** FIRST EVER NY ISLANDERS GOAL SCORED AT MSG **
This puck was used by rookie Billy Harris to score the New York Islanders 52nd goal of their Inaugural season. It was scored against the crosstown rival NY Rangers at Madison Square Garden on December 10, 1972. Assisted by Germain Gagnon and Bryan Lefley, it was Harris' 7th of the season and of his career - he would end his career with a total of 231 goals. The first goal of the game scored at 10:47 of the first, the Rangers would then score four unanswered, for a 4-1 win at home. The Rangers logo is clean, with a chip to the puck. The aluminum plaque is in beautiful condition with a few minor scratches.
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 - with an historic goal attached to it!
** FIRST EVER NY ISLANDERS GOAL SCORED AT MSG **
This puck was used by rookie Billy Harris to score the New York Islanders 52nd goal of their Inaugural season. It was scored against the crosstown rival NY Rangers at Madison Square Garden on December 10, 1972. Assisted by Germain Gagnon and Bryan Lefley, it was Harris' 7th of the season and of his career - he would end his career with a total of 231 goals. The first goal of the game scored at 10:47 of the first, the Rangers would then score four unanswered, for a 4-1 win at home. The Rangers logo is clean, with a chip to the puck. The aluminum plaque is in beautiful condition with a few minor scratches.
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 - with an historic goal attached to it!
