Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/5/2019
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 French Connection-line member Rick Martin to score the Buffalo Sabres 101st goal of the season vs the Chicago Black Hawks, at Chicago Stadium, on Dec 19th, 1973. Assisted by Norm Gratton and Doug Rombough, it was the Verdun native’s 20th goal of the season and 101st of his impressive 384 career goals. The final goal of the contest, scored at 11:51 of the third, the marker served as the game tying goal, with the Sabres outshooting the Hawks but only managing a 2-2 tie. The Goal Puck Program label remains fairly clean, with a chip and surface loss to the Black Hawks rubberized logo. There are also a few small slices, along with an edge gouge on the Black Hawks logo side.
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