Hockey cards, collectibles and culture
During the 1991-92 season, the Pro Set company issued a set of Parkhurst hockey cards, releasing Series One in late 1991. A random insert in Series One packs was a card of the fat man himself, Santa Claus. Continue reading “Card of the Week: Dreary Christmas”
Even though I was a bit old to be perusing Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine back in December 1993, how could I pass this issue up? The cover photograph features Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dressed as Santa Claus and feeding fish to penguins – tell me that does not scream “buy this magazine now!!!” Never mind the fact that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, penguins live at the South Pole and Lemieux lives in Pittsburgh. Continue reading “Ho! Ho! Ho! Mario!”
Living in Chicago and being a Blackhawks fan, you would think that I would be dying to go to this season’s NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day.
To tell the truth, I did want to go to this game really bad. As my sister asked me, “How many times can you say you’ve seen a hockey game at Wrigley Field?” That raised a good point. Continue reading “When hype meets frostbite”
My geek joy continues! This month, my second article for Beckett Hockey Magazine was published.
Entitled Pro Set Story, it is a retro review of the 1990-91 Pro Set Hockey Set, as well as a short overview of the Pro Set Company. The article appears on pages 20-22 of issue 209, which just came out last week. Continue reading “My 2nd article in Beckett Hockey”
What better way to spread a little Christmas cheer than with a hockey card showing the exact opposite of “brotherly love”?
Only a handful of hockey cards have shown fighting, including this one of career minor-leaguer Howie Rosenblatt, released by Classic Games in 1992. Continue reading “The Legend”
This weekend, I picked up several 2003-04 Upper Deck Young Guns cards. Seeing as how these cards are from five years ago, the players depicted aren’t necessarily “young” anymore – at least, not “Patrick Kane young”. Most of the YGs in the group were common, but here are the best of the lot:
#206 – Eric Staal
#202 – Joffrey Lupul
#242 – Matt Stajan
#238 – Milan Michalek
#219 – Alexander Semin
Now I have most of the expensive Young Guns from this set. I don’t have the Marc-Andre Fleury card yet, which will be a bit of an expense. Otherwise, I think it’s pretty much downhill from here.
If anyone has Young Guns from this set for trade–especially commons–drop me a line.
With Thanksgiving just now behind us here in the United States, what could make a better Card of the Week than this one of Todd Ewen biting a hockey puck? Continue reading “Man Bites Puck”