My third–and perhaps last–box of 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions. We’ll skip the formalities and cut right to it: Continue reading “2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #3”
2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #3
2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #2
I went to a card show this past weekend, and picked up a lot of great hockey cards, including two more boxes of 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions. (Last week, I posted the results from my first box). Continue reading “2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #2”
2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #1
Last weekend, I purchased a box of 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions from AU Sports Memorabilia, a card shop I frequent every week or so. The owners, Scott and Frank, are two of the nicest sport card dealers I know. Frank collects hockey cards, and mentioned that they had a box of 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions in stock. I was intrigued–and all this extra teaching I’ve done this semester has amounted to some extra cash. I might as well enjoy some of the added funds, right? Continue reading “2011-12 Parkhurst Champions box break #1”
Another RC for the PC
Michael Frolik hasn’t exactly been “tearing it up” this season with the Chicago Blackhawks–he’s scored 7 points in 16 games–but he seems to be fitting in on the Blackhawks. I guess I like Frolik enough that when I saw this card at a local card shop, I had to have it.
If you are going to get a rookie card, it might as well be an autographed one, right? That is unless, of course, it is a card of someone like Crosby or Ovechkin that will cost you thousands of dollars.
Anyway, next weekend, I will be going to the Sun-Times Sports Card Show in Rosemont, IL (November 18-20). Is anyone else going?
I’m back…and another Hockey News article
Hockey season is in full swing, and I’ve been too busy to enjoy it. My career transition from web designer to college teacher seems to have been a success, as I am teaching at three different schools now, as well as once a week at a grammar school.
The bad news is, I have less and less free time for blogging. But that should change, as I always seem to have tons of extra time once the semester starts winding down.
But onto some good news: my second article was published in The Hockey News, in their November 7, 2011 issue. Blink and you might miss it–it is at the bottom of page 11, and the article is smaller than the size of a hockey card. You can find the issue on the newsstands now.
Review: 1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks
A mediocre set for a mediocre team
Before the Sharks took up residency in San Jose, there was another team by the same name. The Los Angeles Sharks – no relation to the current team in San Jose – was a founding member of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Unlike some of the luckier teams in the WHA who had the benefit of a Bobby Hull or Gordie Howe playing for them, the Sharks did not have much in the way of star power. They finished 6th out of 12 teams in 1972-73 and dead last during their second and final season. In their first year, they issued an ugly set of 19 cards. Continue reading “Review: 1972-73 Los Angeles Sharks”
Review: 1972-73 Quebec Nordiques
Twenty-one cards from the upstart team’s first season
The World Hockey Association was founded in 1972, and placed several teams into markets that yearned to have an NHL presence. One founding member of the WHA was the Quebec Nordiques, giving the province of Quebec another team to call their own. Longtime Montreal Canadiens’ defenseman J.C. Tremblay was the Nordiques’ first captain, while a 20-year old Richard Brodeur was breaking into pro hockey as the Nords’ backup. Released during the season was a postcard set featuring the Quebec’s inaugural roster. Continue reading “Review: 1972-73 Quebec Nordiques”
2010-11 SP Authentic Box Break #2
Warning: Lack of sleep has made me loopy and belligerent. Read this box breakdown at your own risk!
Yep, I bought a second box of these while at The National. Unfortunately, I didn’t do as well as I did in my first box. Continue reading “2010-11 SP Authentic Box Break #2”
Puck Junk is 4 today
October 5, 2007 to Present
Puck Junk is 4 today.
But October 5 is an important day for two other reasons:
Yep, both Mario Lemieux and Patrick Roy were born on October 5, 1965. Coincidentally, I recently purchased the two Topps Rookie cards you see above. I guess today was the “right” day to share them here.
But getting back to my original point, four years is a pretty long time for a website to exist. How many sites and/or blogs have you seen come and go since 2007, card-related or otherwise?
In retrospect, I’m glad that I started this site for 3 reasons:
1. Having a blog about hockey cards has helped me keep up with what’s going on in the world of card collecting.2. Maintaining this website has led to a lot of great opportunities–writing for Beckett Hockey in the past and The Hockey News this season, as well as appearing on The War Room radio program (I’ll be back on it again this season, too).3. Best of all, having this website has allowed me to meet other hockey card collectors, either in person or via the interrwebs. Some of them I’ve traded cards with, while others have just sent me stuff out of the kindness of their hearts. Hobbies are fun, but they are more fun when shared with others.
With thousands of cards released over the past 100 years, and new cards coming out all the time, I’ll never run out of things to collect–or talk about.
So here’s looking to the next four years.
Game Changer
2010-11 Panini Playoff Contenders card #13 – Sean Avery
The biographical blurb on the back of a hockey card usually mentions some sort of accomplishment – an award won, a multi-point game or other accolade. In their 2010-11 Playoff Contenders set, Panini America highlighted Sean Avery’s antics in the 2008 playoffs that led to a rule change. Continue reading “Game Changer”