Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Memorabilia Cards


2010-11 Panini Crown Royale; Royal Lineage Serial #49/50


This is one of my favourite memorabilia cards. Not only is it three of my favourite players, it is also two colour patch for each player. I got this on e-bay.



2008-09 Upper Deck Trilogy Three Star Spotlight


I don't know when it happened (maybe around the Stanley Cup Playoffs), but I am becoming a big Boston Fan.  So when I saw this card at the Comic Connection and Rich gave me a good deal on it, I had to have it.  Hopefully Marc Savard will return to the NHL.



2010-11 ITG Famous Fabrics Ser # 5/9


This is the rarest card I have in my collection. It may not have nice pictures of the players but the memorabilia is amazing. 2 Colour swatch of Ovechkin's Jersey, 2 Colour piece of Crosby's hockey pant, Swatch from Stamko's Sarnia Sting jersey and a piece of Kane's glove. Super Cool.



2010-11 Upper Deck The Cup Trios Ser# 12/25

Brand new to my collection, this amazing card with three of the greatest players of all time. I have to really thank my dad for getting this card. Not much more I can say except AMAZING.


2010-11 Upper Deck Artifacts Tudra Tandems Ser# 13/75


2010-11 SP Game Used Authentic Fabrics


2010-11 Sp Game Used Authentic Fabrics

I know, I know but I am a huge Crosby and Ovechkin fan.


Here are a few more of my favourite memorabilia cards, happy looking and tell me what you think or share some of yours with me.


2010-11 Sp Game Used Authentic Fabrics Dual Ser# 46/100




















Thanks for looking, my next blog will highlight some of my special autograph cards.












Monday, 5 September 2011

Stamkos Young Gun ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The crazyist thing happend yesterday. I bought a couple of packs of 2008-09 Upper Deck series 1 from TOYS R US I opened one of the packs there it was the mother of all young guns Steve Stamkos!

I even got a Drew Doughty Young Gun (my second one). Wow the best two Young Guns in that Year and I got them both. Pretty Cool!

Sunday, 4 September 2011

My Special Rookie Cards




Sidney Crosby 2005-06 Parkhurst (graded 9) Rookie Card


The above card was one of my first ultimate Rookie Cards. I got this card off of E-Bay and was so excited. Crosby is my favorite player in the NHL and to know I got one of his first cards, was really cool.


Alexander Ovechkin 2005-06 Upper Deck Young Guns Rookie Card

I recently got this card from The Comic Connection in Oakville. I had other cards from Ovechkin's Rookie Year but I think in the hockey card world the Young Guns series from UpperDeck are the ultimate Rookie cards to get.


Steven Stamkos 2008-09 Upper Deck Victory Rookie Card


The Victory series from Upper Deck is a very kid friendly set. (The cost is low). I was able to get this card off of E-Bay for a very low price. I am still trying to get a higher end Rookie card of Stamkos, but I am very happy that I got this one.


Wayne Gretzky 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Rookie Card


Here it is folks. The holy grail of rookie cards. This was my dad's but he has given it to me. I know its not perfect, but just to have a piece of hockey history of the greatest player ever gives me a special feeling.


Mark Messier 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee Rookie Card


Along with Gretzky, one of the greatest players to ever lace up their skates. I actually have two of the rookie cards and also a signed jersey from Messier.








John Tavares 2009-10 Upper Deck Victory Rookie Card


I was excited to get this card because he is a player who I like to watch and feel can become a superstar in the NHL.


I have a lot more special rookie cards and just wanted to share a few of my ultimate rookies with you.

Some of my other rookies include Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin, P.K Subban, Brayden Schenn, Jeff Skinner, Jordan Eberle, Matt Duchene, Evgeni Malkin, Drew Doughty, Jordan Staal, Patrick Kane,Steve Mason, Kyle Turris, Chris Chelios, Cam Neely, Brendan Shanahan, Joe Sakic, Denis Savard, Martin Brodeur, Dominel Hasek, Eric Staal, and more Crosby and Ovechkin Rookies. These are just a few of my favorite players.

If you want to see pictures of any of these I will gladly post. I look forward to hearing any comments about my collection. My next blog will talk about my special memorabilia cards.

Saturday, 3 September 2011

Sidney Crosby


My Inspiration.

This card is a 2005-06 Beehive Matted Materials. This card has a piece of Sidney Crosby's rookie jersey.

I am a huge Pittsburgh Penguins fan, but even more Sidney Crosby is my favourite player.  This card was the very first special Sidney Crosby I got for my collection. Because of this card, I became obsessed with collecting hockey cards. I now have over 10,000 Hockey cards in my collection (including my dad's cards). The cards range from the 1970's to current. I will continue to get hockey cards and provide pictures and my views on the cards.

The pictures I will share are my absolute favourite cards. I hope anyone viewing this blog will also share their cards with  me.