The Panini Unwrapped Double Feature: 2011 Certified Football & 2011-12 Certified Hockey

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITuAnv-opQI&w=585&h=327] As if you needed another reason why 2011 Certified Football and 2011-12 Certified Hockey releasing on the same day this week is a good thing, we present this little nugget: The first-ever Panini Unwrapped episode featuring two products. That's right, in this history-making piece of videography (which benefited immeasurably from the deft touch of Tom "The Ripper" Key), watch as…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Certified Hockey (46 New Images)

Things are certifaibly nuts around Panini America headquarters to start the week. Such is the case when both 2011 Certified Football and 2011-12 Certified Hockey are going out the door on the same day. (There's also our exciting announcement from earlier today that we'll be doing 2011 Totally Certified Football in late January.) We brought you the Quality Control Gallery for Certified Football…

Flurry of First-Time Skaters Set to Heat Up Panini America’s Early NHL Products

One week into the 2011-12 NHL season and things are already looking up -- way up -- for Panini America's early products. The impressive debut performances of such headlining rookies as No. 1 overall pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers and No. 2 overall pick Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche and their rookie promising peers means really good things for the upcoming…

Panini Peek: 2011-12 Certified Hockey

This time last year, Panini America officials were still making preparations for their ballyhooed foray into the NHL trading card market and readying 2010-11 Certified Hockey to lead that charge. There's no denying that the celebrated launch of Certified last fall kickstarted a banner rookie season for Panini America that will officially end with next month's release of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey. And judging by the company's early lineup…