Puck, Hockey
- Object Name:
- Puck, Hockey
- Object ID:
- 2009.004
- Place of Origin:
- Canada
- Date:
- 1978-1979
- Description:
- Hockey puck, used by New Hampshire Freedoms team, Northeastern Hockey League, 1978-79. Black molded and vulcanized rubber disk. Machined edge with crosshatch pattern and raised lettering: "CANADA". Top surface has blue silkscreened image of standing Revolutionary War soldier holding a hockey stick, and outline of state of New Hampshire, on white background. "NEW HAMPSHIRE / Freedoms" in blue lettering.
- Material:
- Rubber
- Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-2.95 inches
- Provenance:
- The Freedoms were a professional (minor league) team, playing their home games at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum in Manchester and Everett Arena in Concord. They lasted less than one season in New Hampshire. In mid-season, they moved to South Yarmouth, MA, and became the Cape Cod Freedoms, but they still played some home games in Manchester and Concord. The Northeastern Hockey League lasted only one season, becoming the Eastern Hockey League in 1979-80, and the Cape Cod Freedoms moved to Richmond, VA.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Ice hockey, Soldiers
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