Thursday 26 October 2017

Friday 20 October 2017

Wednesday 18 October 2017

Today's Returns

Shannon Szabodos
c/o Home (SCF)
09/26 - 10/18
2/2

Tomas Hertl
c/o Sharks
09/12 - 10/18
4/4


Tuesday 17 October 2017

Monday 16 October 2017

Rogers' Hometown Hockey in Haliburton

I had the rare weekend off, and I found out that the Rogers Hometown Hockey was in the big metropolis known as Haliburton, Ontario.  Bernie Nicholls, Cody Hodgson, and Ron Stackhouse were there.  So I grabbed some singles (in Stackhouse's case, I had to go to a card store because I had nothing for him) and a puck to get signed.  My Aunt lives there so I took the drive up to spend the weekend with her.  It was also an excuse to do some scenic highway driving.  The leaves were gorgeous.  If you're ever in rural Eastern Ontario during the Fall, I highly recommend taking a drive in Cottage Country along Highways 41, 28, 35, and/or 118.  It's quite a beautiful drive.

Any way, I walked down to the event (which was a 15 minute walk from my Aunt's house, thus saving me the migraine from having to find a parking spot in such a small town).  The first day I went I got Cody Hodgson to sign 3 cards for me in blue (which he didn't seem too pleased about) and took a picture with him as well.  Ron Stackhouse was signing in the Scotiabank tent and got him to sign my cards and took a picture with him as well.  He seemed surprised that had cards of him since he hadn't played since the mid-1980s.

The next day I went as well.  I got Cody Hodgson to sign my two other cards.  I went to the Scotiabank tent to meet Bernie Nicholls.  His family knew my Aunt when he was younger.  He was actually my first hockey autograph ever!  I was supposed to meet him at my Uncle's cottage when I was a kid, but I wasn't able to make it that year.  He signed a post card he had, featuring him in a Devils uniform.  His Dad apparently gave him crap for not finding something else!  Well, his Dad was always tough on him apparently!

The line up was small because it was starting to rain.  He was happy to sign everything I had.  I told him about my Aunt and Uncle and he seemed to remember.  I also told him about the post card he signed for me and he started laughing.  We also talked about the town's history, the area and some hockey.  Then I went back to my Aunt's since it was starting to rain, and I went home.  I didn't want to stick around until 6:30 to see Ron MacLean and Tara Sloan due to the crappy weather and long drive back.

Overall, it was a good weekend.  A lot of people came up from neighbouring communities, such as Bancroft, Huntsville, and Bracebridge, so it was well attended.  Despite the fact it was pssing rain on Sunday, and most of the way home, I had a good time.

Cody Hodgson x5
Ron Stackhouse x5
Broadway Bernie x8


Stuff from Cody and a pic with (check out my sexy double chin!)







Ron Stackhouse





Bernie Nicholls



 

 And the Postcard from 25 years ago!!



Saturday 14 October 2017

Ball Point Pen, but it still looks good.

Robb Stauber
c/o Stauber Goalcrease
09/06 - 10/13
4/4

Address Used:
Stauber Goalcrease
7401 Washington Avenue South
Edina, MN
55439




Thursday 5 October 2017

A Flame and a Flop

Alexandre Daigle
c/o Studios MTL
09/26 - 10/05
3/3

Doug E. Hamilton
c/o Flames
09/22 - 10/05
4/4



Wednesday 4 October 2017

Third time's a charm!

Finally after 3 tries!  Too bad I had to break up sets.

Craig Janney
c/o Home SCF
09/08 - 10/04
4/4


Tuesday 3 October 2017

Box Break: 2017-18 MVP

At the card show a couple of weeks, I decided to pick up a box of MVP.  See my hits below.

$50
8 cards per pack
20 packs per box

Short Prints 1:2

202 Taylor Hall
208 Anze Kopitar
210 Auston Matthews
212 Johnny Gaudreau
221 Eric Staal
223 Patrik Laine
231 Ivan Barbashev RC
233 Nikita Scherbak RC
240 Adrian Kempe RC
242 Jack Roslovic




Silver Scripts 1:4

55 Mitch Marner
83 Adam Henrique
195 Jimmy Vesey
198 Mikael Granlund
219 Henrik Lundqvist
232 Charlie McAvoy


Super Script #/25

Travis Zajac





Puzzle Back 1:4

40 Corey Crawford
56 Drew Doughty
77 Anthony Mantha
153 Sergei Bobrovsky
160 Nick Leddy
167 Cam Fowler



NHL Player Credentials
Level 1 1:8

Anders Lee
Matt Murray
Teuvo Teravainen

Level 2 1:20

Taylor Hall

Colour and Contours

27 Tyler Seguin L3 Gold (1:48)
42 Patrik Berglund L1 Gold (1:20)
63 Richard Panik L2 Blue (1:20)
148 Charlie Coyle L1 Blue (1:15)
179 Cam Ward L1 Blue (1:15)






Overall Impression:

Pretty Decent overall.  Good for people who want to set build and not have to load up on coffee or doughnuts.

Monday 2 October 2017

Sunday 1 October 2017

Thursday and Friday's Returns

Chris Dahlquist
c/o Home (SCF)
09/06 - 09/28
6/6

Ron Hextall
c/o Flyers
09/12 - 09/28
1/3

Don Sweeney
c/o Bruins
09/08 - 09/28
4/4

Chris Tamer
c/o Crossfit Brighton
09/06 - 09/29
3/3
Swapped out two of my cards