Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction November 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/3/2015
State of the art tracking technology is literally sewn into the fabric of Sidney Crosby’s photo-matched 2014-15 Pittsburgh Penguins game-worn captain’s jersey. Sid the Kid wore this jersey featuring the NHL’s jersey TRAK technology in one game during the season, on January 18, 2015 when he scored a power-play goal in the first period of Pittsburgh’s 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers at Consol Energy Center. Penguins equipment manager Dana Heinze signed the fight strap, which has a tamper-free RFID chip that automatically dates and time stamps the jersey whenever it is worn sewn onto the anchor. This unique Crosby game-worn jersey with custom-lengthened sleeves is photo-matched to small loose threads on the captain's "C" and a small black thread on the “8” on the right sleeve. Size 56 flag tag sits in the back of the neck and the Penguins 2014-15 Set 2 Game Jersey team patch is sewn inside the rear tail. Game use shows in black marks on the back of the left sleeve and marks low on the right sleeve. Comes with a Penguins LOA and a Jersey Trak LOA.
As per our consignor, the jersey was first worn by Crosby on January 18, 2015 as a new Penguins Set 2 jersey. After the game Crosby asked the equipment manager to give him more room in the bottom of the jersey. The equipment manager widened Crosby’s backup jersey and gave him that one to use through the end of the regular season, and this jersey was set aside as a backup.
The chip sewn onto the anchor of the fight strap is scanned before the pregame skate and then again after the game, or the pregame skate if the player does not play. This produces a record both of when the jersey was used either in a game or just used in the pregame.
The small loose threads on the captain’s C show in Getty images photos 461911834 and 461740006, and the small black thread on the 8 on the right sleeve shows in Getty Images photo 461740006.
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