Bobby Orr's Boston Bruins May 7th 1974 Stanley Cup Finals Goal Puck from the NHL Goal Puck Program - Season PO Goal #2 of 4 / Career PO Goal #23 of 26 – Game-Winning Goal
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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 superstar Bobby Orr to score the Boston Bruins 48th playoff goal of the season, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals vs the Philadelphia Flyers, at Boston Garden, on May 7, 1974. Assisted by Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman, it was Orr's 2nd goal of the playoffs, with an impressive 26 career playoff goals scored. Scored late in the third at 19:38 to give the Beantowners the victory, the goal served as the game winner, with the Bruins slipping past the Flyers 3-2. The rubberized Bruins logo and Goal Puck Program label both remains fairly clean, with just a "4" handwritten to the logo, with a few cuts and edge chips to the puck.
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