Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
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.
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 cup was used by Pete Stemkowski to score the New York Rangers 249th goal of the 1972-73 season, vs Chicago, at MSG, on February 28th, 1973. Unassisted, it was Stemkowski's 19th goal of the season, and 126th of his career. The game-tying goal, scored at 9:29 of the third, the game ended in a 3-3 draw. The rubberized Rangers logo and Goal Puck Program label are both quite dark with Stemkowski signing both sides of the puck, including a silver paint pen signature over the Rangers logo that is quite dark, and an ink signature over the Goal Puck Program label. We should also note that the oils within the puck have been released, with the puck quite greasy. The original Registration Certificate from Hockey Diversified is included.
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