Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/18/2019
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. 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 notable Hall of Fame member Frank Mahovlich to score the Montreal Canadiens 162nd goal of the season vs the Buffalo Sabres at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, on January 24, 1974. Assisted by fellow HOFer Guy Lafleur, it was the Timmins native’s 14th goal of the season, and 516th of his impressive 533 career goals. His second point of the game and scored early in the third, the marker put the Habs ahead 3-1, followed by a final goal by Steve Shutt to seal the deal, with the Canadiens winning on the road, 4-1. The Sabres rubberized logo exhibits a few tiny blemishes, with the Goal Puck Program label showing a centralized light stain. There is also a small gouge along one of the edges.
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