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Beyond The Crease: A Hockey Card Blog

Beyond The Crease is focused on the ever-growing history of the hobby, along with my personal cardboard collection adventures.

My 2025 Fall Expo Experience!

Nov 15, 2025

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creasecollector

in Show & Tell

My recap from the 2025 Fall Sports Card Expo! Another Fall Expo has come and gone, and it was one for the books as they say. Not only was I…
Shield Your Eyes: 3rd Times The Charm

Nov 5, 2025

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creasecollector

in Mail Day, Show & Tell

With the Toronto Fall Expo drawing near, there is a lot of excitement in the hobby right now. And for good reason. With the 2025-26 NHL season in full swing,…
Shield Your Eyes: This 1/1 Showcases a Unique Piece of European Hockey History

Oct 13, 2025

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creasecollector

in Mail Day, The Hobby

Every collector loves a shield card. However, today the shield I’m featuring today is something you’ve probably haven’t seen before, and includes some awesome pieces of hockey history, which I…
Getting Ready For Hobby Halloween!

Oct 9, 2025

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creasecollector

in Uncategorized

Are you drowning in base & insert cards that haven’t seen the light of day in years? Do you wish there was a magical process that would rid yourself of…
First Game-Used Enroth Nameplate Completed!

Sep 17, 2025

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creasecollector

in Mail Day, Show & Tell

September is in full swing! Weird weather, sweaters, hot drinks, apple picking and… more cardboard?! I hope everyone has been enjoying the change in weather and the anticipation of another…
My Top 10 Patch Cards In My Collection

Sep 1, 2025

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creasecollector

in Show & Tell

After episode 116 of the podcast dropped back in July, I decided I wanted to recap my favourite patch cards in my collection here on my blog as well for…
New “Score” For The Autograph Collection

Aug 24, 2025

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creasecollector

in Mail Day

The nights will soon be cooler and the sun will set earlier, as the summer slowly comes to an end. I love summer: great weather, sunshine, outdoor gatherings with friends,…
Mail Day: A Stunning 4-Colour Future Watch Auto Patch!

Aug 8, 2025

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creasecollector

in Mail Day

In the mail today was a 4-colour Enroth 09-10 SP Authentic Future Watch Auto Patch 94/100Things have been rolling along pretty nicely for the collection in the past couple weeks.…
Two New Jersey Numbered Cards For The Collection!

Jul 14, 2025

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creasecollector

in Mail Day

Updated the collection tonight with not one, but TWO Jersey numbered cards for the collection today. This is an area of my collection that I didn’t really focus on until a few…
Another History Lesson = More Parkhurst Retros

Jul 1, 2025

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creasecollector

in Show & Tell, The Hobby

Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadian card collectors! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday with family and friends. As for me, well, I wanted to write-up a little…

Author – Aaron

I’ve been collecting Hockey cards since the late 90’s. Mainly the goalies since 2005. I also Co-Host a Hockey Card Podcast.

Not-so-secretly searching for every Jhonas Enroth card on earth.

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