DC Sports Premium Auction Volume 35

Lot #494:

Foxtrax 1998 Stanley Cup Finals Game Used Puck

This puck was presented to us as game used and, in our opinion, shows appropriate usage. From Wikipedia: FoxTrax, also referred to as the glowing puck, is an augmented reality system that was used by Fox Sports' telecasts of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1996 to 1998. The system was intended to help television viewers visually follow a hockey puck on the ice, especially near the bottom of the rink where the traditional center ice camera was unable to see it due to the sideboards obstructing the puck's location. The system used modified hockey pucks containing shock sensors and infrared emitters, which were then read by sensors and computer systems to generate on-screen graphics, such as a blue "glow" around the puck, and other enhancements such as trails to indicate the hardness and speed of shots. The system was first used during the 1996 NHL All-Star Game, and was used until the end of the 1997–98 season making this one of the last ever used.