Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction October 2016
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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, 1972-1973 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 Pat Stapleton to score the Chicago Black Hawks’ 24th goal of the playoffs vs the Rangers in Game 2 of the Semi-Finals at Chicago Stadium, on April 15th 1973. Assisted by Wayne Maki and Ralph Backstrom, it was Stapleton’s first of two in the game, and 9th career playoff goal. His second goal in the contest would prove to be his 10th and final career playoff tally. Despite a late third period goal by Rod Gilbert, the Rangers weren’t able to mount a comeback, with the Hawks winning both the game, and the series. They would then lose in a closely contested final against the mighty Montreal Canadiens in 6 games. Regarding condition, the rubberized Black Hawks logo exhibits just a few tiny blemishes, while the Goal Puck Program label exhibits some light staining. The puck itself remains in very good condition, with just a few small minor cuts and grooves.
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