Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction February 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2018
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 Dennis Hextall to score the Minnesota North Stars 116th goal of the season vs the California Golden Seals, on Dec 20th 1972. Assisted by Buster Harvey and Danny Grant, it was Hextall’s 14th goal of the season, and 47th of his 153 career markers. The even strength goal was the only tally in the second period, with Hextall assisting on the game’s next and final goal, with the Stars handily defeating the Seals 5-2 in Oakland. Regarding condition, the puck survives in gorgeous condition, with just very light wear overall. We should note that despite the Seals using the “California Golden Seals” designation from 1970 until relocating to Cleveland in 1976, pucks with “Oakland”, including this example, were still employed right up until the club moved.
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