Thursday, April 18, 2013

Team report: New Jersey Devils


When Colin had his spring break last month, we did what any good hockey hounds would do -- we spent not one, but two days pursuing our favorite pastime. Our first adventure involved the Buffalo Sabres. The second, just three days later, saw us hounding the New Jersey Devils.


One of the hallmarks of the day's events was the diversity of items we received. Between pucks, a 17-signature team sheet (shown above), another magazine tear sheet and cards, including these two from Adam Henrique, left, and Adam Larsson, we added another 42 autographs to the collection.

Also signing during our day of hounding were sure-fire Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur and Scott Stevens, already in hockey's hallowed hall in Toronto. Besides a puck, Brodeur was among those signing Colin's team sheet.

And thanks to our good friend Scott, a Colorado Rockies puck that we have had for some time was put to use by former Devils goalie Glenn "Chico" Resch.

Rounding out the pucks were:


David Clarkson, from left, Patrik Elias and Travis Zajac.

All told, 19 cards were signed. Quite a few players signed four cards each for us:


Andy Greene,


Johan Hedberg,


Henrik Tallinder; and 


Anton Volchenkov.

 Here's another one of those magazine tearsheets that we used 
as a signing platform. Henrique signed this for Colin.

Up next: Florida's Jonathan Huberdeau

2 comments:

  1. These look great! Stevens and Brodeur don't stop for the life of them at home games in NJ. Nice grabs.

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  2. Thanks. Brodeur will sign on road trips, but Stevens was always tough. It was my first autograph from him since I started doing this in the mid 1990s. That's too bad neither will sign at home.

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