Two cards from 2010-11 Dominion Hockey that were intended to be autographed by Russian superstars Alexander Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Evgeni Malkin have been making news in the past few weeks. Ovechkin got the cards first and returned them signed. After that, things went a little off the rails. Once Ovechkin returned the [...]
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Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts – 15/01/2012
Posted by tgbrown on January 15th, 2012
Looking for an interesting and stylish way to put those added touches to your collectables room? Recently there has been an increase in the interest in vintage signs. However, since those signs can be either quite expensive or quite hard to find in good condition, a new option has appeared. Available at websites such as [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts – 4/12/2011
Posted by tgbrown on December 4th, 2011
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe. Russian teams are prevented from signing more than five foreign players and can suit up no more than four in any single game. Foreign goaltenders [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts – 27/11/2011
Posted by tgbrown on November 27th, 2011
Today marks the 99th Grey Cup for the Canadian Football League. In 1909, the Grey Cup was donated by Governor General Albert Grey, the fourth Earl Grey, to recognize the top amateur rugby football team. The game was played in front of 3,807 fans and The University of Toronto defeated Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26-6 Although [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun-Facts – 20/11/2011
Posted by tgbrown on November 20th, 2011
From Puck Daddy by Greg Wyshynski Typically, “surprises” in hockey card collecting involve paying $10 for a pack and then not finding half the cards to be third-liners. Rare are these surprises. That’s why it’s pretty cool that Upper Deck had a real surprise in store for hockey fans in their 2011-12 Series 1 collection: an [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts
Posted by tgbrown on November 6th, 2011
A baseball card mystery: George Scott’s 1973 Topps card by Bruce Markusen This 1973 Topps card has always puzzled me. Oh, I know that the featured players are George Scott, wearing those classic old road blues of the Brewers, and Bert Campaneris, sporting the Kelly green of the A’s. Scott is about to slap a [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts
Posted by tgbrown on October 23rd, 2011
Your World Series Awaits as Strat-O-Matic Baseball Hits 50 by Jonathan Salant Long after the close of the World Series, the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols and the Rangers’ Josh Hamilton will continue to turn in great hitting and fielding performances. That’s true at least in the obsessive, throwback world of Strat-O-Matic baseball and its stats-rich playing [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts
Posted by tgbrown on October 9th, 2011
Dustin Byfuglien’s boating hockey card was an eBay steal by Greg Wyshynski Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien is facing four charges that include “boating while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs,” according to court documents. This stems from an incident on the night of Aug. 30 in which Byfuglien was arrested and booked on [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts
Posted by tgbrown on October 2nd, 2011
FINAL REMINDER! GET YOUR ENTRY IN FOR A CHANCE TO WIN FREE BOXES! Canada Card World is proud to announce their first annual regular season NHL Hockey Box Pool! Its free to join! Rules: For those of you who aren’t familiar with a box pool format, please visit the following link: http://www.officepools.com/site/faq/boxpool Scoring: Forwards – [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts
Posted by tgbrown on September 18th, 2011
Canada Card World is proud to announce their first annual regular season NHL Hockey Box Pool! Its free to join! Rules: For those of you who aren’t familiar with a box pool format, please visit the following link: http://www.officepools.com/site/faq/boxpool Scoring: Forwards – Goals – 1 point, Assists – 1 point Defencemen – Goals – 1 [...]
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