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Stanley Cup Relic…

By Thom Racine a piece of NHL history.” By the Had to be a play-off game, so of
way, these old pucks sell from a course, I checked. Sure was, in
round about 1972, the NHL hundred dollars to over a thousand fact it was game 4 of the Cup final
Abegan a two year project these days depending on who between the Bruins and Flyers. I
of collecting goal pucks. The scored the goal. Not bad for a ten looked up the box score and there
practice actually returned a few dollar investment. it was.
years ago and if you have a few
A few years ago, while at the Andre Savard from Bobby Orr
hundred dollars to spare, the next
time you visit the Bell Centre, you height of my puck collecting and Carol Vandais at 11:24 of the
can pick one up. The price varies days, I obtained one of these forty 1st period, the goal tied the score
year old gems in a trade with a
upward depending on the goal at 2-2.
scorer. These pucks are truly for collector willing to part with one Wow, assisted by Bobby Orr,
of several 72-74 goal pucks from
the serious collector; the fan who that means that a few seconds
wants a piece of history for his his collection. I didn’t think too before the puck entered the Flyers
mantle piece. much about it, it was cool, a goal
scored by Boston’s Andre Savard goal, Bobby Orr touched this puck.
But back in the early seventies, against Philadelphia in 1974. I knew if I searched, I could
$10 was all you needed to secure a find the video (thanks to YouTube
piece of hockey lore and it didn’t I put it on the shelf beside the - I did) and froze a few frames.
matter who scored the goal. Like only other goal puck I own, the That’s Bobby Orr feeding Savard
many fans from the non-social first ever goal scored by that old
coot, who is still playing and just up the right side (he was on side)
media and not so open promotion passed Marc Messier for second and the end result, those famous
eras, I don’t recall seeing this
puck lottery or I likely would have all-time on the NHL point scoring Spectrum Police Goal Light(s)
had one. Researching this story, list. Yes, I have Jagr’s first ever flashing behind Bernie Parent.
I found an old ad claiming “your goal puck. Oh, and that little black dot in
ultimate hockey moment even So, last month while looking front of the despondent Flyers’
comes with a certificate proving over that old puck, I paid attention hall of fame goaltender, I own it.

‘you’ are the registered owner of to the date on the puck, May 14th! Isn’t history Grand!

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