Teaser Gallery: Panini America Busts Three Boxes of 2012-13 Prime Hockey (Checklist)
With the eagerly anticipated 2012-13 Prime Hockey now set to release in Canada tomorrow, we had to call an audible with this particular Panini America Teaser Gallery. Since the product won't go live in the states until next Wednesday, our boxes aren't slated to arrive at Panini America HQ until Monday morning -- and for this product, that simply wouldn't…
It’s Back! #PaniniWildCard Returns Tonight with Two Key NHL Playoff Games
Panini America's Twitterific #PaniniWildCard promotion that premiered to rave reviews -- and a trending topic -- during the 2012 NFL playoffs is back. Tonight, during two key NHL playoff games, Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr will take control of the Panini America Twitter account to offer insightful commentary, unique perspective . . . and prizes.Barr will man the…
The Panini America QC Gallery & Checklist: 2012-13 Classics Signatures Hockey
Make no mistake about it: Panini America's 2012-13 Classics Signatures Hockey is the right release at the right time -- and there might not be a more appropriate product name the rest of the season. An old-school-hockey lover's dream, this one-autograph-per-pack gem is filled with, as its name suggests, classic signatures galore. Graced with a refreshingly simplistic throwback design and a…
Panini America Brings Unique Gordie Howe Jersey Cards to 2012 Toronto Fall Expo
How cool was the knight-crested, Red Wings-inspired Panini America hockey jersey we had specially made for the legendary Gordie Howe to wear at our booth during the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa last season? So cool that Howe himself wanted to keep it. Luckily for us, we had a second one made just for him to keep. As for…
And Howe! Panini America Begins Prepping 2011-12 Dominion Hockey for Packout
It was 11:37 last night when the email came in -- a 12-megabyte behemoth from Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr that was filled with the first glorious glimpses of 2011-12 Dominion Hockey's pre-packout process. Indeed, while most of the hockey collecting world is still abuzz with Panini America's penultimate product of the 2011-12 NHL season (Prime Hockey), Barr and…
Panini America is in the Cards for Massive Molson Canadian Stanley Cup Promotion
Hockey cards, the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Canada's favorite beer. While that dreamy combination may seem simply too good to be true, it's the very essence of a massive, multi-platform promotion from Molson Canadian being enjoyed right now by millions of hockey fans north of the border. And thanks to a unique partnership between two industry heavyweights, four-card packs of special…
Must-See Video: Gordie Howe Welcomed to the Panini America Family, Signs for Fans
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjO8KyrMjcg&w=585&h=327] Last Friday during 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend in Ottawa, Panini America made major headlines by announcing that it had reached a multi-year trading card agreement with NHL legend Gordie Howe, making it official by presenting Mr. Hockey with a special Detroit Red Wings-inspired Panini hockey jersey inside a packed Panini America booth. With the formalities out of the…
The Legendary Brendan Shanahan’s Take on Dominion Hockey: ‘The Best I’ve Ever Seen’
As the tangible, goose-bump-inducing hype surrounding the September 14 release of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey continues to build, leave it to living NHL legend Brendan Shanahan to put the cards in their proper perspective: "The cards are the best I've ever seen," Shanahan wrote Friday morning in an email to Alex Carbajal, Panini America NHL Acquisitions Manager. (more…)