Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/15/2016
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. These two pucks originate from goals scored by Larry Hillman and Jim Schoenfeld. The Hillman puck was used to score the Sabres 222nd goal of the season vs the Canadiens on March 4th 1973. Assisted by Lorentz and Meehan, it was Hillman’s 5th and last goal of the season and 36th of his career. Regarding condition, the rubberized Sabres logo shows just light discolouration, with a few small marks/stains to the Goal Puck label. The Schoenfeld puck was used to score the Sabres 168th goal of the season vs the North Stars on Jan 25th 1973. Assisted by Robert and Perreault, it was Schoenfeld’s 2nd goal of both the season and his career. Regarding condition, the rubberized Sabres logo shows just light discolouration, with a few small marks/stains to the Goal Puck label.
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