JOHN "PIE" MC KENZIE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: GERRY "CHEESEY" CHEEVERS - HFSID 278604

JOHN McKENZIE and GERRY CHEEVERS
Boston Bruin John McKenzie shows off the three pucks from his first NHL hat trick as goaltender Gerry Cheevers looks on in this 19x15 b/w photo, signed by McKenzie and Cheevers with their jersey numbers. Comes in a 25x22 black-and-gold matte with two Bruins pins.
Photograph signed: "John 'Pie' McKenzie/#19/1st N. H. L. Hat Trick" and "Gerry Cheevers/#30". B/w, 19¼x15¼ in black-and-gold 25¾x22 with two 1¼x1¼ Boston Bruins pins and 6x1¼ black-and-silver nameplate. Nameplate reads: "John 'Pie' McKenzie & Gerry Cheevers/McKenzie Shows Off His First N. H. L. Hat Trick". JOHN MCKENZIE was a Canadian pro hockey player. McKenzie, nicknamed "Pieface" and then "Pie" for teenage acne that lasted into his twenties, started playing hockey in 1953 for the Calgary Buffaloes and entered National Hockey League in 1958 with the Chicago Black Hawks. He joined the Boston Bruins, the team he's most associated with, in 1965. and skated for them for seven seasons. McKenzie is a two-time All-Star and has placed in the NHL top 10 for seasonal points and thrice for power play points for and game, and he was on two Stanley Cup-winning Bruins rosters in 1970 and 1972. He has a total of 206 goals, 54 of them off power plays, and 268 assists in 691 games in the NHL regular season, as well as 15 playoff goals and 32 playoff assists. GERRY CHEEVERS a former professional hockey goaltender. One of the first aggressive goalies, who would leave the crease to play "third defenseman", he got his professional start in 1956, at age 16, with St. Michael's Majors in the Ontario Hockey Association. Evne before joining the NHL, Cheevers proved himself an effectve goalie. He still holds the American Hockey League single-season record for most victories by a goalkeeper and tallied 48 victories in 1964-1965, helping the Rochester Americans to their first Calder Cup championship. Cheevers is most associated with the Boston Bruins, whom he joined in 1965-1966 and was a member of, off and on, until 1979-1980. He was a member of their 1970 and 1972 Stanley Cup-winning rosters and set a record in 1971-1972 with 33 consecutive wins. Cheevers was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. Fine condition. Matted by unknown individual. Not reviewed by us for conservation integrity. "As is" matting purchase.