When I was a kid, my dad took us to a wings game. After the game ended, we went and stood outside the exit of the Joe where the players would be leaving the stadium, and we attempted to stop players to autograph my stick. I believe it was the 96-97 season, so I was maybe 7 years old, so several players were kind enough to stop and roll their windows down to sign it. One person leaving was a ref, who stopped and rolled his window down, and said “Hey, come here!”, while waving his hand. My dad started to walk up and he said “Not you! The kid!”. So I walked over and he handed me a game-used puck to top off the evening.
That being said, I can only recognize some of the signatures on the stick and I might be off on the year because of my inability to identify exactly who autographed. I know Steve Yzerman and Vladimir Konstantinov are there, but that’s where I get stuck.
Any help to identify the other autographs and further cement this awesome childhood memory in my brain would be very much appreciated! LGRW!
by schwanzkopf
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Looks like a really hurried Yzerman the handle. Definitely Konstaninov on the blade
Tip of the blade, below Konstantinov, is Dino ciccarelli. Which would mean it’s probably 95-96 season
Yzerman, McCarty, Rouse, Coffey, Primeau, Vernon, Vladdy and Dino shaft to toe.
That’s Probert above/to the left of Primeau ain’t it?
Edit: Nevermind, that’s Bob Rouse. Either way, I’m jealous 🙂
Below Yzerman is Darren McCarty next by the heel is Bob Rouse. Above Konstantinov I’m leaning toward Mike Vernon.