I was lucky enough to meet Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke last night at the Pens Gear store at the South Side Works. Cooke was scheduled to sign from 6-7 PM but he was nice enough to start at 5:45 and I'm sure he went well after 7 because there were so many fans. Matt was fun to talk to...
Even though the Stanley Cup Finals are still happening I wanted to get the Off-Season thread started. The off-season will start with the NHL Entry Draft on June 22nd and 23rd in Pittsburgh followed by Free Agent Period opening on July 1st. The players and owners need to agree on a new CBA as...
when I checked my mailbox yesterday afternoon there was an envelope address to me by me and I thought that was odd because I hadn't sent out a TTM request in over a year. I looked at the postmark and saw it was from Buffalo, NY. I couldn't remember what or to whom I sent something to in Buffalo...
the Regular Season has come to an end and now the best part of the season is about to begin...
THE PLAYOFFS
What is "The Hockey Talk Thread" and why do we need it if we have a Hockey Forum?
Consider THTT much like the morning thread on the Baseball boards or the daily thread on the Football...
I haven't been adding much to my MAF collection recently but I couldn't pass up this beauty...
I also won this for my Dave Reid player collection...
1996-97 Pinnacle Summit Artist's Proof
National Hockey Card Day is February 11, 2012 and will take place in Canada and the US this year...
http://www.beckett.com/news/2011/12/upper-decks-national-hockey-card-day-is-coming-to-america/
last Wednesday Penguins radio announcer Mike Lange was signing autographs at the newly opened Pens Gear store to promote his just released poster. the poster features all of his Lange-isms. I was unable to make it to the signing but Tim was kind enough to pick up a poster for me and have Lange...
I have always wanted to own a Wayne Greztky autograph and today my wish came true. I purchased this beautiful 8x10 auto'ed picture from FCB'er Pinbreaker and Kevin was nice enough to allow me to make payments so I could afford to finally own one. the pic is of Gretzky scoring his record breaking...
last Friday Tim mstng99tim PM'ed me about a signing that was taking place at a local mall. I was unable to attend the signing but Tim was nice enough to offer to get me Chris Kunitz's auto on an 8x10 of him hoisting the Stanley Cup for my 2009 Penguins Stanley Cup Champions 8x10 collection. Tim...
I started a Roy Face player collection last month when I decided to add more Pirates Vintage cards to my collection. Face was my grandfather's favorite Pirate and he would always tell me how great Roy was and I guess that has stuck with me through the years. so I figured why not start a player...
just like I have for the last few seasons I am going to post pics of my tickets from this season's Penguin games that I attend. also just like in the past I will send a few TTM to the players featured on the ticket and will post them when/if they are returned.
here are the links to my past...
What is "The Hockey Talk Thread" and why do we need it if we have a Hockey Forum?
Consider THTT much like the morning thread on the Baseball boards or the daily thread on the Football boards. It is a thread for us Hockey members to talk about anything Hockey that is on our minds that might not...
today I attended 2011 Pirates Field Day at PNC Park. we got to field popups in right field, take 10 pitches off a machine and play catch in left field. oh yeah and there was free lunch. Grant Jackson ('79 Pirates) was there as well and I had a great time talking to him. I went to high school...
last week I made a thread to showoff my Pirates collection and Carl carlitoson sent me a PM asking if I needed the 1993 Topps Inaugural Rockies Pirates team set. I responded by stating that I did need the set and what he needed in return. he said he just needed my address. so of course I thanked...
I have accumulated a rather large Pirates collection over the years including cards, tickets, books, bobble heads and many other items. so I decided to make this thread to share them with the board. each new post will feature a specific theme whether it's a player, team set, Vintage cards...
Panini posted their preview for 2011-12 Certified on their blog the Knight's Lance...
Panini Peek: 2011-12 Certified Hockey
some pics from the preview...
Common
Totally Certified Black
Stars of the NHL Die-Cuts
Certified Gold Team Autographs
Freshman Fabrics Signatures Prime
Big Pulls