Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/27/2021
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 the “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 HOF star Bobby Clarke to score the Philadelphia Flyers 165th goal of the season vs the Detroit Red Wings, at the Spectrum, on Feb 2, 1974 (the puck has an incorrect date of “Feb 12”). Assisted by Simon Nolet and Joe Watson, it was Clarke’s 20th goal of the season and 133rd of his career, with a total of 358 career goals scored. Netted midway through the second, the goal was the second of three for the superstar, with an additional 3 assists for an amazing 6-point night! The Flyers beat-up the Red Wings at home, 12-2. The rubberized Flyers logo remains clean, with a few minor blemishes to the Goal Puck Program label and light wear to the puck.
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