Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/18/2025
A nice mix of various rubber offerings is up for grabs here, totaling out to eighty-one (81) biscuits in all for you to consider, which hail from leagues such as the WHA, NHL, AHL, IHL, NAHL, CHL and other leagues while including a mix of game puck and souvenir puck examples. Including AHL pucks of teams such as the Hershey Bears, New Haven Nighthawks, Boston Braves and Virginia Wings (1969-77 Converse Screened Reverse - all show some wear/toning to the logos), other teams from various leagues represented in the group include the Port Huron Flags and Dayton Gems (IHL - 1976-80 Viceroy V3 - gold front and reverse), Grand Rapids Owls (IHL - 1979-85 Czech CZ3 - white shield reverse), Saginaw Gears, Muskgeon Mohawks and Flint Generals (IHL - 1980-85 Viceroy V4 - orange front and orange shield reverse), Johnstown Jets (EHL - 1970-73 Viceroy V2 blank reverse), Philadelphia Firebirds (NAHL - 1974-75 - CCM3 with NAHL reverse), Erie Blades (EHL - 1979-81 Viceroy V4 with advertisement reverse), Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL - 1976-80 Viceroy V3 with advertisement reverse), Fort Wayne Komets (IHL - 1978-79 Viceroy V3 with orange front and reverse), Wichita Wind (CHL - 1982-84 Viceroy V4 with orange CHL reverse), Birmingham Bulls (CHL - 1977-80 Biltrite B3 blank reverse), Maine Mariners (AHL - 1977-79 Biltrite B3 with orange skater reverse), Colorado Flames (CHL - 1980-83 Viceroy V4 large white CHL reverse), Binghamton Dusters (AHL - 1977-79 Biltrite B3 with orange skater reverse - logo variation "A" with white background), Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL - 1973-75 Converse with CHL reverse) and the Long Island Ducks (EHL - 1972-73 Viceroy V2 with Jack-In-The-Box reverse). Also including fifty-two (52) other game and souvenir pucks of the era that includes notables such as a 1980 Team USA vs Birmingham Bulls offering, seven (7) NHL souvenir pucks from the 1970s made by Rawlings, game pucks from the OHL WHL and various teams and tournaments in Europe as well an official game puck from the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, majority of the group is in overall good condition or better, showing light-to-moderate handling/surface wear while a small number shows missing chunks, cuts or gauges and/or logo wear that is worth mentioning for accuracy. A Classic Auctions LOA will accompany the lot.
Publishing his first paid hockey article in a New York Rangers game program in 1970 that earned him a total of fifty ($50) dollars, from there, Frank Brown began his career as a journalist for The Associated Press, typically covering the Montreal Canadiens. Under the leadership of Stan Fischler, Brown stated he learned the "courage of my convictions" after being handed Gordie Howe's phone number. Moving on to the New York Daily News in 1980, where he would remain until 1998, when he joined the National Hockey League as a communication executive, a position he would hold with the league until his retirement in 2018. He was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.
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