Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/16/2020
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 Danny Grant to score the Minnesota North Stars 140th goal of the season vs the Vancouver Canucks, at Pacific Coliseum, on Jan 25, 1974. Assisted by Barry Gibbs and Tom Reid, it was the Fredericton native’s 20th goal of the season and 170th of his career, with a total of 263 career goals scored. The second North Stars goal of the contest and scored at 0:48 of the first, the match would be evenly fought, with the Stars coming out on top on the road, 5-4. The rubberized Canucks logo and off center Goal Puck Program label both exhibit a few blemishes, with just light wear to the puck itself.
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