A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Boston Bruins rookie Normand Leveille was just 18 years old when he scored his first NHL goal on October 14, 1981. Fresh from a 55-goal, 101-point junior campaign with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and less than four months after Boston made him the 14th pick overall in the entry draft in his native Montreal, Leveille scored 36 seconds into Boston's fourth game of the season. He added a second goal later in the game to lead the Bruins to an 8-5 win in Chicago. Offered here is the official NHL game puck from Leveille's first goal that has been mounted on a wood plaque. "1st NHL" is engraved on a circular gold-colored disc atop a slightly larger red-colored disc glued atop the face of the puck. "Normand Leveille, NHL, 14-10-81, Chicago" is engraved on a similar gold on red two-level metal plaque at the bottom of the wood plaque. Included here is an original 8" x 10" Boston Globe photo that spotlights Leveille and Tom Fergus' first NHL goals. Leveille is flanked by his fellow Bruins rookie and team captain Wayne Cashman, who appears beaming alongside Leveille and Fergus who are holding plaques featuring reprints of the newspaper accounts of their respective first-goal games. From Normand Leveille's personal collection, this historic first NHL goal lot comes along with a letter of authenticity.
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