Wanna take a ride on the Philadelphia Flyers’ zamboni? It’s one of the lots in a special auction just underway that includes some game-used memorabilia. MeiGray Auctions is offering the zamboni experience (for a pre-game ride on the ice ahead of a March matchup with the Edmonton Oilers) and over two dozen other lots in an auction running through February 13. Also on … [Read more...]
Vegas Creates Own Game-Used Authentication Program
The NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights are taking their game-used memorabilia in house. The team has set up a new game-worn and game-used program called VGK Authentics and will manage the items on its website and team store. Items such as game-worn jerseys and equipment, game-used pucks and other memorabilia will be collected from the ice or the locker room by NHL … [Read more...]
David Pastrnak’s Crazy Winter Classic Stick Now Up for Auction
He has many talents on the ice but the most talked about part of David Pastrnak’s 2018-19 season might just be a piece of game-used equipment. If every picture tells a story, Pastrnak is proof that a hockey stick can do the same thing. The colorful and creative piece used by the Bruins’ right winger in their 4-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at Notre Dame Stadium … [Read more...]
Jerseys, Pucks from Winter Classic at Auction
The NHL doesn't mess around. Even before the puck dropped for the 2019 Winter Classic game at Notre Dame Stadium Tuesday, the jerseys worn by the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins were on the auction block. NHL Auctions, in conjunction with Fanatics, has 44 jerseys from the game and all six pucks from Boston's 4-2 win up for grabs. Among the old … [Read more...]
Capitals Championship Season Sticks, Gloves Hit Auction Block
Before the Washington Capitals' stunning run to their first Stanley Cup title last spring, they survived a challenging regular season, winning the NHL's Metropolitan Division by a slim margin over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now, some of the sticks and gloves they used en route to making history are up for grabs. MeiGray, which has an exclusive game-used memorabilia … [Read more...]
Super Hero Hockey Jerseys Are a Marvel for Colorado Collector
Take a trip to the basement of Tom Oltmans’ Littleton, Colorado home, and you might think, for a second, that you’ve been transported to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The walls of the basement painted to look like dasherboards at an arena; a tribute to the sport appears in every inch of space the eye can see – skates, pucks, signage, and over 100 jerseys, that … [Read more...]
Stick Save: NC Teacher Finds Vintage Bernie Parent Memorabilia At Thrift Store
It’s fitting that a sixth-grade history teacher who loves hockey found a piece of hockey history. At a thrift store. In basketball-mad North Carolina. That’s what makes Chris Brindell-Watt’s story so compelling. Brindell-Watt, 49, has taught history and social studies at Cane Creek Middle School in Fletcher, North Carolina, for the past 12 years. He’s originally from … [Read more...]