This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2021
Welcome to USA Hockey-MeiGray Group's 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship Team USA Jersey Auction … A Gold Medal-Winning Auction!
The U.S. World Junior Championship team won its fifth all-time Gold Medal after a 2-0 victory over Canada in the Gold Medal Game of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada.
The United States won its thirteenth medal in the history of the tournament.
Tournament MVP Trevor Zegras led all players with 18 points. Goaltender Spencer Knight finished the tournament with a 5-1 record, three shutouts, a 1.63 GAA and .940 save percentage. Knight set a new single tournament record with three shutouts, which also set a new career record for USA Hockey.
The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship was held in Edmonton, Canada from December 25, 2020 through January 5, 2021.
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 one set of blue jerseys worn during the tournament in five of Team USA’s seven games.
There was one set of retro, one set of white, and one set of blue jerseys manufactured by Nike and prepared for use by the U.S. National Men's Team in the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. Each jersey was bar-coded before the tournament. The sets of jerseys were collected after each game by Team USA's equipment staff. Each jersey offered in auction has been security-tagged with an individually serial-numbered USA Hockey-MeiGray Authentication Program inventory tag.
The U.S. World Junior Championship Men's Team wore the one set of white jerseys in the lone exhibition game vs. Finland on December 22, 2020. The white set was retained by the team. The one set of retro jerseys were worn in two games vs. Russia and the Gold Medal game vs. Canada. The players retained the one set of retro jerseys.
The U.S. World Junior Championship Gold Medal Winning Team wore the one set of blue jerseys in the following five IIHF World Junior Championship games:
• December 26, 2020, a 11-0 Preliminary Round victory over Austria
• December 29, 2020, a 7-0 Preliminary Round victory over Czech Republic
• December 31, 2020, a 4-0 Preliminary Round victory over Sweden
• January 2, 2021, a 5-2 Quarterfinals victory over Slovakia
• January 4, 2021, a 4-3 Semifinals victory over Finland
This auction is for the actual blue jersey worn by #21 Brett Berard.
Berard played in all 7 games. He recorded 1 goal and 4 assists in the tournament. He currently plays for Providence College. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 5th round of the 2020 Natiional Hockey League Entry Draft.
This jersey, a Size 54, has been registered in the USA Hockey-MeiGray Game-Worn Authentication Program as number USA07382.
Proceeds will benefit the USA Hockey Foundation.
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.
The MeiGray Group is the world's leading authenticator of, and source for, game-worn hockey jerseys. The Branchburg, N.J., company is authenticating partners with 7 of the 31 National Hockey League teams, the National Women’s Hockey League, and the ECHL. MeiGray has authenticated and sold over 250,000 game-worn jerseys since it was founded in 1997. MeiGray has also partnered with the National Basketball Association since 2006.
Shipping costs for this item are:
$20.00 USD within the Continental USA
$35.00 USD to Alaska and Hawaii
$45.00 USD to Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan
$50.00 USD to Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon
$75.00 USD to Nova Scotia
$60.00 USD to France, Germany
$80.00 USD to Australia, China, Denmark, Italy, Japan, Sweden
$85.00 USD to Norway, Switzerland
$100.00 USD to Czech Republic
$110.00 USD to Finland, Russia, Slovakia
All winning bidders pay shipping charges and are responsible for all tariffs, taxes, duties and any other additional costs associated with shipping inside or outside of North America.