** 1st EVER NEW YORK ISLANDERS CAPTAIN **
This puck was used by Ed Westfall to score the New York Islanders 33rd goal of their Inaugural season - vs. the Boston Bruins on November 18, 1972. Assisted by Craig Cameron and Brian Lavender, it was Westfall's 7th goal of the season and 133rd of his 231 career goals. The second Islanders goal of the game to tie things up late in the first, the Bruins would score five more to earn a 7-3 win on the road. The Islanders logo shows wear, with the aluminum plaque in beautiful condition.
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.
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. At the onset of the NHL Puck Program, goal pucks were offered to collectors mounted on aluminum plaques. These were costly to produce and sold poorly. Fewer than 150 were produced for sale to collectors, and very few remain. Offered here is one such plaque.
** 1st EVER NEW YORK ISLANDERS CAPTAIN **
This puck was used by Ed Westfall to score the New York Islanders 33rd goal of their Inaugural season - vs. the Boston Bruins on November 18, 1972. Assisted by Craig Cameron and Brian Lavender, it was Westfall's 7th goal of the season and 133rd of his 231 career goals. The second Islanders goal of the game to tie things up late in the first, the Bruins would score five more to earn a 7-3 win on the road. The Islanders logo shows wear, with the aluminum plaque in beautiful condition.
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.
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. At the onset of the NHL Puck Program, goal pucks were offered to collectors mounted on aluminum plaques. These were costly to produce and sold poorly. Fewer than 150 were produced for sale to collectors, and very few remain. Offered here is one such plaque.
