Sunday, November 07, 2010
By Sean D. Hamill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette
Nancy Angus, executive director of the Mario Lemieux Foundation, left, and Drew Parish, marketing manager for the foundation, pull apart the pieces of Mario Lemieux's locker. The proceeds from auctioning the locker will go toward raising money for an Austin's Playroom project at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.



How much would you pay for Mario Lemieux's last locker?

Now, imagine for some reason it's attached to the locker of that other emerging icon of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby. Now how much?

Well, now you'll have your chance.

To pay for its most expensive Austin's Playroom yet, the Mario Lemieux Foundation is holding an online auction starting Monday, featuring your standard -- albeit highly sought after -- hockey memorabilia: autographed jerseys, sticks and hats from Pittsburgh Penguins and other hockey greats.

But one item clearly stands out...............

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