22, 1996.





Tuesday, March 19, 2024

1995-96 Valeri Kamensky Home Set (Classic Auctions)

 This is one of Valeri Kamensky's 1995-96 game worn home sweaters.  I have not been able to determine yet whether this sweater was one of Kamensky's earlier sweaters in the Avs' inaugural season but there are some interesting facts about this shirt that could help.  The size of the sweater is an interesting 56-G which Kamensky must have experimented with early in the year.  All the rest of his jerseys from this season seem to be size 56-R. So perhaps he wore this jersey in the preseason and a part of the early regular season.. To be determined.  The jersey shows evident game use albeit fairly light in nature.  There is pilling evident in hem and some discoloration on the strap. As with many of the 1995-96 Avalanche jerseys, the Stanley Cup Finals patch was added to the sweater at the end of the year by the team before making it into the hobby. This Kamensky sweater is one of the examples of the replica 1996 SCF patch being added and not the original patch.  These jerseys were not worn in the Finals.  More research is needed on the sweater but is certainly a beautiful early example of the Colorado Avalanche and their inaugural season and Stanley Cup Championship in Denver, Colorado. Very happy to have added this rare Starter inaugural Kamensky Avs' sweater to my collection.









Saturday, March 16, 2024

2015-16 Alex Tanguay Alt 3rd Set 1 (KSE/Avalanche)

This is Alex Tanguay's inaugural alternate set 1 jersey from 2015-16. This set of alternates were the first set of the current alternates that the Avalanche have been wearing for the last 8 seasons.  This first set of alternates were worn between 10/24/2015 -12/31/2015.  Tanguay didn't play especially well in this jersey only registering two assists in the 6 games he wore the sweater. The sweater exhibits light game use with some pilling in the hem and one very nice team repair on the sleeve. The Colorado Avalanche 20th Anniversary patch adorns the right chest of the jersey.  Very excited to add another Tanguay who is Stanley Cup Champion to my collection.




Set Tag for 2015-16 Season
Team Repair
A few photos of Tanguay wearing the jersey in game action in 2015








Friday, February 9, 2024

2023-24 Valeri Nichushkin Set 1 Road KSE/Avalanche

This is Valeri Nichushkin's Set 1 Road sweater form the 2023-24 season. The jersey exhibits very good wear overall with numerous stick and puck marks, team repairs and heavy pilling in the hem. The sweater has been photo matched to several games between Oct. and Dec. of 2023.  "Big Val" "Choo-Choo" wore the sweater in 15 games and scored 5 goals and added 7 apples for 12 points. I am a big fan of Nichushkin as he is a key big piece of this Avalanche team. I am very excited to add this sweater to my Avalanche game worn collection.  This is the last season for the Adidas Prime Green game sweaters.  The NHL will switch to Fanatics for the 2024-25 season.  








2023-24 Team Set Tag, much larger than previous seasons

Here are some photos of Choo Choo wearing the jersey in game action



Tuesday, October 17, 2023

2015-16 Cody McLeod Set 2 Road (KSC/Avalanche)

This is Cody McLeod's game worn sweater from the 2015-16 season.  It is his set 2 road sweater worn in game on the road from November 30th, 2015 through January 27th, 2016.

The sweater exhibits fantastic wear throughout with numerous team repairs, board burns, damaged collar from fighting Tanner Glass of the NY Rangers and major piling in rear hem.

McLeod was a leader on the team and in the locker room and that is reflected on the sweater with an alternate captain's "A". 

I have owned a couple of very nice McLeod sweaters over the years that I have moved and I am very happy to add one back to my collection. Thank you to my good friend and fellow Avs' collector Thomas Oltmans for making this possible. He is a good friend and an asset to the hobby.