Fall Premier Auction 2018
Wed, Nov 21, 2018 04:00PM EST - Sat, Dec 8, 2018 11:00PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 520
1980 JACK HUGHES USA HOCKEY ("MIRACLE ON ICE") OLYMPIC TEAM GAME READY JERSEY - ONE OF USA'S FINAL CUTS
Sold for
$3,189.60
Sold Price includes BP
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It was a grueling five-month 61-game exhibition schedule that forged a diverse group of college amateurs into the USA Hockey Team leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympics. Throughout the long tryout coach Herb Brooks made cuts and adjustments narrowing down his finely-tuned squad to meet the Olympic requirements. The last man cut from the team was defensemen Jack Hughes but not before he was issued this game-ready Team USA jersey.
Then it looked like Hughes would actually get to wear it after all. Just two days before the Lake Placid Games began Jack O’Callahan suffered a knee injury during the USA’s final tune-up against the Soviets at Madison Square Garden. Coach Brooks let out the words Jack Hughes was anxiously waiting to hear: "Better gets Hughes ready." However in what must have been a terrible second blow to his psyche Brooks ultimately decided to stick with “O.C.” and Hughes was left to watch his fabled “Miracle on Ice” teammates win Gold without him. Hughes went on to play in the NHL for the Colorado Rockies (now the New Jersey Devils) then as fate would have it he actually went into business with the man he almost replaced Jack O’Callahan.
The white mesh jersey has a massive “USA” arched across the chest in blue and red tackle twill with blue and red banding at the waist and sleeve ends. The shoulders have white stars below which is Hughes’ number “12” in blue and red tackle twill. The back has “HUGHES” in white across a royal blue nameplate above his number “12” in large blue and red tackle twill. The Norcon (Forest Lakes Minn.) manufacturer’s label is affixed in the neck collar with a second Norcon tag at the left front tail.
The distinctive USA lettering Norcon tagging nameplate cross-over collar jersey striping and stitching are all an exact match to the John Harrington “Miracle on Ice” jersey offered in this auction. This style jersey was only used during the 1980 Olympic tournament. The staining visible on both sleeves and in the collar is not attributable to any game use by Hughes at Lake Placid. A stunning example of an authentic USA Olympic jersey made for a guy who missed the “Miracle on Ice” final roster by a single cut.
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