Welcome to USA Hockey-MeiGray Group's 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship Team USA Jersey Auction.
The U.S. World Junior Championship team captured the Gold Medal after a 5-4 shootout victory over Canada in the gold-medal game of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship at Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The United States won its tenth medal in the history of the tournament, and fourth gold.
The 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship was held in Montreal and Toronto, Canada from December 26, 2016 through January 5, 2017. The U.S. World Junior Championship Men's Team played its games at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, and at Bell Centre in Montreal.
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 and the one set of white jerseys worn during the tournament.
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 2017 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 retro jerseys in five games, the one set of white jerseys in one game and the one set of blue jerseys in one game. The players retained the one set of retro jerseys. The one set of blue jerseys was also worn in a 4-3 pre-tournament game victory over Switzerland in Oshawa, Ontario. The one set of white jerseys was also worn in a 4-0 pre-tournament game victory over the Czech Republic in Kingston, Ontario.
The U.S. World Junior Championship Gold Medal Winning Team wore the blue jerseys in the following IIHF World Junior Championship game:
*December 26, 2016, a 6-1 victory over Latvia
The U.S. World Junior Championship Gold Medal Winning Team wore the white jerseys in the following IIHF World Junior Championship game:
*December 28, 2016, a 5-2 victory over Slovakia
This auction is for the actual blue jersey worn by #11 Patrick Harper.
Harper played in 7 games. He scored 1 goal. Harper currently plays for Boston University. He was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 5th round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
This jersey, a Size 54, has been registered in the USA Hockey-MeiGray Game-Worn Authentication Program as number USA03524.
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 the National Hockey League, 9 of the 30 NHL teams, and the ECHL. MeiGray has authenticated and sold nearly 100,000 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.