Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2023
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. Originating directly from the founder of the Goal Puck Program and sold previously by Classic Auctions, this particular puck was used by HOF superstar Bobby Orr to score the Boston Bruins 48th playoff goal of the season, in Game 1 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals, at Boston Garden, on May 7, 1974. Assisted by Wayne Cashman and Ken Hodge, it was the icon’s 2nd playoff goal of the season, and 23rd of his 26 career playoff markers. Netted late in the third at 19:38 when the match was tied at 2, the goal served as the game winner, with the Bruins falling to the Flyers in six games. The puck remains in beautiful condition, showing a few cuts, with "4" handwritten within the Bruins logo. Here's your chance to own a piece of hockey history from one of the game's all-time greatest.
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