Cards On Ice

Its been a pretty big year for women’s hockey.  There was an Olympic tournament, which is always great exposure for the sport.  Of course, this also led to discussion about the current talent disparity between Canada, the United States and the rest of the world.  Then, in the last little while – another big step [...]

I debuted my draft card design last night with Jordan Weal.  Here is the top 10 from the 2010 NHL Entry Draft featured on my cards.

I usually make a new design each year, and try to make draft cards for as many players as I can.  Here’s the design for the 2010 class, modeled by Jordan Weal, who plays junior hockey for the Regina Pats and was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the third round yesterday.

Yes, they have blasters of BAP.  Yes, you are guaranteed an autograph – two in fact.  No, I don’t recommend you buy them.
Its the same problem with pretty much every release of BAP – lots of terrible autographs.  If you buy as a hobby box, there is usually one half decent guy in there to [...]

If you are following Upper Deck on Twitter, you probably saw this status update:
Tyler signing some Draft pucks and sticks In the Upper Deck suite

Alth0ugh scouting services had Tyler Seguin ranked higher, I was pretty sure that Taylor Hall would be getting his name called first on draft day.  I’ve got a few Hall items in my collection, mainly TTM autographs.

I have already posted about the contest I am running on FCB here.  I figured I should also bust out a list so I can compare my performance with the other contest entries.
1.  Taylor Hall – the Oilers don’t actually need a winger here, but Hall is too accomplished to pass up.
2.  Tyler Seguin – [...]

I am hosting this on FCB rather than here, because the comments section would get ridiculously long if more than one person enters their list of 30 players. 
Check it out here.  Prize to be determined.  Contest closes when Gary Bettman walks up to the stage and gets booed for the first time, or if by [...]

The 2010 NHL Awards are going to hit the airwaves tonight from the hockey hotbed of Las Vegas, Nevada.  I am going to make my predictions for award winners here, and then spend tomorrow trying to justify them.  There are a bunch of newfangled awards the NHL has introduced in order to flesh out the [...]