Hockey cards, collectibles and culture
I was iffy on buying any boxes of Pinnacle until I saw a box break over on DFG’s blog. That convinced me enough to pick up two boxes of the stuff. Maybe I’ll get a whole base set, some decent rookies and a few jersey cards that I can trade away.
For this box break, I decided to scan ALL of the insets, as well as some of my favorite base cards. Each box has 24 packs, and each pack has 8 cards.
Here’s what I got: Continue reading “2010-11 Pinnacle Box Break #1”
If a lottery ticket and a hockey card had a lovechild together, this would be the result: the 1974-75 Topps Hockey Scratch-Off Game card. Continue reading “Scratch and Score”
In a move completely out of character, I purchased a hobby box of 2010-11 Artifacts Hockey. Partly because I like the design and partly because I couldn’t find many quality vintage singles at the show I attendedon Saturday.
Plus, I never buy any high-end boxes. I’m tired of watching from the sidelines, so I decided to take the plunge and see if I get anything good. Continue reading “2010-11 Artifacts Box Break”
My 4th and final box of 2010-11 Donrus Hockey.
Results for Box #4 Continue reading “2010-11 Donruss box break #4”
So far, I’ve been averaging 3 jersey cards per box. Would my luck hold out on my third box of Donruss?
Results for Box #3 Continue reading “2010-11 Donruss box break #3”
One of the 50 short-printed Hot Rookies found in the 2010-11 Score Hockey set, this card of Bryan Pitton is the sorriest excuse I’ve seen for a hockey card in a long time. Thus, it is bad enough to be deemed The Worst Hockey Card of 2010. Continue reading “The Worst Hockey Card of 2010”
With the All-Star game and my collection of 1991 All-Star memorabilia taking up the majority of this blog’s focus, my box breaks have been put on the backburner.
Time off from work due to the Chicago Snowpocalypse has changed that. On to my next box of 2010-11 Donruss Hockey. Continue reading “2010-11 Donruss box break #2”
I bought four boxes of 2010-11 Donruss Hockey Cards back in late December. I didn’t have time to open them until early January, and didn’t have time to post about my results until now. So, without further delay…
Results for Box #1 Continue reading “2010-11 Donruss box break #1”
‘Tis the season to show off awful, Christmas-themed trading cards. This one in particular was part of a 10-card set issued by Upper Deck in 1992. Each card shows Santa Claus and his elves engaged in different sporting activities – baseball, football, basketball and of course, hockey. The dealer that I purchased this set from can’t recollect its exact origin, but believed that Upper Deck sent it to him “back in the day” as a sort of promotional item. Continue reading “Santa’s New Sleigh”
Last week, the Chicago Blackhawks honored former player and legend Chris Chelios with a pregame ceremony. Chelios retired in August, capping off a remarkable 27-year professional career that spanned from 1984 to 2010.
Chelios is my all-time favorite player. A defensive stalwart, he could help offensively too. He was rugged and would fight. Seemingly, there wasn’t anything Chelios couldn’t do…except take a night off. The man never quit, even when he was well into his forties and twice as old as many of the men he was playing against.
Now that Cheli has retired–or more appropriately, now that I have come to grips with his retirement–I thought it would be a good time to take a look back at his career…but with rectangular pieces of cardboard as the visuals.
Get comfortable…this is gonna take a while. Continue reading “Career in Cards: Chris Chelios”