FeedA Cournoyer Goal Puck – Only Weeks After The Summit Series. Anything To Take Your Mind Off The Washington Game.
November 28, 2008 in Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals Tags: 1972, goals, Habs, hockey, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League goal-puck, Orillia, pucks, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals, Yvan Cournoyer, Yvan Cournoyer goal puck
Oh, were you thinking you were going to read about the Canadiens loss to the Washington Capitals tonight? Forget it. I’m not going to bother. It’s too disappointing after their big win in Detroit. So I’m moving on.
This post is about a puck instead.
I never caught a foul ball or home run at a ball game, or grabbed a flying puck in the stands. Although a ball did hit my seat at Shea Stadium when I was out getting a beer and hot dog (seriously), and I did take a puck in the mouth which broke a tooth when I was kid up at the arena in Orillia.
I did manage to get this though, some time ago. It’s an official goal puck scored by Yvan Cournoyer in 1972. The NHL issued a few goal pucks for about a year, then the idea fizzled out.
This one reads:
REGISTERED GOAL-PUCK
Collectors Series
Yvan Cournoyer
of the Montreal Canadiens
Scored an official National Hockey League goal
With the puck mounted above.
This goal, his 5th of the season,
was scored against the
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Date - Oct. 26, 1972
Period – 2nd
Time – 3.38
November 28th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Dennis,
Awesome puck! I’m beginning to think i might have somebody who can rival my collection in town. You have some of the coolest pieces of memorabilia I’ve ever seen. Like I’ve said before, we really need to get together one of these days and look at both are collections.
November 29th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Thats a cool idea. I would get a game puck…