Hockey cards, collectibles and culture
You know the feeling you get when you hear the same phrases repeated over and over and over again? Whether it was your parents yelling things like “Don’t make me come back there,” or “Because I said so,” or that catchphrase your once favorite sports personality now uses as a noun, verb, adjective, and every … Continue reading “Tim’s Take: Four Hobby Phrases That Should Be Retired Now!”
Is Bedard’s Young Guns the Most-Wanted Hockey Card Ever? I’ve never seen anything like this. In my 35+ years of collecting hockey cards, I have never seen so much hype over one brand-new hockey card. I was collecting cards in 1990 when Eric Lindros was being called “The Next One,” and everyone was hoarding his … Continue reading “Connor Bedard Mania is Upon Us!”
After I launched the Puck Junk Newsletter last summer, a reader commented about the sheer number of hockey cards coming out over the next few months. That got me wondering: are there too many hockey sets being released at once? In other words, is this too much of a good thing?
Hockey fans loves free stuff and will sometimes go through great lengths to get it. How else do you explain thousands of fans lining up outside of the rink on a freezing February night a good 90 minutes before puck drop – all so they can get a free bobblehead figure that kind of looks … Continue reading “The Best 2023-24 NHL Game-Night Giveaway Items”
Here’s a quiz question that could stump even the biggest hockey fan: Name the only person in history to win the Stanley Cup as a player, manager and general manager? Stumped? The answer is Jack Adams. If that name is familiar it’s because Adams has a trophy named after him: the Jack Adams Award. It … Continue reading “Clemente’s Corner: The Legacy of Jack Adams”
If you recall in my article where we first discussed the Panini vs. Fanatics lawsuit, we asked if Fanatics was a monopoly, as Panini accused them of being. In that article, we said the short answer was no, and the long answer was also probably no. But let’s flip the script and turn the attention … Continue reading “Tim’s Take: Fanatics Strikes Back”
The short answer is no. The long answer is also probably no, but it’s getting difficult to continue thinking it’s not their hobby endgame.
My every-other year visit to the National Sports Card Collector’s Convention wrapped up Sunday afternoon and I wanted to join the cast of thousands that will take to social media to regale you in the fun they had. But I think I’m going to take a different approach from just showing off what I bought … Continue reading “Tim’s Take: The 2023 National Sports Collectors Convention”
As a lifelong sports fan, there are some moments I will never forget. Kirk Gibson’s walk-off homerun in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, the New York Rangers winning the 1994 Stanley Cup to end a 54-year championship drought and the U.S. soccer team capturing the 1999 Women’s World Cup on penalty kicks, followed … Continue reading “Clemente’s Corner: 5 Things We Learned from This Year’s National Sports Collectors Convention”
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