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by Alanah McGinley on 04/25/08 at 05:59 PM ET
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The Vancouver Millionaires won the Stanley Cup in 1915, but there are few tangible keepsakes to remember them by—until now. From John Mackie at the Vancouver Sun:
No Millionaires sweaters from 1915 are known to have survived. Cyclone’s mannequin is actually wearing an old Ottawa Senators sweater—the team the Millionaires beat to win the Stanley Cup.
This has bothered local hard-rock singer Thor for years. Thor is such a hard-core Millionaires fan, he copyrighted the name a few years ago and has been reproducing Millionaires merchandise.
Now he has produced a replica of the 1915 Millionaires sweater, which he will present to the BC Sports Hall of Fame May 1, so that the Cyclone can be shown in the proper duds.
When he says a replica, he means it. The sweater is made from wool, just like in the old days, and has the 1915 “V” logo, which Thor’s wife Kathryn painstakingly studied and reproduced from old photos.
Back in March, my friend Miss 604 provided some interesting biographical information about Fred “Cyclone” Taylor, whose display at the BC Sports Hall of Fame will feature the replica soon.
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*photo cropped from an original by Ward Perrin at the Vancouver Sun
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The Vancouver Millionaires deserve to be remembered and celebrated as an important part of Vancouver heritage and westcoast hockey! They were first class all the way!
Cyclone Taylor is a Vancouver hockey legend.. would have been quite a thrill to see him speed around the ice in the old Denman arena
CTV Ch 9 news did a great story on him and the new reproduction Millionaires sweater being donated to the BC Sports Hall of Fame!
Posted by Paul from Vancouver BC on 05/01/08 at 11:17 PM ET