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.








Tuesday, May 30, 2023

1992-93 Joe Sakic Road Set 2 Quebec Nordiques HHOF (Byron's Hockeyland/Nathan Collection)

This is Joe Sakic's 1992-93 game worn captain's sweater from his days with the Quebec Nordiques.  This sweater is the road set 2 shirt worn in the 2nd half of the 1992-93 season.

I am currently researching this jersey to see how long it was worn and how many goals and assists Joe scored while wearing this sweater...  More to come..


The 100th Anniversary of the Stanley Cup patch (French Version) adorns the right chest of the sweater

Two photo matches of Super Joe in action wearing this sweater at Montreal and at New York




Friday, January 27, 2023

2022-23 Artturi Lehkonen Reverse Retro Set 2 (KSC/Avalanche)

This is Arrturi Lehkonen's Reverse Retro II set 2 game worn sweater.  Very excited to ass this beautiful Avalanche RR to my collection. The sweater was worn for 1 game at St. Louis on 12/11/23 at St. Louis vs the Blues. The Blues also wore their reverse retro sweaters for this game.  It was a memorable game as Mikko Rantanen scored all of the Avs goals with a hat trick and won the game in OT 3-2.

The sweater exhibits some light stick marks on the shoulder area and some light burns on the sleeves very consistent with a one game worn sweater. I was able to photo match some whiskers on the numbers and also the font letters on the nameplate.  The sweater is beautifully customized with kiss cut customization from Cutting Edge Sports.  Very excited to add this sweater and keep up with Avalanche history... Enjoy! And as always, happy collecting and as always, Go Avs Go!


Retro NHL Crest is displayed proudly on collar

Equipment Manager JC Ihrig's signature on strap with out of circulation date makes it official. 

Loose Thread photo match on # 2

Lehkonen in game action wearing the sweater




Thursday, December 29, 2022

2022-23 Bo Byram Finland Global Series Set 1 Home (NHL Auctions/Fanatics)


This is Bowen Byram's 2022 Global Series game worn sweater from November 4th, 2022 from Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland. The Avs squared off against the Columbus Blue Jackets beating them 6-3.  

Bo Byram wore this jersey in the 1st period of action and was on the ice for JT Compher's goal. 

The sweater does have wear although very light.. That's to be expected as he only wore the jersey in one period of play.  Abrasions on elbows and on shoulder are apparent.  Very happy to add this beautiful Byram game worn sweater to my collection. 


The beautiful Global Series patch adorns the left chest of the sweater
Light game wear is present
2022 Global Series Set Tag in inner rear hem