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 Jim Schoenfeld to score the Buffalo Sabres 189th goal of the season vs Chicago, on Feb 7th 1973. Assisted by Don Luce and Tracy Pratt, it was the Ontario native’s 4th goal of the season and of his career, with 51 total career goals scored. Netted late in the third with just 32 seconds remaining on the clock, the even strength goal proved to be not enough, with Chicago slipping past the Sabres 2-1 at Chicago Stadium. Regarding condition, the rubberized Black Hawks logo remains clean, while the Goal Puck Program label exhibits a light circular mark within the center. There is also a slice along the side that runs from top to bottom.
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