Esa Tikkanen may have won the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1994, but he missed out on having a card in the Official NHL ’94 Trading Card Set. You might want to blame a video game programmer as for the reason why. Continue reading “Lost Cards: 1993-94 EA Sports Esa Tikkanen”
Category: Hockey Cards
Lost Cards: 1990-91 Pro Set Kari Takko
For my first installment of “The Lost Cards,” we will look at a card that was featured heavily in promotional materials, as well as on packaging, but never made it into anyone’s collection. Former NHL goalie Kari Takko almost had a card in 1990-91 Pro Set Series 2. Continue reading “Lost Cards: 1990-91 Pro Set Kari Takko”
Card of the Week: Invalid Claim
2010-11 Score Rookie & Traded #659 – Taro Tsujimoto
Back in the 1970s, the NHL draft was not televised or open to the public. They were either held in a hotel or conducted via telephone. In the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft, Buffalo Sabres general manager George “Punch” Imlach was bored. So, in the 11th round he had a little fun and drafted a player that did not really exist – Taro Tsujimoto from the Tokyo Katanas of the Japan Hockey League. Continue reading “Card of the Week: Invalid Claim”
ITG Enforcers Box Break #1
A while ago, I bought 3 boxes of In The Game Enforcers. I actually video recorded the breaks to post on my YouTube channel, but then my video editing software got all crazy and decided to crash every time I opened it. So, the first break (and probably the next two) will just be boring ol’ blog posts.
I think everyone who reads this blog and liked this idea has bought a box or two by now. For those who are not aware, a cost per box was $65. Each box contained 12 “tough” cards, including 5 autographs.
Here are the results for my first box: Continue reading “ITG Enforcers Box Break #1”
Super Manon
1993 Classic Superheroes #SS2 Manon Rheaume
Anyone who remembers hockey in the early 1990s of course remembers Manon Rheame – the first woman to play in an NHL exhibition game. Trading card company Classic issued over two dozen cards of Rheaume, including this odd super hero-themed card. Continue reading “Super Manon”
Hockey Cube Break
I was at my local Target yesterday and I have been pretty good about staying away from blaster boxes. But I always look for hockey card “repacks” that contain an autographed card. I found this–something called a “Hockey Cube.” For $19.99 plus tax, you get 2 autographed cards and a bunch of other cards you probably don’t want. So, I weighed the pros and cons of buying it:
Pro:: It has 2 autographed cards. I like autographed cards
Con: It probably has tons of Pro Set.
Pro: It has a Score Rookie and Traded Set that is still sealed.
Con: I already have two Score Rookie and Traded Sets (one for TTM purposes)
Pro: I want another Jeff Skinner from that set. Plus, I might get some good Gold Parallels.
So, the Pros narrowly outweighed the Cons. Here is what was inside the Hockey Cube: Continue reading “Hockey Cube Break”
2011-12 SPx box break & Contest update
It seems that whenever I buy a box of cards for $100 or more, I am left with:
- a stack of base cards
- a limited rookie card of a nobody
- jersey cards that no one wants
- a large dose of buyer’s remorse
Of course, I remembered none of that when I bought this box of 2011-12 SPx. I have never purchased this product before, and was itching to give something new a try.
Each box has 18 packs (4 cards per pack) –plus a “Bonus Pack”. Here is what I got: Continue reading “2011-12 SPx box break & Contest update”
Cattle Thief & Maple Leaf
1992-93 Pinnacle card #233 – Sidelines Doug Gilmour
Why is Doug Gilmour dressed as a metrosexual cowboy?
Anyone who collected hockey cards in 1992 might have asked themselves that question. Of course, this was a good decade before the term metrosexual was even coined. Continue reading “Cattle Thief & Maple Leaf”
2011-12 Panini Contenders box break
Panini is a company that I generally like, but truth be told I haven’t really cared for many of their products from this season or last season. It’s like they try really hard, but in the end they do a few things I dislike (glossy parallels in Score, making Ice Kings really hard to get, no updates for many of their sets, and so forth). So I am generally cautious when buying any of their hockey cards.
But then I saw this box of 2011-12 Panini Contenders at a local card shop. On the box it said “Three Autographs Per Box”. I haven’t opened anything in a while, i like getting autographed cards and I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket.
The box had 18 packs, and each pack had 5 cards. Here is what I got: Continue reading “2011-12 Panini Contenders box break”
2010-11 Artifacts Box Break #6
After much delay, here is my box break for my sixth–yes sixth!!!–box of 2010-11 Artifacts. Will I get yet another Buffalo Sabres autograph? Continue reading “2010-11 Artifacts Box Break #6”