The Vancouver Canucks Shane O'Brien (55) greets St. Louis Blues David Perron (57) while Canucks Alex Burrows (14) greets Blues Jay McKee (77) after the Canucks 3-2 win at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on April 21, 2009. The Canucks defeated the Blues 4 games to 0, eliminating them in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
An 1893 Stanley Cup championship player's gold ring found in a Vancouver, British Columbia, attic sold at auction for more than $60,000.
An 1893 Stanley Cup championship player's gold ring found in a Vancouver, British Columbia, attic sold at auction for more than $60,000.
The Province newspaper in Vancouver said only one other ring from the first Stanley Cup championship is known to exist, and that's in a vault at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
The ring belonged to the Montreal Hockey Club's George Lowe, the newspaper said.
It was sold at auction to an undisclosed buyer by Quebec's Classic Auctions service, which also declined to reveal who found the ring in an older Vancouver home's attic.
Lowe finished eighth in league scoring and was the team's third-highest scorer with six goals in five games during the 1893 season, a year after the Stanley Cup was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston, then Canada's governor general, The Province said.
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