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. This particular puck was used by long-time New York Ranger Vic Hadfield to score the club’s 193rd goal of the season vs the Montreal Canadiens at The Forum, on Feb 9th 1974. Assisted by HOFers Rod Gilbert and Brad Park, it was Hadfield’s 20th goal of the season and 255th of his 323 career goals. Scored during the first on the power play, the marker wouldn’t affect the outcome, with the Habs netting 7 unanswered goals to cruise to an easy 7-2 victory at home. Regarding condition, the rubberized Canadiens logo remains fairly clean, while the Goal Puck Program label exhibits part of a faint circular mark. The 1973-74 NHL season would be Hadfield’s last in Manhattan, rounding out his noteworthy career with parts of three seasons spent in Pittsburgh.
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