Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/16/2020
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, 1972-1973 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 Rey Comeau to score the Atlanta Flames 139th goal of the season vs the Buffalo Sabres, at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, on Jan 28, 1973. Assisted by Ernie Hicke and Leon Rochefort, it was the Montreal native’s 15th goal of the season and his career, with a total of 98 career goals scored. Scored at 12:07 of the third, it was Comeau’s third goal in the contest for a hat trick (each puck from the hat trick is available in this auction), with an assist also earned in the third for a four-point night. The Flames would convincingly defeat the Sabres on the road, 8-5. The rubberized Sabres logo remains fairly clean, with dark marks to the Goal Puck Program label and light wear to the puck itself.
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