Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/1/2022
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, 1972-73 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 the “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 Rick MacLeish to score the Philadelphia Flyers 32nd goal of the playoffs, in Game 5 of the 1974 Stanley Cup semifinals, vs the New York Rangers, at the Spectrum, on April 30, 1974. Assisted by Andre Dupont, it was MacLeish’s 9th playoff goal of the season and 13th of his career, with a total of 54 career playoff goals scored. The third goal of the match, scored at 17:39 of the second, the marker served as the game winner, with the Flyers taking out the Blueshirts, 4-1. MacLeish would add a second goal in the third for a two-point night, with the Flyers taking the series in seven. The rubberized Flyers logo and Goal Puck Program label both remain clean, with just light wear to the puck.
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