aliboy Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 This is about international hockey. The 74 Summit Series featured the "Gamerecorder" which was the first statistics computer ever used in professional hockey, possibly even professional sports. It was only featured in the first 4 games of the series because the Russians would not allow it in the games in Russia. It was designed, built and operated by my oldest brother Brad, who was tragically killed in an accident about 6 months after the series ended. I am currently in contact with the Hockey Hall of Fame who is very interested in preserving the memory of this event, as they do have a 74 Summit Series Display, although they have not yet decided if they will feature anything in the display, they will make that decision down the road. This was the very beginning of "real time stats" in professional sports. Here is the 74 Summit Series page on Wiki where there is now a reference to the computer in the last line of the "Broadcasting" section. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Summit_Series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Cool! Your brother knew how to rock that 70s beard to the max as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 That's awesome. A nice piece of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Wow! Talk about ahead of the curve. Thanks for sharing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 We have now been able to create a high quality digital image, and have received permission from Metroland Media who owns the copyright, to proceed with a donation to the Hockey Hall of Fame, who have already stated they will be very happy to receive the donation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeBee51 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 On 22/09/2017 at 11:46 AM, aliboy said: We have now been able to create a high quality digital image, and have received permission from Metroland Media who owns the copyright, to proceed with a donation to the Hockey Hall of Fame, who have already stated they will be very happy to receive the donation. Awesome. Thanks for posting this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 It took a while for them to accept the donation, which was expected, but it's now done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 Here is a link to the 74' Summit Series, Game 1 period 2, if you set the time to 2:30 and let it play you will hear a good reference to the Gamerecorder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbIZcLfs_s8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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