Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
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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 disclosed which team-goal said puck accounted for. This particular puck was used by iconic superstar and HOF center Phil Esposito to score the Boston Bruins 38th playoff goal of the season vs the Chicago Blackhawks at Boston Garden on April 28, 1974. Assisted by Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman, the Sault Ste. Marie native scored the game-winning goal at 2:09 of the 2nd period for his 5th goal of the playoffs and 42nd of his career, with a total of 61 career playoff goals scored. Boston won this game 6-2 on Boston ice to take a lead in this Round 2 Series 3 games to 2. Boston eliminated Chicago in six games to move into the Cup Finals against the Philadelphia Flyers. The rubberized Bruins logo and Goal Puck Program label both remain clean with the latter having a light blemish through the word “date”, with light wear to the puck.
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