Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2019
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 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 HOFer Jean Ratelle to score the New York Rangers 19th goal of the playoffs vs the Montreal Canadiens, at MSG, on April 18th 1974. Assisted by Ted Irvine and fellow HOFer Rod Gilbert, it was the Montreal native’s 2nd playoff goal of the season, and 8th of his 32 career playoff goals. Game 6 of the Quarterfinals, the third period goal put the Rangers ahead and served as the game and series winner, with a pair of unanswered goals added by Pete Stemkowski for a 5-2 New York victory at home. The Blueshirts would take the series, 4 games to 2. The Flyers rubberized logo and Goal Puck Program label both remain fairly clean, with a thin slice that just slightly encroaches upon the Rangers logo.
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