1988-89 Jay Caufield Game Worn Jersey

“This home white knit gamer by CCM and Century Sports was worn by Jay Caufield during the 1988-89 NHL season.” “Jay joined the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1988-89 where he played the last five-years of his NHL career. During that span, Caufield was a member of the back-to-back Stanley Cup Championship teams in 1990-91 and 1991-92. Jay’s role on the Pens was to serve as protection for Mario Lemieux and the boys. He served the role of enforcer well, amassing 759 PIMS in merely 208 regular season games during his career. Caufield set a career single season best total of 285 PIMS in his first year in Pittsburgh while playing in only 58 games!

The game wear on this sweater consists of stick marks, board burns, un-repaired burn holes, fight abuse with bloodstains on the front, inner pilling and some team-sewn repair work on both sleeves. There is a bit of loss to the numbers as shown in the [pictures]. A nice enforcer’s gamer that was worn during Caufield’s career best 285 PIMS season.” - Gamewornauctions.net

Remarkably, this unassuming gamer has the distinction of notching the primary assist on Mario’s empty net goal, completing his legendary “Five Goals Five Ways” game! The last two photos show images of the jersey before father time took his toll on the vinyl, which has since been restored.