everybody how you doing it's Bruce here with traveling with Bruce
you know I guess something here that's completely off the track from what I'm
known for I love talking about cruise ships and
all days if you guys watch me regularly but I wanted to show you this little
piece of memorabilia right here my wife presented me this gift a couple
of years ago for Christmas knowing that it would bring back a lot of memories of
my childhood and I'm 62 now and there are a lot of us out there probably
anywhere from 60 to 70 or older who remember this this is a box
first of all in unbelievably good condition which is also stunning because
this box is almost 60 years old and it contains one of the most sought-after
items a seven-year-old kid could have ever wanted back in 1962 or 63 and I
just had to film the Box first I had to I have to show you the outside of this
box because after you rip off all of the Christmas wrapping paper you come up you
see this box sitting in front of you and you open the flap and you get to pull
out what's inside this thing and I gotta tell you
you really can't forget it I can imagine there are seven eight nine ten year olds
twelve year old kids out there from you know we're born in nineteen fifty
fifty-five when they got this they couldn't believe it I had to also film
the top flap of this box to see that address there the top address is where
it's from Montreal Canada but where it's going to is Prince George British
Columbia to a Woolworths store this went to a Woolworths store and then was
subsequently sold inside the store to a parent for a child and what is it it is
this it is the NHL hockey night in canada hockey game from 1962 look at
this and I gotta tell you this isn't the complete game this is only though nuts
and bolts of the game itself there were other add-ons to this that are I think
available through collectors but Oh will you pay dearly
this here however is a fully functional completely working hockey game with the
two storied franchises on the ice for any Canadian boy who would want to want
this much all Canadians and the Toronto Maple Leafs the hockey puck is it in the
middle it's right in the middle they're ready to go we got the goalies and we've
got the players and I'm just love the sight I just love the side of this thing
how they the artist painted in this illustration of a game with the crowd
there on the side wearing suits and ties to a hockey game women were dressed in
the finery you didn't go to a hockey rink like a schlep like you do now and I
got a bit of a zoom here on these players I'm just thrilled with this one
Mike my wife handed me this I couldn't believe it I I just I just looked at her
said why would you give me this for Christmas
and she said well you know I think I think you missed this I have to say
there were a lot of memories of my youth that came flooding back to me I know we
used to play this for hours you know you'd have one of your buddies over from
you know the neighbor one of the neighbors over and you'd play this game
for hours and there's wear and tear on it yeah it's not in mint mint mint
condition but it's a pretty damn good shape and it works this game works but
it did have stands it had a puck puck dropping unit it even had even goal
lights of you if you scored a goal the light would come on you have to put
batteries in this thing but it doesn't work like them anymore but here's the
shit the other league thing about this acquisition that my wife made for me
there are instructions the instructions with the game came or with this set the
business almost impossible to find you can't find stuff like this this is hard
to come across the actual document that was in the box the assembly instructions
on how to put the game together not just the players on those little metal posts
but how to put the grandstand together how colder and the whole thing oh my god
the puck driver there it is unbelievable this this is just this is history this
is so cool and I just got such a kick out of seeing this and looking at it you
can order more parts from the Eagle toys limited company in Rivard Street in
Montreal yeah I just fill in your name and address and then over here on the
side you just fill in what is it what is it you need you need some more players
you need some more the the nets or do you need another puck there's your
prices at Pakistan a dime another spring on the bottom the five cents per spring
a little rubber grip $0.50 all my goodness you can send this in for more
parts and here is the piece the resistance you can win a trip for two to
a Stanley Cup final playoff game in 1962-63 you can go to the Stanley Cup
final in 1963 for a game if you don't go you get five hundred bucks in cash from
the Eagle toy company my god five hundred dollars in 1963 you know how
much money that is that has got to be all my god that's got
to be $3,000 today I mean it's just it's just unbelievable the drawers gonna be
held in March 15th 1963 obviously this entry was never sent in because this
entry is in mint condition never touched never filled in and you had a stiff he
had a couple skill testing questions he had to fill in what team won the Stanley
Cup 160 162 put your name in there your address the city you live what province
or state you were in and your phone number and oh my gosh what entry this is
here's the other side of it you send it in an eagle toys limited to Montreal
québec in a place stamp here just cut it build it and send it in all my goodness
can you imagine I hope you enjoyed this little video or this is a walk down
memory lane I'll tell you unbelievable I love it
thanks guys bye for now