Live Today: Panini America Set to Release the Inaugural Edition of Chronicles Hockey as Online Exclusive
It's a matter of mere minutes now. At 10 a.m. CST today, Panini America will debut the world-premiere release of the Chronicles Hockey brand as an online exclusive available only at the official online store of Panini America. 2020 Chronicles Hockey will deliver some of the most desirable high-end hockey cards of the season featuring bona fide stunners of Kaapo…
Panini America Inks New York Rangers Top Draft Pick and Finnish Hockey Star Kaapo Kakko to Exclusive Multi-Year Autograph Trading Card Agreement
Panini America, the world’s largest licensed sports and entertainment collectibles company and the exclusive trading card manufacturer of the NFL, NFLPA, NBA, NBA Players, College athletics and NASCAR, announced today that it has signed Finnish hockey star Kaapo Kakko to an exclusive autograph trading card agreement. As a result of the unique partnership, Panini America will produce the only autograph…
Prime-Time Video: Panini America Unwraps 2011-12 Prime Hockey (And You Can Win)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7QMd31FfNY&w=600&h=338] The time has come: Panini America's 2011-12 Prime Hockey is live. And to celebrate one of the most anticipated hockey products to hit the market in quite some time, Panini America Director of Product Development Karvin Cheung sat down with Tracy Hackler for this special prime-time edition of Panini Unwrapped. Were two boxes of the product enough to…
Panini America Asks: Does Michelle Beadle Have the Sexiest Autograph in Sports?
We deal with a voluminous amount of autographs here at Panini America. In fact, literally not a day goes by that we're not on the receiving end of some of the most sought after signatures in all of sports. And we've seen it all. Quick scribbles. Occasional check marks. Carefully crafted, attention-to-detail works of art. The point is, we know impeccable…
Silver Lining: Exploring the Engravatures Insert in 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
Amid the bewildering barrage of otherworldly hits I've seen packed into 2010-11 Dominion Hockey over the course of the last week, there is one insert in particular that has repeatedly commanded my attention more than the others. The cards don't have on-card autographs or a rainbow array of peerless patches like many of the gems that will share pack space with them. What they…
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…)
Panini Unwrapped Special Edition: A Birds-Eye View of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
Not a day goes by without me pausing to think how cool my job really is. Over the years, I've had the pleasure of meeting some of the world’s most famous athletes, but when Ed Belfour walked through the door, I was excited for another reason. You see, it's not always OUR heroes we encounter, it’s others we know and in…
Last Look: Your Final Pre-Packout Drool Gallery for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
Since I'm a positive guy by nature, I'll begin with the good news: The hand-packout process for the highly anticipated juggernaut that is 2010-11 Dominion Hockey begins a week from tomorrow. (As an aside, we'll be there with video camera in hand documenting the process.) The bad news? The gallery that follows showcasing some of the sweetest, most-recent autograph arrivals for the product…
Panini Peek: 2011-12 Score Hockey
The best collecting bargain on ice is gearing up for its return to the hockey arena for a whole new season. 2011-12 Score Hockey will ship to the masses in late October packing a massive 500-card base set that includes Season and Playoff Highlights subsets, 45 Hot Rookies and a limited Hot Rookies SPs rookie subset that will feature players who make…
Panini America Begins Gradual Reveal of 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey SPs
Panini America officials on Friday morning began pulling the curtain back on the array of short-printed Rookie Ticket Autographed Rookie Cards that have kept collectors guessing since 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey released on May 18. Since releasing all of those Rookie Card SPs at once would kind of remove all the mystery, we've decided to leak them gradually over the next few weeks, starting…