Team report: Montreal Canadiens

More than anything else, the memory that Colin and I will take away from hounding the Montreal Canadiens during their recent visit to Hockey Bay was the diversity of items we both got signed.

Well, that and the fact that it was the most productive outing, so far, of the shortened 2013 hounding campaign.

All told, between a puck (signed by Montreal rookie Alex Galchenyuk), a photo (like the one, at top, that Canadiens captain Brian Gionta signed for Colin), a memorabilia card, a slew of player cards and a wallpaper-based team sheet for Colin, we added another 57 autographs to the collection.

Here's a sampling of the cards that Montreal players signed for us:

Top row: Colby Armstrong, Francis Boullion, Peter Budaj;

Middle row: Gabriel Dumont, Lars Eller, Alexei Emelin; and

Bottom row: Alex Galchenyuk, Brian Gionta and Tomas Kaberle.

Also signing cards were:

Top row: Andrei Markov, Travis Moen and Max Pacorietty; and

Bottom row: Brandon Prust, Michale Ryder and P.K. Subban.

We also lucked out and had a pair of Canadiens knock out full card-book pages for us:

David Desharnais signed four cards.

Tomas Plekanic also signed four cards.

Peter Budaj added to the ongoing Threads project.

Next up: Carolina's Jordan Staal

He's just a kid

I know, I know, I know. Despite telling a certain someone more than once that this team sheet for the Montreal Canadiens needed to be presented to players in a horizontal fashion, this person, who is very near and dear to my heart, decided otherwise.

Oh, well, it still worked as he scored 24 autographs on it during the Habs' recent visit to play the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Among those signing were Colby Armstrong, Alex Galchenyuk, Tomas Kaberle, Andre Markov, Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanic, Carey Price, P.K. Subban and head coach Michel Therrien.

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