04/20/24
December 26, 2006
"World's Oldest Hockey Stick" goes for $2.2 million!: The curved hunk of hickory, believed to have been carved between 1852 and 1856, was purchased by an anonymous bidder. The purchase price will go to charity. Here's a shock: a Canadian bought it.
posted by The_Black_Hand to hockey at 08:31 AM - 12 comments
Go Canada Go! lol
posted by desigol at 11:39 AM on December 26, 2006
Hey, That's an illegal curve on that piece of Old Hickory! :)
posted by skydivedad at 11:48 AM on December 26, 2006
He could tell buy the bid 2.2mil ay
posted by TAZ29 at 08:31 PM on December 26, 2006
Must have been a Oil friend of George Bushes, {from Texas} just passing through Canada.
posted by odtaylor3 at 10:32 PM on December 26, 2006
Note to self, go to Canada, find old tree, carve a stick from it to look like a hockey stick, claim it was from 1852 make millions on EBAY.
posted by warstda at 10:03 AM on December 27, 2006
I figure they assume the winner was Canadian because no American would pay that much for an old piece of firewood.
posted by Ratbast at 11:00 AM on December 27, 2006
Looks more like a field hockey stick! Anyone know if it was Ice, Field or even my favorite, Road Hockey, wait there were no paved roads in 1852, oh, who cares anyway, really. I am Canadian and don't give a hoot.
posted by sap_basis at 04:42 PM on December 27, 2006
This is like when that guy spent $20,000 on the gum that Luis Gonzalez spit out as he was running down the 1st base line.
posted by sportingo at 04:10 AM on December 28, 2006
Okay, okay - I'll come clean. I bought it. Played a little road hockey with it last night. Frankly, the thing fucking sucks. I can't help but feel a bit ripped off.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 11:00 AM on December 28, 2006
Goddamn, man, way to make me wait for it!
posted by The_Black_Hand at 03:03 PM on December 28, 2006
its a sick stick...youd be crazy not to wanna play with it. Look at what Iafrate played with!
posted by guy_990 at 02:35 AM on January 05, 2007
If the bidder was anonymous, how does he know this person was Canadian? And why the prejudice against non-Canadians? Pretty interesting, TBH. Although I didn't think that you could appreciate the stick unless you got a full view. So I found this picture and this picture for a better view.