Market Analysis: 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey Delivering Big for Collectors
With tonight's pivotal Game 4 of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Finals top of mind inside Panini America HQ and across North America, it seemed appropriate that Karvin Cheung's early secondary market analysis on 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey hit my email inbox earlier this afternoon. After scouring the first few weeks of eBay activity, Cheung, Panini America's NHL Product Development…
Panini America PC Spotlight: Tom Brien and a Bountiful Boston Bruins Stash (Gallery)
It's been a long, cold winter so far for Tom Brien and so many other passionate hockey fans like him. Luckily for Brien, he'll always have the fond memories of his beloved Boston Bruins winning the 2011 Stanley Cup -- and a most impressive collection of Panini America cards to honor that accomplishment -- to keep him warm. And all it…
Panini America Drool Gallery: The 92-Card Molson Canadian Stanley Cup Collection
As if of-age Canadian hockey fans didn't already have enough tasty reasons to pick up considerable quantities of Molson Canadian products, were about to give you 92 more. The gallery that follows includes every stunning card in the Stanley Cup Collection, a special set honoring every Stanley Cup champion from 1918 through 2011 currently inserted into specially marked cases of Molson Canadian,…
Panini Unwrapped Goes Behind the Scenes with Boston Bruins Superstar Tim Thomas
For Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, 2011 wasn't just one of the greatest years of his career. It was one of the greatest years of his life. The mightily mustachioed Thomas might speak softly, but he carries a big stick (and a big mitt) that make him one of the greatest goalies of his generation. The checklist of his accomplishments last…
Video & Gallery: The Hockey Highlights from Panini America’s Most Recent Mail Day
If a picture truly is worth a thousand words (and, hey, who are we to argue that it's not?), get ready for 37,000 brilliant ones that will succinctly sum up three good reasons to anticipate Panini America's later-season 2011-12 NHL trading cards. Those three reasons: Game-worn hockey jerseys from Chicago Blackhawks legend Denis Savard, Los Angeles Kings legend Bernie Nicholls and 2011…
Boston Bruin Milan Lucic Comes Through for Hockey Collectors One More Time
When you work on the manufacturer side of the NHL trading card business, you tend to pick up tons of behind-the-scenes skinny and invaluable insight into the daily dealings with the game's superstars and their agents. For example, Panini America NHL acquisitions specialist Alex Carbajal was one of the first people on the planet to know that Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic earlier this year had expressed an interest…
2011 Stanley Cup Coaches Go the Extra Mile for Special Insert in 2010-11 Zenith Hockey
"No prob." That simple two-word email from Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien to Panini America NHL acquisitions manager Alex Carbajal will likely do more to endear Julien to hockey collectors than anything his Stanley Cup-winning Bruins did on the ice this season. (more…)
Panini America On Location: An Interview with Boston Bruins Superstar Tyler Seguin
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocIqMmRfeRk&w=480&h=390] RALEIGH, N.C. -- I could wax with prosy praise for paragraphs about the superior skill set possessed by Boston Bruins rookie superstar Tyler Seguin, the swoon-worthy center and second overall pick of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft who turns 19 on Monday. The offensive-minded teenager scored his first career goal in just his second game and entered the NHL All-Star break with 16 points, including…