PLAQUE

Description: RECTANGULAR WOOD PLAQUE WITH BEVELED EDGES AND METAL PLAQUES FASTENED TO FRONT. WOOD HAS MEDIUM FINISH. IN EACH CORNER IS GOLD PLASTIC DOUBLE DIAMOND SHAPED DECORATIONS. EACH DIAMOND SHAPE HAS RAISED CHEVRON. SEVEN PLAQUES ARE GLUED TO FRONT FACE. EACH PLAQUE IS DARK BROWN PLAQUE LAID OVER A SLIGHTLY LARGER SILVER ONE. PLAQUE ACROSS TOP (30.6CM X 11.1CM) HAS PLASTIC STARBURST ORNAMENTS, ONE AT EACH END. ENGRAVED ON IT IS "CONGRATULATIONS LETHBRIDGE BRONCOS HOCKEY CLUB W.H.L. CHAMPIONS 1982-83". AT MIDDLE OF FACE ARE FIVE SMALLER PLAQUES OF THE SAME STYLE (10.5CM X 6.6CM) LISTING THE NAMES OF THE PLAYERS - "00 KEN WREGGET , 2 MARK TINORDI, 3 GRANT COUTURE `A', 4 GERALD DIDUCK, 5 DARCY KAMINKSI, 6 BOB ROUSE, 7 DWIGHT MULLINS, 8 DARIN SCEVIOUR, 9 STEVE MOUNKES, 10 IVAN KROOK, 11 TROY LONEY, 12 DOUG KYLE, 14 RICK GAL, 15 TODD STOKOWSKI, 16 RON SUTTER `C', 17 KEVIN PYLYPOW, 33 DWAYNE MURRAY, 19 SHAWN GREEN, 20 RICH SUTTER `A', 21 SCOTT SHAW, 24 MARTY RUFF, 27 J.C. EWAN". THE MIDDLE PLAQUE LISTS MANAGEMENT "ROSS MCKIBBEN, JOHN CHAPMAN, RANDY RUFF, ROB FRITZ, HARVEY BEECH, PAUL FELLGER, RAY AUSTRING". PLAQUE ACROSS BOTTOM (30.8CM X 9.6CM) HAS "PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE OCTOBER 5TH, 1983" ENGRAVED ON IT. IT ALSO HAS THE BRONCO'S LOGO ENGRAVED AT EITHER END.

History: ARTIFACT WAS DONATED BY THE LETHBRIDGE SPORTSPLEX WHERE THE BRONCOS PLAYED. THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THEIR WHL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1983.