Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Winter 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2023
Drafted 54th overall in 2017, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen would garner great interest in the world of hockey early in his career as the Finnish netminder would win OHL Goalie of the Year in 2019 as well as gold at the 2019 World Junior Championships. Hailing from the year of his National Hockey League debut, offered here are the pads worn by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen during the 2020-21 season, including in his NHL debut. Bauer Ultra Sonic models in all white with “Bauer” on the outside rolls in blue, “Luukkonen” is embroidered to a piece of leather that has been sewn on the upper reverse thigh of each pad. Tagged on the reverse as size “XL” and utilizing a mix of Velcro straps and the traditional leather straps and buckles, Kay Whitmore’s initals are found on the bottom of the left pads boot landing with an additional handwritten notation found on the outside of the same area. In good condition, the pads show lot of use with numerous puck marks found throughout while all the straps are present as well as the toe ties. No skate cuts to the leather are observed. Additionally, the pillows have been photo-matched with Getty Image #1315676053 and #1315679971 (May 1st, 2021 vs Boston) to numerous puck marks over the fronts of both pads.
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