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RARE VINTAGE OLYMPIA STADIUM, AUTO HOWE,LINDSAY ABEL
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OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE, CHECK OUT MY FEEDBACK AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE, THIS IS REALLY A RARE PIECE. POSSIBLY ONE OF A KIND,,, NOT ONLY IS IS AUTOGRAPHED BY THE FAMOUS MR HOCKEY GORDIE HOWE IT IS ALSO AUTOGRAPHED BY THE REST OF THE " PRODUCTION LINE" OF TED LINDSAY AND THE LATE GREAT SID ABEL. IT IS A LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPH AND IT TOO IS SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, WILLIAM MOSS. MOSS IS A FAMOUS ARTIST SPECIALIZING IN CAPTURING DETROIT'S PAST, WHAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE RARE IS T IS PENCIL SKETCHES IN THE BOTTOM MARGIN OF THE THREE PLAYERS THAT AUTOGRAPHED THE PIECE. NEXT TO EACH SKETCH IS THE PLAYERS SWEATER NUMBER, 9. 7 AND 12.. IF YOU ARE A DETROIT RED WINGS FAN OR JUST A HOCKEY FAN THIS IS A MUST, . THE PRINT MEASURES 24 BY 29 INCHES . T ARE NO RIPS OR TEARS IN THE PIECE, I WILL SHIP IT ROLLED IN A TUBE FOR SAFETY. INSURANCE IS INCLUDED IN THE QUOTED SHIPPING PRICE FOR DELIVERY IN THE US. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ARE ACCEPTED HOWEVER CHARGES ARE BASED ON DESTINATION, I WILL ONLY SHIP THIS RARE PIECE PRIORITY MAIL INSURED,. ALL THREE PLAYERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME In 1947, Tommy Ivan replaced Jack Adams as head coach of the Wings and instantly put the two best players on the squad (Howe and Lindsay) on either side of the future Hall of Famer Abel. Abel was in the twilight of his career but Ivan knew that he could still be a threat with two lightning fast wingers that could cover for his slowness and bring out the best in him. Howe and Lindsay were the best of friends with both having immense respect for Sid. The trio would often stay late after practice and fool around with the puck. The fooling around paid off, as the trio would perfect one of hockey's greatest plays -- the set play. To take advantage of the speed of the wingers and to minimize the problems of having a slow center , the wingers would shoot the puck in to the opponents end after crossing center ice. They would angle their shoot-in so that the puck would bounce off the boards and slide to the front of the goal w the other winger could get to it. That winger would either make a quick pass to Abel in the slot or take a shot himself. It was a brilliant play for the era because goalies of the period rarely left the goal crease, and would not think to cut off the shoot-in or block the pass in front. The trio also found numerous other ways to hit the back of net off their ability to read each other and come together as a unit.In the 1947-48 season , the trio was tops on the team in scoring and in 1950 , when Lindsay won the scoring crown, the three finished 1-2-3 in NHL scoring, a feat never again rivaled. The year after, Howe won his first of four consecutive Art Ross Trophies . Howe would also finish in the top five in scoring for the next 20 seasons. When Howe retired from the NHL in 1971, he held virtually every scoring record in the NHL.Both fans and media scrambled to come up with a catchy nickname for the threesome and soon enough, somebody coined a term that described the importance of the line to the team as well as a reference to Detroit , the car-making capital of the United States. The Production Line was born.TERRIBLE TED LINDSAYHe was born in Renfrew, Ontario . Lindsay's father, Bert Lindsay , had been a professional player himself, playing goaltender for the Renfrew Millionaires , Victoria Aristocrats and Toronto Arenas . Ted played amateur hockey in Kirkland Lake, Ontario before joining the St. Michael's Majors in Toronto . In 1944 he played for the Memorial Cup champion Oshawa Generals .His performance in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league (now the Ontario Hockey League ) earned him an invitation to try out with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and he made his big league debut in 1944 at the age of 19.Having played amateur in Toronto, yet playing for Detroit, earned him the enmity of Toronto's owner Conn Smythe with whom he would feud for the length of his career.Playing left wing with centre Sid Abel and right winger Gor...
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