This road red knit gamer by CCM was worn by Chris Chelios during the 1986-87 NHL season. Chelios began his career as a 2nd round draft choice of the Montreal Canadiens. He would serve the club for seven seasons before moving to the Chicago Blackhawks in a deal for Denis Savard. He would remain with the Blackhhawks for nine seasoons before joining the Detroit Red Wings where he still takes the ice.

Thus far this iron man has partook in more than 1500 regular season games and has now just completed playing in his 23rd season. His accolades are numerous with totals of nearly 200 goals and in excess of 900 points to accompany better than 2800 career PIMS. Add to these regular season totals another 137 playoff points and 399 playoff PIMS. His trophy case includes 2 Stanley Cups and 3 James Norris Memorial Trophies awarded to the NHL’s best defenseman.

He was named a 1st or 2nd team NHL All Star on at least a half dozen occasions and has partook in the annual NHL All Star game double digit times. Born in Chicago, Chris has been an active participant over the years for Team USA. He was a member of the 1984, 1987 and 1991 Canada Cup teams, the 1996 World Cup Team and of course the United States Olympic Team on more than one occasion. A spot in the Hall of Fame no doubt awaits this brilliant career to come to a close.

This jerseys provenance can be traced back to Sylvain Toupin, the Montreal Canadiens assistant equipment manager. Toupin gave this jersey to Yvon Belanger, a Montreal Canadiens team therapist, from whom it entered our hobby. The game wear is noticeably light consisting of some light stick marks and board burns as well as some inner pilling. This is a tough find from early in the career of this future Hall of Famer.