Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
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. 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 slammed into an open cage to extend the Flyers lead to 5-0 at 2:18 of the second period on February 25, 1973 against the California Golden Seals in Oakland. This puck was used by Bobby Clarke to score his 30th goal of the season and 107th of his 358 career markers as well as what would be the Flyers 230th goal of the season. Dave “The Hammer” Schultz and Andre Dupont assisted on their captain’s goal as the Broad Street Bullies skated to a 7-0 win. This Seals slug presents beautifully with only light wear and chipping on the edges exhibited.
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