Panini Unwraps 2011-12 Contenders Hockey (and Reveals the Short Print List, Too)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs_j0Vt_6gw&w=600&h=335] In this history-making edition of Panini Unwrapped, Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr makes his long-awaited Unwrapped debut alongside trusty veteran Scott Prusha. The duo showcases the new 2011-12 Contenders Hockey. After you've watched the video, check out the product's list of short prints after the jump. And stay tuned later this week for the complete list…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Contenders Hockey (59 Images)

While most of the Panini America NHL team spent last week in Toronto redeeming wrappers and otherwise fanning the flames of the scorching 2011-12 Elite Hockey release at the 2012 Toronto Spring Expo, those who remained in Texas were up to their necks prepping the next hot hockey release: 2011-12 Contenders. The product, which delivers three to four autographs per…

Newest Hockey Arrivals Provide Answers to the Panini America Autograph Contest

In this special, multi-faceted Saturday-morning post, Panini America officials will unveil some of the sweetest new arrivals coming soon to their roster of NHL products (most notably 2011-12 Elite Hockey and 2010-11 Contenders Hockey). In the process, they'll also provide the answers to the "Guess the Autograph" contest they started  earlier this week in conjunction with the start of the…

New Autos from Hockey, Hardball Highlight Panini America's Latest Mail Days

We get the sense that Panini America baseball and hockey collectors are growing restless. After all, while basketball and football collectors are currently enjoying the new-release spoils of such products as 2011 Preferred Basketball and 2011 Totally Certified Football, those waiting patiently for, say, 2011-12 Contenders Hockey, 2011-12 Elite Hockey or 2011 Prime Cuts Baseball are left counting down the…

Panini America Peeks New Hockey Arrivals for 2011-12 Elite, 2011-12 Contenders

With so much hobby attention being heaped recently on the long-awaited fist NBA product of the season (2011-12 NBA Hoops) and the second one hot on its heels (2011 Preferred will be live next Wednesday), we've admittedly been distracted from the flurry of autographic activity surrounding Panini America's next two NHL products: 2011-12 Contenders and 2011-12 Elite. So we took…