Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/15/2016
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. These two pucks originate from goals scored by Craig Cameron and Brian Spencer. The Cameron puck was used to score the Islanders 133rd goal of the season vs the Canucks on March 3rd 1973, and it was also the game winning goal. Assisted by Henning and Mikkelson, it was Cameron’s 17th goal of the season and 46th of his career. Regarding condition, the rubberized Islanders logo shows discolouration along with surface wear, with just a few small marks to the Goal Puck label. The Spencer puck was used to score the Islanders 37th goal of the season vs the Seals on Nov 21st 1972, and it was also the game winning goal. Assisted by Miller and Westfall, it was Spencer’s 3rd goal of the season and 23rd of his career. Regarding condition, the rubberized Islanders logo shows discolouration along with surface wear, with just a few small marks to the Goal Puck label. There is also a thin skate groove and a tiny sliver missing along the edge.
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