This month, in Beckett Hockey #210, my fourth article for Beckett media has been published. Entitled A Force to Be Reckoned With, it details the history of fighting in hockey, and fighting’s general exclusion from trading cards. Continue reading “My Fighting article in Beckett Hockey #210”
Month: February 2009
20-year old ticket stub
Twenty years ago on this day, I went to my first National Hockey League game: the Chicago Blackhawks vs. the New York Islanders at “old” Chicago Stadium. February 10, 1989. Continue reading “20-year old ticket stub”
“In Action” Inaction
1982-83 O-Pee-Chee card #40 – Mel Bridgman In Action
File this under false advertising.
At the top of the card it states – no, it practically screams – in uppercase letters “IN ACTION”. But clearly, Mel Bridgman is anything but “in action”. Maybe O-Pee-Chee erroneously added a space between the two words, and really meant to say “inaction” As in, Bridgman isn’t really doing anything except looking somewhat perplexed – perhaps by the misnomer that labels the top of his trading card. Continue reading ““In Action” Inaction”