Here's an awesome 1996-97 team-signed stick for Anaheim Ducks fans that will take you back to the early days of the franchise. The stick itself is a Teemu Selanne game-ready wood stick presumably from that same season. For Teemu, it marked the 3rd time in his career he had 100+ points in a season. But what really made the year special is the fact that Teemu helped the Mighty Ducks reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time, even winning their first ever playoff series against the Phoenix Coyotes. The stick is signed by the following 21 members of that team, with inscriptions in ():
Ken Baumgartner (#22), Ted Drury, Teemu Selanne ("#8, 1997), Steve Rucchin (#20), Joe Sacco (#14), Garry Valk (#18), Dave Karpa (#33), Shawn Antoski (#19), Jason Marshall (#23), Mikhail Shtalenkov (#35), Dmitri Mironov, Jean-Francois Jomphe (#46), Jari Kurri (#17), Warren Rychel (#16), ?, Kevin Todd, Brian Bellows (#23), Bobby Dollas (#2), Sean Pronger (#54), Paul Kariya (#9), and Darren Van Impe (#29).
The Titan 'ASD' wood stick has "SELANNE" stamped to the shaft, with black tape at the knob and a tape-free blade. It is game-ready for action, but shows no signed of game use. The winger from Helsinki played in Anaheim for 15 of his 23 NHL seasons. He is the highest scoring Finn in NHL history, and one of the highest overall; he retired at the end of the 2013-14 season ranked 11th all-time with 684 goals and 15th with total 1,457 points. He holds numerous team scoring records for both the Winnipeg/Arizona and Anaheim franchises. The stick comes essentially as-issued and problem-free. The signatures are all in black and average 8/10 in boldness.
Includes Letter of Provenance from the Newport Sports Museum. Autographs pre-certified by PSA/DNA.