The Dawson City Generals jacket belonging to local hockey legend Kevin Anderson has been found – with everything in it.

The former Dawson City resident, however, is still upset – to put it mildly – that it was stolen in the first place.

At press time this afternoon, postmaster Bob LePage of Canada Post's Dawson branch confirmed he has the jacket and all of Anderson's belongings its pockets held, including a very special hockey puck.

Anderson was a member of the Dawson City Nuggets last week for their re-match against the Ottawa Senators Alumni during the Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada festivities.

He scored the only goal last Wednesday before a full house at Takhini Arena, on a pass from ex-NHLer Brad May, as the Nuggets fell 10-1. He whistled in another last Thursday night when the teams moved their challenge to Dawson, but the Nuggets came up short – 12-4.

Nonetheless, for him, the week was a memorable one, right from Monday on.

As a member of the 1997 Dawson team who travelled to Ottawa to replay the historic 1905 Stanley Cup challenge, Anderson returned to the capital a week ago Monday to throw down the gauntlet, once again.

Then he hopped on the plane with the Senators Alumni for the trip back to Whitehorse, promising Senator goalie Gerry Armstrong that he was going to score this time, even if he had to drag the puck into the net with his teeth.

Having scored not just once, but twice, and being part of the buzz of Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada, things couldn't get better for Anderson.

That is until his cherished Generals jacket was stolen last Saturday from the VIP lounge in the arena mezzanine after the Major Junior game between the Kamloops Blazers and Vancouver Giants.

Gone was Anderson's ID, his credit cards, banks cards, cell phone, and about $160 in cash, and a leather hockey jacket with some serious memories attached to it, including the trip to Ottawa for the 1997 re-match.

Most of all, gone was the puck he tucked behind Armstrong last Wednesday. The keepsake had been signed by all the Alumni players, unbeknownst to Anderson, until Armstrong presented it to him in Dawson.

He has spent the last three days going through the headache of cancelling his cards, thinking about having to replace his picture ID for his boat licence, replacing his firearms acquisition and birth certificates, and buying a new cell phone.

"But you know, I really wanted that puck,” Anderson told the Star this morning from his home in Regina. He spoke before learning the puck was indeed with the jacket that had been found by a Canada Post employee and mailed off to Dawson.

"It was really important to me. That is something you cannot replace.

"At least I got my jacket back, but I still don't know if the puck is with it.”

The coat was found by a Canada Post employee Monday morning in the parking lot of the Canada Post facility on Two Mile Hill, across from the arena. It was put in the mail bag to Dawson, given its prominent Generals tag.

It was in Dawson this morning but had still not been picked up by a friend, so Anderson was unaware of its contents.

He had watched the Major Junior game from the VIP lounge with friend Dale Kulych, alongside the likes of former Vancouver Canuck captain Trevor Linden, NHL great Lanny McDonald and other celebrities.

He was up there for about three hours, his jacket hanging off the back of his chair, when he decided to go downstairs and stand in line to shake Don Cherry's hand as the famous Hockey Night in Canada analyst left the arena.

When Anderson returned 10 minutes later, his Generals jacket was gone.

He said the RCMP were contacted to make sure they had a police file on record.

The cell phone rang when he and Kulych called it, but it shouldn't have, as he always turns it off.

Early this afternoon, the Star contacted postmaster LePage, who had just opened the package containing the jacket. In front of his employees he checked for its contents.

"It is all there,” LePage confirmed. "All of his ID, the puck.

"The puck has everybody's signature on it.”

LePage said the puck is ringed with tape, and on the tape is written: "Third period, 13:14, Feb. 9, 2011.”

And then he was off to call Anderson.

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