Here is another interesting find. This is a vintage helmet (exact era unknown) which was purchased on eBay. The seller has this to say about the helmet: "While up in Calumet MI, visiting my grandparents, we stopped at one of those good as new type stores. I looked around, grabbed an old leather goal tender glove, and my mom's husband (an MTU alumni) showed me this. He told me it was an old MTU hockey helmet." Even if it turns out that this is not an actual MTU helmet, it is still a nice vintage hockey item.

Most of this equipment was used during the 1995-96 season. Unlike forward equipment, it is quite easy to varify game use for goaltender equipment. The Heaton leg pads, catcher, and blocker are from the Helite III series. All of the Heaton equipment is done in a custom color scheme created exclusively for David. The goal pads also have leather custom build tags imprinted with "Custom Made for David Weninger" on the outside of the knee locations.
The pants are Cooper Reactor 5 and are marked "96-97 #35" to indicate their season of issue. The chest protector is Vaughn VP3500 Bioflex, size large.
David was selected by the Washington Capitals in the 3rd round (74th overall) in the 1996 entry draft and completed his college career with the 1998-99 season.
All equipment was obtained directly from the team in October 1997

These patches were worn during the 1995-96 season to commemorate 75 years of hockey at Michigan Tech. Each set of jerseys (home, road, and third) had a patch of matching color. The patches were removed from all three sets of jerseys at the conclusion of the season because two of the jersey sets were worn again during the following season.
View MTU Game Worn Jerseys here.

(B) = Blade
(S) = Stick
(G) = Goal Stick

(G) Luciano Caravaggio (autographed)
(B) Liam Garvey (autographed)
(G) Pete Hamilton (autographed)
(S) Brent Peterson (autographed)
(S) Jason Prokopetz (2 autographed)
(S) Tim Harris
(S) Devin Hartnell
(S) Eric Jensen
(G) Matt Kuckway
(S) Chad Korczak

(S) Mark Loepkey
(S) Hugh McEwen
(S) Jeff Mikesch
(S) Pat Mikesch
(S) Craig Perrett
(B) Jason Prokopetz
(G) Jamie Ram
(B) Jimmy Roy
(S) Jarkko Ruutu
(S) Randy Stevens
(S) Andy Sutton
(G) Scott Vettraino
(G) David Weninger

These gloves were worn by Andre Savage during the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. These Cooper gloves have mostly leather construction with the traditional five back roll design. The gloves are marked inside the cuffs "MTU 94-95 #8" with a black sharpie marker to indicate when they were issued. Andre completed his college days with the 1997-98 season. Two of Andre's five rookie season Boston Bruins jerseys and other pro jerseys also reside in my collection.

These gloves were worn by Andy Sutton during the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons. These Cooper gloves have mostly leather construction with a shorter four back roll design. The gloves are marked inside the cuffs "96/97 25" with a black sharpie marker to indicate when they were issued. One item to note on these gloves is that both of the cuff logos were at one time covered with black marker as can be seen in the photo at the left. Andy completed his college days with the 1997-98 season, and began his pro career with the San Jose Sharks. Two of Andy's four rookie season San Jose Sharks jerseys, as well as several other minor league jerseys, also reside in my collection.

This "Mixed Pair" of gloves comes with a great story. When I moved to Wausau, WI in 1998 it didn't take me long to find the local hockey equipment store. During one of my visits I noticed these gloves hanging behind the counter. They certainly caught my eye and I asked who owned them. The store owner explained that one of his services was sending used gloves out to be repalmed. In one of his shipments these two gloves came back by mistake with his order. The owner decided to keep them as a display for the fine work that could be done to save used gloves. I made an offer on them, but the owner said they were more useful to him rather than try to make some money on them... Almost 3 years later the store closed its doors and went out of business. During their going out of business sale I went back to the store and asked about the "Mixed Pair" of gloves hanging on the wall. At first the cashier didn't want to sell them to me, but as I continued to talk, the owner came out and said "Everything is for sale, make me an offer." Well as you can see, I did, and they now reside in my collection as a reminder that you should always keep your eyes open because you never know where that next collection peice will be found.
The gloves themselves are very similiar - both have four nylon backrolls and cuffs. One of the gloves has nylon gussets and a white logo embroidered on the cuff, the other has leather gussets, an identical gold logo on the cuff, and in general shows much less wear. Needless to say the palms in both gloves are in mint condition! Inside the cuffs one is marked "LAPS 14" (who I believe would be Mark Loepkey) and the other is marked "16 MTU" and a second number which has been crossed out, most likely from being issued to a prior player starting with the number "1".

I hand crafted these rather unique table tops from game used sticks. The table were constructed by first taking a rough cut on both ends of each stick to get an approximate length. They were then attached to a sheet of 1/4" plywood with construction adhesive. (About 25% of the sticks, including all of the sticks used for the outer framing, were used by MTU players during their college playing days.)
The pucks, including two that were game used during the 1995-96 and 1997-98 seasons, were inlaid with a 3" hole saw. After the adhesive was allowed to cure for several days, the edges of the table were cut sqaure to their final dimensions. At this point the outer framing was attached with sheet rock screws and the intire table was sealed with a single coat of varnish, which was approximately 3/8" thick after drying.

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