Real Sports Card of the Day

"1972 - The Year In Hockey" is loaded with interesting players, stats, and facts.

It's also loaded with interesting hair styles and large moustaches.

But best of all, it's loaded. Period. Lots of hits, hard-signed autos, and large jersey pieces from older stars and from players who have long been hidden.

And it's got Orr. Bobby Orr.

I was lucky enough to pull this:


1971-72 1st Team All-Star Jersey (white but a nice texture) - Possibly /10.

Real Sports Card of the Day

The release of In The Game "1972 - The Year In Hockey" has revived my interest in my older cards and of players from that generation. Looking through some of my recent cards, I figured I'd share this beauty which features two Hall of Famers, one at the beginning of his career and the other at the end.



A dual auto/jersey In The Game Ultimate card of Guy Lafleur and Jean Beliveau. A cornerstone of my Habs collection.

Real Sports Card of the Day

My best pull ever. Probably never to be topped.
From a pack of 2007-08 SPA Authentic:



Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe.
Hard-signed dual autograph #/50.

I had already received the hits that I had expected. I was more than happy with the Marc-Andre Fleury Sign of the Times being my box hit. :)

Real Sports Card of the Day

A few months ago I participated in the In The Game He Shoots He Saves Redemption Program which involved sending in 250 points from ITG's Between the Pipes. Every person who sent in 250 points received one of thirty dual jersey cards /20. The cards contained one jersey piece from two different goaltenders.... some great, some good, some with potential. Today, I received my prize. A dual jersey card of two of the greatest goaltenders ever! Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur. Considering my recent ITG Made to Order Dual Autograph, it seems fitting that I was lucky enough to receive this matching piece for the collection.

Real Sports Card of the Day

While at the Sports Card Expo in Toronto, I was lucky enough to pull a Made To Order Dual Autograph from In The Game Ultimate 8th Edition. The list of potential autograph signers was impressive and I debated over a combination of Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy, Jean Beliveau, and Martin Brodeur before deciding on the goaltenders.

After a few weeks of deciding and about 6 weeks waiting for them to create the card, I received it last week. It's a 1/1 dual autograph of two of the best goaltenders ever... but I think they were low on Patrick Roy autographs so it appears to be a sticker auto and not the same as the normal autographs which are normally used on these cards. So while a phenomenal card, it isn't as aesthetically pleasing as I would have hoped. Still... a once-in-a-lifetime card that I shouldn't complain about. :)

Card of the Week

A beautiful card from 2008-09 Upper Deck Legends Masterpieces.  The Sutter family in all their glory.  Ron, Rich, Darryl, Duane, Brent, and Brian.  There are a lot of portrait-style cards in the set and the artistry is quite good.  They are much better than the base cards from In The Game Ultimate.