Kent County sheriff's deputies recovered the display for Red Wings Gustav Nyquist's first NHL goal.

Gustav Nyquist

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A woman has pleaded guilty to larceny charges that included the theft of a puck that was the first NHL goal scored by Detroit Red Wings player Gustav Nyquist.

Muskegon resident Amy Lynn Jones, 32, pleaded guilty to larceny by conversion and receiving and concealing stolen property as a fourth felony offender. The Kent County Prosecutor’s Office agreed to drop charges of conducting a criminal enterprise and breaking and entering.

The plea deal entered in Kent County Circuit Court secures at least a five-year prison sentence and saves the Red Wings standout from the possibility of having to testify.

Kent County sheriff investigators say former employees of the Evergreen Storage Facility, 4000 Alpine Ave. NW, illegally entered units and took items in August 2012.

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Police said the items were then offered for sale in an "unauthorized auction" in October 2012 that included the puck, which is framed next to a photo of the 25-year-old right wing and Sweden native.

Nyquist played for the Red Wings’ farm team Grand Rapids Griffins during the 2012-13 season before returning to Detroit. He is currently one of the hottest players in the NHL sitting atop a tie for first place in the league for power-play goals this season with five so far.

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Numerous people who rented storage facilities were targeted in the scheme, according to police. Nyquist is among 15 victims listed in court files.

Jones will be sentenced Jan. 13.

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