Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction February 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2018
In 1972 founders of a company named Hockey Diversified Inc. envisioned that each puck shot into the net to produce an official goal scored in an NHL hockey game would develop a degree of intrinsic collector value for hockey fans everywhere. The founders took this idea to the NHL and procured the rights to all such NHL pucks during regular season and playoff games for a period of five years. Pucks shot into the net for a goal were collected by the referees, given to the time keepers to label and then shipped to Hockey Diversified to further label with scoring details. The pucks were then marketed to the public by Hockey Diversified Inc. Unfortunately this idea was ahead of its time and pucks sold poorly. The program lasted only two seasons, 1972-1973 and 1973-74. Hockey Diversified Inc. dissolved shortly thereafter. Classic Auctions is honored to have been chosen by an original founder of Hockey Diversified to sell, at upcoming auctions, residual, unsold pucks from that “NHL Registered Goal Puck” collection.
Each puck originally distributed by Hockey Diversified could be obtained by mail with the buyer’s choice of team and possibly player. A label was affixed to each puck listing the scorer, team and date, along with a code that divulged which team-goal said puck accounted for. At the onset of the NHL Puck Program, goal pucks were offered to collectors mounted on aluminum plaques. These were costly to produce and sold poorly. Fewer than 150 were produced for sale to collectors, and very few remain. Offered here is one such plaque, with this particular mounted puck used by Mike Walton to score the Boston Bruin’s 47st goal of the season vs the Los Angeles Kings, on Nov 2nd 1972. Assisted by Fred Stanfield and HOFer Johnny Bucyk, it was Walton’s 2nd goal of the season, and 117th of his 201 career markers. The first point of the contest, Boston would add a second goal, only to have the Kings score five, including an unanswered pair in the third on the power play for a 5-2 Los Angeles victory at home. Regarding condition, the Kings logo exhibits some toning, with just light wear including a few minor scratches to the plaque. There is also a small chunk out of the bottom edge of the puck beneath the Kings logo.
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