Last week, I went for the Sabres as they were leaving town. It turned out there were "handlers" for Casey Mittlestadt and Rasmus Dahlin, so they were a no go. They all left at once so I had to pick and choose. Phil Housley and Jason Pominville were the first two I recognized, so I went for them. And that was pretty much it. It was more than what some guys got. Could've been worse, and I appreciated them taking the time to sign, but not really worth the time.
Phil Housley x 1 (Jets puck)
Jason Pominville x 2
Sorry, no picture, but you're not missing out on much.
On Saturday, I went for Rouyn-Noranda. It was windy as hell, so I waited in my car. The bus pulled up early so Krista and I scrambled out of our respective vehicles to get inside. Beth wasn't there, and Krista and I don't follow the Juniors as much so we weren't sure who was who. Two guys came over and signed the stuff we had. Then Dany Sabourin came around and asked who had stuff for him. I was surprised because the Goalie Coach typically doesn't travel with the team, though he does other things. Beth eventually arrived and got all of her stuff done. I don't really do this often, and I need to brush up on recognizing Junior players.
Peter Abbandonato x 2
Felix Bibeau x 2
Tyler Hinam x 2
Rafael Harvey-Pinard x 1
Dany Sabourin x 5 (Gave one to Krista for her goalie collection)
After that, we drove to the Briere-Somethingorother Complex in the east end as a Junior A team that Felix Potvin coached was in town for the weekend. We arrived fairly early and had about an hour to kill. He signed all of my items, but three didn't turn out because I didn't know how to properly prepare a deco pen. I went back the next day to have the three cards re-done, and he ragged me a bit until he saw the erased gold markings on one of the cards and remembered.
The Remparts were in town on the weekend too, so a chance to get Patrick Roy was available. I wanted to wait until after the game, but the power went out at the arena with two minutes to go in the second period. There were about 15-20 people waiting, which is a lot less than normal. They called the game at 7pm, and the power came back on 10 minutes later. Patrick came out and signed one for everybody. I was hoping to get Drew's set card done, but he was signing in black so I got my magazine done instead. It actually looks good in black. Now to relax for a few days.
