Tag: NHL
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Patch Upgrades & Hobby Interviews!
Hello my fellow card board collectors. I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer so far. This collection is still chugging away, slowly but surely. Today’s blog post brings another patch upgrade into the collection with this card from 2009-10 Ultimate Collection. I was also interviews on another show, which you can find at the…
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The Newest One Of A Kind 1/1
Recently, I had another mail day from President’s Choice Trading Cards. You know when one of their cards come in, it’s going to be a good day. Time for the show!Standard for this One Of A Kind set, it features a premium game-worn memorabilia piece prominently on the card. It doesn’t happen often on a Sabres…
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Milestone Mail: Card # 800 Enters My Collection!
Recently, I was able to reach a milestone I never thought was possible in this collection: 800 Total cards. To reach this milestone in style, I recently acquired this 2014-15 Upper Deck MVP Magenta 1/1 Printing Plate into the collection, and I couldn’t be happier. If you’ve followed this blog for any amount of time, you know…
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Shield Your Eyes: 3rd Times The Charm
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, the buzz at the Fall Expo is an exciting time for any hobbyist. For me, I try not to get pulled into the next hotshot…
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My Top 10 Patch Cards In My Collection
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 those who like the old-school (cool) approach of reading things online. As the media landscape constantly changes, I still find myself gravitating towards longer format…
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What’s In A Number? The History of The “Goalie Number” & My Newest 1/1 Card!
As a goalie, I’ve always loved the Number 1. The “goalie number” as everyone often mentioned. I didn’t know why, but I’ve always enjoyed the familiarity of that number. It only made sense that when given the chance to choose my number as a goalie, I’ve always chose the number 1. Some goalies want to…
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A Year In Review: My Top 10 Additions of 2024
Hello my fellow card collectors, Another year down, and another year-in-review post just waiting to be written up. I’ve always enjoy doing these, as it provides me with some time to reflect on how the past year has gone. While that mainly includes cardboard, I always catch myself thinking of how the past year has…
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Another Vezina Memorabilia card from Solid Gold! Uncovering hockey history!
2022 President’s Choice Solid Gold – Vezina Trophy Winners: Marc-Andre Fleury & Georges Vezina, numbered 3/6. Greeting fellow collectors, As 2023 draws to a close, I wanted to share a particular card I added to my collection very recently that wouldn’t have been possible without some good friends in the hobby.
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Another New Addition From In The Crease!
2022-23 President’s Choice In The Crease StickRack Quad /3 with Buffalo Sabres Goaltenders Craig Anderson, Jhonas Enroth, Ryan Miller and Dominik Hasek. When the President’s Choice In The Crease checklist was introduced, out of all the quadruple memorabilia cards on the checklist, this StickRack /3 memorabilia card jumped out at me the most. This card…
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The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim: Another Game-Used Jersey Enters The Enroth Collection
Another game-used jersey added to the collection! After Enroth’s trade to the Anaheim Ducks in 2017, he backed up Jonathan Bernier at various points during the second half of the season, including their final game of the Playoffs, but did not play. He then helped lead the San Diego Gulls (AHL) into the Playoffs with…
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