Hockey cards, collectibles and culture
The Carolina Hurricanes & Chicago Wolves Affiliation Puck Junk · The Carolina Hurricanes & Chicago Wolves Affiliation | #56 | 5/4/2020 After a two-ish week hiatus, the Puck Junk Hockey Podcast is back! This time, Sal Barry and Tim Parish talk about the new affiliation agreement between the Carolina Hurricanes and the AHL’s Chicago Wolves … Continue reading “Puck Junk Podcast: May 4, 2020”
1985-86 Topps & O-Pee-Chee Hockey Cards In this episode of the Puck Junk Hockey Podcast, Sal Barry and Tim Parish take a long look back at the 1985-86 Topps and O-Pee-Chee Hockey Card sets. They also talk about some new releases, including 2019-20 Upper Deck Allure. This podcast weighs in at 90 minutes, so … Continue reading “Puck Junk Podcast: February 7, 2020”
Episode #37: December 19, 2019 Plus: 2019-20 Parkhurst Are redemption cards as awful as everyone says they are? Or are they a necessary evil? This week, Sal Barry and Tim Parish weigh the pros and cons of companies using redemption cards in hockey card products. They also talk about the new 2019-20 Parkhurst Hockey set … Continue reading “Puck Junk Podcast: Are Redemption Cards a Necessary Evil?”
Some NHL head coaches had long careers in the NHL, instantly giving them credibility to the players that they mentor. Other NHL head coaches got nowhere near an NHL rink during their playing days, but worked hard and finally ended up in “The Show” behind the bench. Regardless of their path, it is always fun … Continue reading “Rookie Cards of Every NHL Head Coach for the 2019-20 Season”
Like 12.7 million other people this month, I downloaded FaceApp because it looked like a fun little phone app to play around with. For those who don’t know, FaceApp is a program for mobile phones that lets you take a picture and, using artificial intelligence, alters it by adding a smile, facial hair or glasses, among … Continue reading “I Used FaceApp on Some Hockey Cards”
This is the Eric Lindros card that flew under most hockey card collectors’ radar. While seasoned collectors are familiar with Lindros’ rookie card from the 1990-91 Score set, or the numerous other Lindros cards from the early 1990s, this one is a hidden gem. It is the first-ever card to picture Lindros in a Philadelphia … Continue reading “1992-93 Score Eric Lindros Press Conference Promo Card”
On the surface, the 2018 calendar year may have seemed a bit slow when it came to hockey cards and collectibles. Only one company makes licensed NHL hockey cards, so there is no real head-to-head competition. Still, that didn’t stop one card company from foiling the plans of another. Plus, there was plenty of competition … Continue reading “Top 10 Hockey Collectible Stories of 2018”
This weekend marked the latest entry for the Sport Card & Memorabilia Expo, which was held the weekend of November 9 to 11 in Toronto. The show is fully stocked, from top-to-bottom, with exceptional memorabilia, unique autograph and VIP experiences, and of course cards. The show provides something for just about every type of collector … Continue reading “Fall 2018 Sport Card & Memorabilia Expo Recap”
1991-92 Pro Set #Cc3 – Pat Falloon 1991-92 Pro Set #CC4 – Scott Niedermayer Longtime collectors will no doubt remember the 1991-92 Pro Set cards of Pat Falloon and Scott Niedermayer that were inserted into packs of 1991-92 Pro Set Hockey Series One, only to be pulled early on in production for reasons unknown. This … Continue reading “Pat Falloon & Scott Niedermayer: The Case of the Missing Pro Set Insert Cards”
Remembering Hockey’s First Jersey Cards It’s a brisk, early morning in September of 1997. I’m sitting at a picnic table at an elementary school playground, just north of Pittsburgh. My nine-year old self is huddled up with a few friends, rummaging through the new cards we had acquired over the summer. We were all in … Continue reading “1996-97 Upper Deck Game Jerseys”