Panini America on Location: Day One at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game (50 Great Images)

OTTAWA, Canada -- Panini America lifted the lid on 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend Thursday, warming up a chilly Ottawa afternoon with sights and sounds that were as varied as they were entertaining.

OTTAWA, CanadaPanini America lifted the lid on 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend Thursday, warming up a chilly Ottawa afternoon with sights and sounds that were as varied as they were entertaining.

At the player hotel, Panini America representatives were busy capturing autographs from the players (primarily on pucks, a handful of trading cards and patches) as they checked in. Highlighting Thursday’s guest list in the Panini America player lounge were Tyler Seguin, Jordan Eberle, Steven Stamkos and Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza. More big-name players are slated to file through the room today.

A few blocks away inside the Ottawa Convention Centre, the NHL Fan Fair was opening its doors to an anxious throng of hockey-loving locals, many of whom couldn’t wait to participate in the Panini America wrapper-redemption program.

And in still another hotel, Panini America officials were shooting a special spot with the legendary Jeremy Roenick for an in-arena spot that will air during Saturday’s All-Star Skills Competition.

Indeed, you’ll see a little bit of everything in the massive gallery that follows, thanks in large part to photography from Panini America comrades Chris Reed and Alex Carbajal. And these are just the highlights from Day One. Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continuing coverage of the 2012 NHL All-Star Game, including a huge announcement from the Panini America booth on Friday.

And don’t forget to check out iCollectPanini.com to participate in our wrapper-redemption program online even if you can’t make it to Ottawa.

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19 Replies to “Panini America on Location: Day One at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game (50 Great Images)”

  1. I stopped in yesterday with a box of limited for myself and one for the wife. Did ok on the boxes, nothing big in the redemption packs, and Tracy was MIA. I’ll have to do some work to convince the boss to go back today and try it all again. Ha.

    Rich

  2. I just got back from there and honestly you guys rock!

    Your redemptions for wrappers beats Upper Deck’s redemptions by a mile!

    I did not end up getting a case of Score as i figured it would take too long and be too heavy to cary around so in the end i settled on 8 boxes of Pinnacle and i was happy with a particuliar RC signature i got out of those boxes…some guy from Edmonton 🙂

      1. oh and my pulls from the redemption weren’t too bad either with 2 Crosby patches, a Hopkins patch, and a Lemieux patch 🙂

        that along with a 1/1 redemption of an nhl player sketch card (Zach Kassian)

        If you are in Ottawa and a hockey collector its definetely worth the trip

  3. Where will those Seguin Stanley Cup Signatures cards appear? Haven’t seen any redemption cards come out of packs and it is not on the checklist.

  4. i went back today with my nefews and am i ever glad i did!

    On our way out i decided to go back to get 6 more packs and i got a signed Hopkins out of 5 in one of the packs (and that was after getting a Crosby in the box of Pinnacle i purchased)…definetely glad i came back for another day to please my nefews…;)

  5. thanks Tracy. sorry i couldnt see you there either times i was there…i was hopping to be able to say hello.

    All in All thanks for Panninni for all their great work with the redemptions!

    1. Hello Tracy,
      I was just on youtube and just realized you are the same person who posts on youtube…all of this time and I did not even realize it. Guess we did meet briefly after all then sorry for the confusion!

  6. Love the pics of the kids collecting! Great behind the scenes as usual. Awesome auto pucks and of course a great Panini lineup of hockey cards!

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