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 Marc Tardif. The first puck has been mounted to a roughly 8” x 11” aluminum plaque with the NHL logo along with the listed puck particulars, including the fact that it was Tardif’s second goal of the season, and it occurred against the Rangers on Oct 14th 1972. It was also the Habs 10th goal of the season. The puck shows a few marks, with the rubberized Canadiens logo exhibiting toning. The second puck was used by Tardif to score the Canadiens 324th goal of the season vs the Rangers, on March 31st 1973. Assisted by Rejean Houle, it was Tardif’s 25th and last goal of the season, and 78th of his career. Regarding condition, the puck shows a few dark marks across the Canadiens logo, along with a few scratches and a tiny groove just above the logo. The Goal Puck label also shows a few marks, along with a circular mark/residue - possibly from pucks being stacked during storage.
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