Re: Boston University 2010 Offseason I - The Year after the Year after effect
If this is true, that's absolutely ridiculous.
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The 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship saw the United States strike gold.
And we’ve got the actual set of gold medal-winning jerseys worn by the U.S. National Junior Team in the gold-medal winning game!!!
On January 5, 2010, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the United States National Junior Team captured the gold medal in the IIHF World U20 Championship by defeating Canada in overtime, 6-5. The 2010 team is just the second U.S. squad to win gold in the event, joining the 2004 U.S. team.
Now, for the first time ever, USA Hockey and the MeiGray Group, “The Official Game-Worn Source of USA Hockey” have teamed up so that fans across the globe can share in Team USA’s great success by acquiring authenticated, game-worn jerseys from USA Hockey’s National Junior Team.
Proceeds will benefit the USA Hockey Foundation.
The USA Hockey-MeiGray Group Game-Worn Authentication Program is proud to offer fans and collectors across the globe the opportunity to own a piece of history … the actual white jersey worn by 20 players in the gold medal-winning 6-5 overtime victory over Canada in the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship.
This auction is for the actual white jersey worn by #29, Jerry D'Amigo. D'Amigo, a Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick, had a goal and an assist in the game. Jerry D'Amigo signed the jersey immediately after the gold medal-winning game.
This jersey, a Size 60, has been registered in the USA Hockey-MeiGray Game-Worn Authentication Program.
One set of 22 white jerseys and one set of 22 blue jerseys was manufactured by Nike and prepared for use by the U.S. National Junior Team in the 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship. Each jersey was barcoded before the tournament. The set of jerseys was collected after each game by Team USA’s equipment staff. Each jersey offered in auction will be security-tagged with an individually serial-numbered USA Hockey-MeiGray Authentication Program inventory tag.
The U.S. National Junior Team wore this set of white jerseys in two games: The 7-3 tournament-opening victory over Slovakia on Dec. 26, 2009; and the gold medal-winning 6-5 overtime triumph over Canada.
The U.S. National Junior Team wore its set of blue jerseys, which was awarded to the players for their participation by USA Hockey, in 5 games: The 3-0 victory over Switzerland on Dec. 27, 2009; the 12-1 victory over Latvia on Dec. 29, 2009; the 5-4 shootout loss to Canada on Dec. 31, 2009; the 6-2 quarterfinal-round victory over Finland on Jan. 2, 2010; and the 5-2 semifinal- round victory over Sweden on Jan. 3, 2010.
Here is the set of U.S. World Junior Team jerseys available from USA Hockey-MeiGray from the 2010 World Junior Championship:
· 22 white jerseys worn and/or issued to the members of the gold medal-winning U.S. World Junior Team. The white jerseys worn by Jack Campbell and Cam Fowler have been retained for the Colorado Springs, Colo., archives of USA Hockey.
The USA Hockey-MeiGray Game-Worn Authentication Program offers game-used and autographed items from the Men’s and Women’s U.S. Olympic Teams, Men’s and Women’s U.S. World Championship Teams, U.S. teams that have competed in the World Junior Championships, and much, much more.
The USA Hockey Foundation is a charitable and educational nonprofit corporation that provides long-range financial support for USA Hockey and promotes the growth of hockey in the United States.
The Foundation's primary goals are to enhance USA Hockey's mission and activities; to provide funding for education and training of high performance athletes; and to provide opportunities for greater participation throughout the country.