Stephen Holland is a well noted artist in the sports world. With a stroke of his paint brush he is able to capture the essence of the athletes he portrays.And he must be a big hockey fan. How else do you justify including Sylvain Lefebvre in a collection that includes Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin.I have a Gretzky Canada Cup lithograph proudly in my office. Though I
he Vancouver Canucks have had a number of ugly jerseys over the years. Despite the condition of this game worn gem, this wool sweater from the 1950s is not one of them.That's right. 1950s. The record books tell you that the Vancouver Canucks started in the National Hockey League in 1970, which is true. But before that they existed dating back to the 1945 in the old Western Hockey League (
he website HockeyGods.com uploaded this photo recently. It is of the 1912 Calgary Athletic Club hockey team that challenged for the Allan Cup in amateur hockey supremacy in Canada.A quick study of the photo shows that the goaltender is wearing a different sweater than everyone else. And then there is the quick realization that the goaltender's sweater features a very large dollar sign!I 
There was a time I considered myself to be a bit of an expert on the Canada Cup of Hockey. And I still geek out when I learn anything new about the tournament. had no idea of the existence of 10k gold and diamond rings issued to the players of Team Canada in 1981 until now.The November 2023 offerings from ClassicAuctions.net included this ring that was formerly from the personal collection