Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction October 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/9/2016
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 winger Bobby Schmautz to score the Vancouver Canucks 130th goal of the season vs the Red Wings, on Jan 30th 1974. Assisted by both Andre Boudrias and Bob Dailey, it was Schmautz’s 26th goal of the season and 93rd of his career, and it would serve as his last tally with the Canucks, finishing his 14-year career with an impressive 271 notches. The Canucks would also secure the victory, defeating the hometown Red Wings 7-3. Regarding condition, the rubberized Red Wings logo exhibits a few marks along with toning, while the Goal Puck Program label remains fairly clean with just a small blemish present. The puck itself remains in very good condition, exhibiting just a few small gouges to edges on both sides.
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