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 standout Mickey Redmond to score the Detroit Red Wings’ 264th goal of the season vs the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, on April 1st 1973. Assisted by Gary Bergman, it was the Ontario native’s career-high 52nd and last of the season, and 156th of his noteworthy career. The first of back-to-back 50+ goal seasons for Redmond, he became only the seventh individual in NHL history to net 50 in a season, and only the third to repeat the feat back to back. He would also hold the Red Wings team record for goals in a season until surpassed in 1985. Regarding condition, the rubberized Rangers logo exhibits just light toning along with a single mark, while the Goal Puck Program label remains clean. The puck itself remains in excellent condition, with just a few tiny gouges along an edge.
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