The stick that the attackerEdmonton » Wayne Gretzky used in the Stanley Cup final in 1988, was sold for $ 336,000, reports ESPN, citing the press service of the Sotheby’s auction house.
This amount is a record for a hockey stick used in a National Hockey League game. The previous record also belonged to Gretzky: in 2022, his stick was sold for $138.6 thousand.
In recent years, other Gretzky items from the 1988 Stanley Cup Final have also come up for auction: in June 2022, the Oilers hockey player’s sweater was sold for $1.452 million and his leggings for $204 000 $.
Edmonton defeated Boston in the 1988 final. It was the Oilers’ fourth championship in five seasons and Gretzky’s last of his career.
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